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** Farleigh's mother, Sir James's sister, is said to be living in squalor a repeatedly must beg for financial aid from Sir James. She's apparently terrible with money.

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** Farleigh's mother, Sir James's sister, is said to be living in squalor a and repeatedly must beg for financial aid from Sir James. She's apparently terrible with money.



* RichBitch: Lady Daphne. At the dinner party, she pointedly insists that follow dinner convention and speak to her first. She [[AwfulWeddedLife openly hates her husband]], doesn't understand why Oliver thinks it's "nice" that she has children, and tells him that the purpose of school is that she doesn't have to see them or deal with them. When Oliver tries to start a new topic, she's already turned to another person and loudly asks him to "save" her from talking to Oliver.

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* RichBitch: Lady Daphne. At the dinner party, she pointedly insists that Oliver follow dinner convention and speak to her first. She [[AwfulWeddedLife openly hates her husband]], doesn't understand why Oliver thinks it's "nice" that she has children, they've been married so long, and tells him that the purpose of school is that she doesn't have to see them or deal with them. When Oliver tries to start a new topic, she's already turned to another person and loudly asks him to "save" her from talking to Oliver.

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** Her son Felix is not nearly the class-focused snob as his other blue-blooded friends, defending Oliver for being a "scholarship kid." However, deconstructed by Felix, who also fetishizes Oliver's apparent poverty and picks him back up after dropping him after Oliver's father dies [[spoiler:or, at least, after Oliver ''says'' his father died.]]

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** Her son Felix is not nearly the class-focused snob as his other blue-blooded friends, defending Oliver for being a "scholarship kid." However, deconstructed by Felix, [[CondescendingCompassion who also fetishizes Oliver's apparent poverty and picks him back up after dropping him after Oliver's father dies dies]] [[spoiler:or, at least, after Oliver ''says'' his father died.]]



* ChekhovsGun: When Oliver arrives at Saltburn, Felix tells him that he's left a razor in the bathroom since Elspeth apparently hates facial hair or stubble of any kind. [[spoiler:This is presumably the razor that Oliver then leaves for Venetia after Felix's death.]]



** Elspeth's first onscreen line to Oliver is that Venetia has been draping herself around rooms in the hopes Oliver will find her, and that she'll "just die" when she sees Oliver. [[spoiler:Venetia ''does'' die, and it's in more or less those circumstances - she's lying in the bath when Oliver finds her and pushes her to suicide.]]
** ** Oliver performs oral sex on Venetia while she's on her period, [[spoiler:saying that he doesn't mind blood. Her last scene is of her dead body in a bathtub full of her own blood -- also Oliver's handiwork.]]



** [[spoiler:Oliver performs oral sex on Venetia while she's on her period, saying that he doesn't mind blood. Her last scene is of her dead body in a bathtub full of her own blood -- also Oliver's handiwork.]]



** Elspeth has grown bored of Pamela and passive-aggressively encourages her to leave. Shortly thereafter, she has her staff discreetly kick her out, saying that she can only drop so many hints.

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** Elspeth has grown bored of Pamela and passive-aggressively encourages her to leave. Shortly thereafter, she has her staff Duncan discreetly kick her out, saying that she can only drop so many hints.


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* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three women of Saltburn. Elspeth is the wife. While she calls Oliver beautiful, she has no sexual interest in him whatsoever [[spoiler:and actually comes to regard him as a surrogate son after Felix's death.]] Venetia is the seductress. She's introduced as immediately wanting to seduce Oliver, she's called "sexually incontinent" by Elspeth though it's implied that this is the product of sexual trauma), and [[spoiler:Oliver goes down on her.]] Pamela is the child. Though she's older than Venetia, she is completely incapable of looking after herself, has been in rehab multiple times, went out with a Russian billionaire who was abusive to her, and [[spoiler:almost immediately dies upon getting kicked out of Saltburn.]]

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* FourthWallPsych: The film intercuts between the events of the plot and a post-TimeSkip Oliver recounting his perspective on them. As he looks and speaks directly to the camera, it appears as if he's addressing the audience. However, [[spoiler:it's revealed that he's actually in the same room as a comatose Elspeth, who he's really been speaking to]].



* StealthInsult: Farleigh summons Oliver to karaoke Music/PetShopBoys' "Rent" in front of a whole party. The lyrics of the song are from the point of view of a sycophantic gold digger, which turn Oliver's performance into an inadvertent confession. However, once Oliver realizes this, he flips it on Farleigh by telling him to finish the song, saying, "It's your song as well."

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* StealthInsult: Farleigh summons Oliver to karaoke Music/PetShopBoys' "Rent" in front of a whole party. The lyrics of the song are from the point of view of a sycophantic gold digger, which turn Oliver's performance into an inadvertent confession. However, once Oliver realizes this, he flips it on Farleigh by telling him to finish the song, saying, "It's your song as well."well"; Farleigh, for one, is happy to oblige.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ♫ ''[[Music/SophieEllisBextor It's murder on the dance floor, but you better not kill the groove...]]♫'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350: ♫ ''It's murder on the dance floor, but you better not kill the groove...♫'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350: ♫ ''It's ''[[Music/SophieEllisBextor It's murder on the dance floor, but you better not kill the groove...♫'']]]]♫'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350: ♫ ''It's murder on the dance floor, but you better not kill the groove...♫'']]
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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Oliver is implied to have an enormous penis; when the family watches him remove his shorts to join them in nude sunbathing, everyone is surprised and impressed. [[SubvertedTrope However]], we do actually get a [[MaleFrontalNudity few glimpses]] at Oliver's penis in the end, and it's pretty normal.

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Oliver is implied to have an enormous penis; when the family watches him remove his shorts to join them in nude sunbathing, everyone is surprised and impressed. [[SubvertedTrope [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope However]], we do actually get a [[MaleFrontalNudity few glimpses]] at Oliver's penis in the end, and it's pretty normal.]]



** The image of a naked Oliver cavorting through the now-deserted Saltburn. Creator/BarryKeoghan is sexy ''and'' in very good shape, but it's hard to be titillated after [[spoiler:knowing he killed the entire Catton family and got away with it]].

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** The image of a naked Oliver cavorting [[spoiler:cavorting naked through the now-deserted Saltburn.Saltburn]]. Creator/BarryKeoghan is sexy ''and'' in very good shape, but it's hard to be titillated after [[spoiler:knowing he killed the entire Catton family and got away with it]].



** For much of the film, its implied Oliver is being slowly corrupted by the decadence of the titular estate, as he becomes increasingly lecherous and ruthless as the movie progresses. [[spoiler:The ending reveals he was a ManipulativeBastard from the beginning, before he even met Felix.]]

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** For much of the film, its it's implied that Oliver is being slowly corrupted by the decadence of the titular estate, as he becomes increasingly lecherous and ruthless as the movie progresses. [[spoiler:The ending reveals he was a ManipulativeBastard from the beginning, before he even met Felix.]]



* MaleFrontalNudity: Oliver's nards are seen briefly as he cavorts through the empty house at the end.

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* MaleFrontalNudity: Oliver's [[spoiler:Oliver's nards are seen briefly as he cavorts through the empty house mansion at the end.]]



* TheOner: [[spoiler: Oliver's nude dance scene throughout the mansion]]

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* TheOner: [[spoiler: Oliver's nude dance scene throughout the mansion]]mansion at the end]] occurs in a single shot.

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