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''The Hive'' is a 2014 horror film directed by David Yarovesky and starring Gabriel Basso, Kathryn Prescott, and Creator/SeanGunn. It begins with camp counselor Adam awakening inside a boarded-up room with [[AmnesiacHero no memories]], [[BodyHorror covered in sores and tumors]], and occasionally [[BadBlackBarf vomiting a tar-like substance.]] Working from the clues that have been left in the room, he must work backwards to discover exactly what happened to him and his friends, and to the camp as a whole before whatever is infecting it spreads.

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''The Hive'' is a 2014 horror film directed by David Yarovesky and starring Gabriel Basso, Creator/GabrielBasso, Kathryn Prescott, and Creator/SeanGunn. It begins with camp counselor Adam awakening inside a boarded-up room with [[AmnesiacHero no memories]], [[BodyHorror covered in sores and tumors]], and occasionally [[BadBlackBarf vomiting a tar-like substance.]] Working from the clues that have been left in the room, he must work backwards to discover exactly what happened to him and his friends, and to the camp as a whole before whatever is infecting it spreads.
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''The Hive'' is a 2014 horror film directed by David Yarovesky and starring Gabriel Basso, Kathryn Prescott, and Sean Gunn. It begins with camp counselor Adam awakening inside a boarded-up room with [[AmnesiacHero no memories]], [[BodyHorror covered in sores and tumors]], and occasionally [[BadBlackBarf vomiting a tar-like substance.]] Working from the clues that have been left in the room, he must work backwards to discover exactly what happened to him and his friends, and to the camp as a whole before whatever is infecting it spreads.

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''The Hive'' is a 2014 horror film directed by David Yarovesky and starring Gabriel Basso, Kathryn Prescott, and Sean Gunn.Creator/SeanGunn. It begins with camp counselor Adam awakening inside a boarded-up room with [[AmnesiacHero no memories]], [[BodyHorror covered in sores and tumors]], and occasionally [[BadBlackBarf vomiting a tar-like substance.]] Working from the clues that have been left in the room, he must work backwards to discover exactly what happened to him and his friends, and to the camp as a whole before whatever is infecting it spreads.
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Subverted. None of the children technically die, but they all become absorbed by the Hive.]]

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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: [[spoiler: Subverted. None of the children technically die, but they all become absorbed by the Hive.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: Katie's timely use of [[spoiler:CarFu Car Fu]] to thwart a Hive attacker and rescue a friend.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Katie's timely use of [[spoiler:CarFu Car Fu]] [[spoiler:CarFu]] to thwart a Hive attacker and rescue a friend.
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* ScrewYourself: When Adam interacts of the memory of his affair with Jess, he accidentally gets the shock of experiencing intercourse with himself from Jess's point of view.
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* UhOhEyes: Infectees who have reached the stage of full possession sport huge, irregularly-shaped red irises that skew and stare off in opposing direction.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Katie's timely use of [[spoiler:CarFu Car Fu]] to thwart a Hive attacker and rescue a friend.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The camp director and nurse]] seem to vanish even before the outbreak occurs and they are not seen or mentioned again.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The camp director and nurse]] seem to vanish even before the outbreak occurs and they are not seen or mentioned again.again.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Adam barely survives his fights with the [[spoiler:Clarke,]] and [[spoiler:Jess,]] and pilot zombies, but easily overpowers and suffocates the zombified [[spoiler:Katie]] due to the latter being weakened from several days of starvation.
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* RuleAbidingRebel: Clarke constantly seethes against the rich children at the camp and the wealthy culture they represent. His plan to get revenge and topple the system? Chase them around with squirt guns.

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* RuleAbidingRebel: Clarke constantly seethes against the rich children at the camp and the wealthy culture they represent. His plan to get revenge on them and topple the system? Chase them around with squirt guns.
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* RuleAbidingRebel: Clarke constantly seethes against the rich children at the camp and the wealthy culture they represent. His plan to get revenge and topple the system? Chase them around with squirt guns.
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* BatterUp: Adam defends himself with an aluminum baseball bat for most of the film.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: The Hive breaks Clarke's will by informing him that not only did his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend, but that this trope was in play at the time.


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* OhCrap: The Hive's reaction to being told it's not as smart as it thinks it is [[spoiler:followed by Adam smothering Katie instead of beating her to death as predicted, enabling him to revive her free of the Hive's influence.]]
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They seem [[ZombieGait incapable of smooth, graceful movement,]] are [[BodyHorror riddled with tumors,]] and ooze [[BadBlackBarf copious amounts of black fluid]] but that is where the infectees' resemblance to conventional zombies end. Rather than mindless undead, they are in fact members of a highly intelligent telepathic hive consciousness.

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* AndIMustScream: The Hive virus lapses into periodic remission, allowing its victims anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours before it seizes control of their minds and bodies again.

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* AndIMustScream: The Hive virus lapses into periodic remission, allowing its victims anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours as themselves before it seizes control of their minds and bodies again.



* SealedEvilInACan: The Soviet experiment ends with the Hive contained in vials. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]

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* SassyBlackWoman: The camp infirmary is staffed by one and she's not impressed by Adam's shenanigans.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Soviet experiment ends with the Hive contained in vials. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The camp director and nurse]] seem to vanish even before the outbreak occurs and they are not seen or mentioned again.
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* MagicalDefibrilator: Cunningly invoked at the climax when [[spoiler: Adam suffocates Katie, then does this to revive her once the virus leaves her system.]] He even observes an improvised procedure performed on a battlefield so he can learn how to do it with the materials at hand.
* TheMaleGaze: Even with godlike power to tap into anyone's mind [[spoiler:Adam]] still can't resist looking through the eyes of an attractive woman while she takes a shower.

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* MagicalDefibrilator: MagicalDefibrillator: Cunningly invoked at the climax when [[spoiler: Adam suffocates Katie, then does this to revive her once the virus leaves her system.]] He even observes an improvised procedure performed on a battlefield so he can learn how to do it with the materials at hand.
* TheMaleGaze: MaleGaze: Even with godlike power to tap into anyone's mind [[spoiler:Adam]] still can't resist looking through the eyes of an attractive woman while she takes a shower.
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''The Hive'' is a 2014 horror film directed by David Yarovesky and starring Gabriel Basso, Kathryn Prescott, and Creator/SeanGunn. It begins with camp counselor Adam awakening inside a boarded-up room with [[AmnesiacHero no memories]], [[BodyHorror covered in sores and tumors]], and occasionally [[BadBlackBarf vomiting a tar-like substance.]] Working from the clues that have been left in the room, he must work backwards to discover exactly what happened to him and his friends, and to the camp as a whole before whatever is infecting it spreads.

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''The Hive'' is a 2014 horror film directed by David Yarovesky and starring Gabriel Basso, Kathryn Prescott, and Creator/SeanGunn.Sean Gunn. It begins with camp counselor Adam awakening inside a boarded-up room with [[AmnesiacHero no memories]], [[BodyHorror covered in sores and tumors]], and occasionally [[BadBlackBarf vomiting a tar-like substance.]] Working from the clues that have been left in the room, he must work backwards to discover exactly what happened to him and his friends, and to the camp as a whole before whatever is infecting it spreads.



* AndStarring: Creator/SeanGunn as [[spoiler:Dr. Baker.]]

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* AndStarring: Creator/SeanGunn Sean Gunn as [[spoiler:Dr. Baker.]]
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''The Hive'' is a 2014 horror film directed by David Yarovesky and starring Gabriel Basso, Kathryn Prescott, and Creator/SeanGunn. It begins with camp counselor Adam awakening inside a boarded-up room with [[AmnesiacHero no memories]], [[BodyHorror covered in sores and tumors]], and occasionally [[BadBlackBarf vomiting a tar-like substance.]] Working from the clues that have been left in the room, he must work backwards to discover exactly what happened to him and his friends, and to the camp as a whole before whatever is infecting it spreads.

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!!This film contains examples of the following tropes:

*AmnesiacHero: Adam, and later [[spoiler:Katie,]] become this when initially freed from possession.
*AndIMustScream: The Hive virus lapses into periodic remission, allowing its victims anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours before it seizes control of their minds and bodies again.
*AndStarring: Creator/SeanGunn as [[spoiler:Dr. Baker.]]
*ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Humanity is doomed to be overwhelmed by a telepathic hive mind that can anticipate its every move.]]
*BadBlackBarf: The Hive's most visible symptom and vector of transmission.
*BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Adam and Katie are safe but their friends are dead and they are facing a temporary reprieve at best as the Hive rapidly spreads throughout the entire world.]]
*BodyHorror: In addition to the [[BadBlackBarf Bad Black Barf]] mentioned above, Hive infectees become riddled with gruesome skin tumors, black veins, and visibly mutated eyeballs.
*DyingAsYourself: When infectees die the Hive can be seen leaving their bodies as its symptoms vanish. [[spoiler: This actually enables Adam and Katie to save one another by killing and then resuscitating each other once the infection leaves their bodies.]]
*FaceRevealingTurn: Done by [[spoiler:Dr. Baker]] at the climax of his story arc.
*HatePlague: Hive infection is accelerated by strong emotions.
*HowWeGotHere: Adam unravels the film's events based upon the clues that [[spoiler:he himself]] left for him.
*HiveMind: [[spoiler:Soviet scientists created one in liquid form]] and now it's out of control.
*InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Subverted. None of the children technically die, but they all become absorbed by the Hive.]]
*JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Adam, by his own admission, is a womanizing douchebag. But when the lives of the children and his friends are on the line he does the right thing.
*MagicalDefibrilator: Cunningly invoked at the climax when [[spoiler: Adam suffocates Katie, then does this to revive her once the virus leaves her system.]] He even observes an improvised procedure performed on a battlefield so he can learn how to do it with the materials at hand.
*TheMaleGaze: Even with godlike power to tap into anyone's mind [[spoiler:Adam]] still can't resist looking through the eyes of an attractive woman while she takes a shower.
*NiceJobBreakingItHero: After causing and narrowly escaping the initial outbreak of the Hive, Yuri makes it his mission to destroy it once and for all. [[spoiler:Naturally, he gets the entire world infected in the process.]]
*OnceMoreWithClarity: The film's multiple plotlines converge through a series of flashbacks to explain how Adam found himself in the situation he woke up in.
*ThePowerOfLove: It allows [[spoiler:Adam]] to find the "pocket" and regain his memories.
*RussianGuySuffersMost: Dr. Yuri went through hell dealing with the Hive the first time around. [[spoiler: The second time sees him reduced to a severed hand by a plane crash as he accidentally infects the entire world.]]
*SealedEvilInACan: The Soviet experiment ends with the Hive contained in vials. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]

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