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* ABloodyMess: Pickering drives a wooden stake through Mr. Busotsky's chest; causing a red stain to blossom on his WhiteShirtOfDeath. However, he later sits up and explains that he always wears a [[BulletproofVest 'stake-proof vest']] filled with tomato ketchup.
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* BadHabits: Pickering, head of the [[VampireHunter vampire hunting]] MenInBlack dresses as a clergyman in order to the son of the vampire and learn where his father dwells.


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* MenInBlack: Pickering heads The Blini (or B-Squad): a group of vampire hunters who dress in black suits and bowler and carry {{Wooden Stake}}s and hammers in [[SenselessViolins violin cases]].
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''The Monster Club'' is a British/Canadian horror AnthologyFilm made in 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, and loosely based on the works of horror author Creator/RChetwyndHayes.

In the film, Carradine plays a fictional incarnation of R. Chetwynd-Hayes who encounters a vampire named Eramus (Price), who takes him to the titular Monster Club in gratitude of reluctantly letting him feed on his blood. There, Eramus tells a few stories adapted from ones written by Chetwynd-Hayes.

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''The Monster Club'' is a 1981 British/Canadian horror AnthologyFilm made in 1980, loosely adapted from the works of Creator/RChetwyndHayes, directed by Roy Ward Baker, Baker and starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, with a supporting cast that includes Creator/DonaldPleasence, Creator/BrittEkland, Creator/SimonWard and loosely based on the works of horror author Creator/RChetwyndHayes.

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In the film, Carradine plays a fictional incarnation of R. Chetwynd-Hayes who (Carradine) encounters a vampire named Eramus (Price), who takes him to the titular Monster Club in gratitude of for having reluctantly letting let him feed on his blood. There, Eramus tells a few stories adapted from ones written by Chetwynd-Hayes.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Eramus concludes the part of his speech on humans where he gives a LongList of all the different ways humanity has invented with the direct intention to kill other humans with the completely benign by comparison motor car.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Eramus concludes the part of his speech on humans where he gives a LongList of all the different ways things humanity has invented with the direct intention to kill other humans with the completely benign by comparison motor car.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Eramus concludes the part of his speech on humans where he gives a LongList of all the different ways humanity has invented with the direct intention to kill other humans with the completely benign by comparison motor car.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: The ghouls in the final story all talk like this to some extent, but it's most noticable with Luna, who has the most dialogue.
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* MickeyMousing: Near the end of the second story, the music skips in time to one of the vampire hunters struggling to kick an uncooperative gate open. Making it doubly funny, the music is a funeral dirge.

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''The Monster Club'' is a British/Canadian horror anthology film made in 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, and loosely based on the works of horror author Creator/RChetwyndHayes.

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''The Monster Club'' is a British/Canadian horror anthology film AnthologyFilm made in 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, and loosely based on the works of horror author Creator/RChetwyndHayes.



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* SenselessViolins: The father in the second story warns his son to beware of men with violin cases. Guess where the vampire hunters carry their stakes and mallets.
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* BigBadEnsemble: The plots are driven by George, Angela's boyfriend who comes up with the scheme to con [[TragicMonster Raven]], [[VampireHunter Pickering]], committer of VanHelsingHateCrimes, and the unnamed innkeeper who appears to be the acting leader of the ghouls.

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* BigBadEnsemble: The plots are driven by George, Angela's boyfriend who comes up with the scheme to con [[TragicMonster Raven]], Raven]]; [[VampireHunter Pickering]], committer of VanHelsingHateCrimes, VanHelsingHateCrimes; and the unnamed innkeeper who appears to be the acting leader of the ghouls.
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* EvilPlan: George has his girlfriend Angela seduce Raven in order to steal his money.
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''The Monster Club'' is a British/Canadian horror anthology film made in 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, and loosely based on the works of horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

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''The Monster Club'' is a British/Canadian horror anthology film made in 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, and loosely based on the works of horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
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''The Monster Club'' is a British horror anthology film made in 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, and loosely based on the works of horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

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''The Monster Club'' is a British British/Canadian horror anthology film made in 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/JohnCarradine, and loosely based on the works of horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
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* BigBadEnsemble: The plots are driven by George, Angela's boyfriend who comes up with the scheme to con [[TragicMonster Raven]],  [[VampireHunter Pickering]], committer of VanHelsingHateCrimes, and the unnamed innkeeper who appears to be the acting leader of the ghouls.

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* BigBadEnsemble: The plots are driven by George, Angela's boyfriend who comes up with the scheme to con [[TragicMonster Raven]],  Raven]], [[VampireHunter Pickering]], committer of VanHelsingHateCrimes, and the unnamed innkeeper who appears to be the acting leader of the ghouls.



* CreepyFamily: the Shadmock's relations.

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* CreepyFamily: the The Shadmock's relations.
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* BrownNote: Raven the Shadmock, a hybrid monster from the first story, can melt the flesh of whoever hears him whistle.
** The whistle is also powerful enough to kill as shown by him gaining retribution on a stray cat for eating one of his pigeon friends.

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* BrownNote: Raven the Shadmock, a hybrid monster from the first story, can melt the flesh of whoever hears him whistle.
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whistle. The whistle is also powerful enough to kill as shown by him gaining retribution on a stray cat for eating one of his pigeon friends.



* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with in all three of the film's story segments.
** The film ends by directly addressing this trope though. Eramus gives a speech on how humans can be very destructive and fiendish towards themselves. Rather than being disgusted, the other monsters in the club are so impressed by this revelation they respond by making R. Chetwynd-Hayes an honorary monster and club member.

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with in all three of the film's story segments.
** The film ends by directly addressing this trope though.
Eramus gives a speech on how humans can be very destructive and fiendish towards themselves. Rather than being disgusted, the other monsters in the club are so impressed by this revelation they respond by making R. Chetwynd-Hayes an honorary monster and club member.member.
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* CreepyFamily: the Shadmock's relations.
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with in all three of the film's story segment.

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with in all three of the film's story segment.segments.



* MasqueradeBall: Raven holds one of these at his home to both celebrate his engagement to Angela and to better cushion her to the frightening appearances of his family.

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* MasqueradeBall: Raven holds one of these at his home in the film's first segment. This is done to both celebrate his engagement to Angela and to better cushion help slowly break her to into the frightening appearances of his family.
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* MasqueradeBall: Raven holds one of these at his home to both celebrate his engagement to Angela and to better cushion her to the frightening appearances of his family.

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** The whistle is also powerful enough to kill as shown by him gaining retribution on a stray cat for eating one of his pigeon friends.
* FacialHorror: The ending of the first segment ends on this trope. Angela is physically destroyed by Raven's whistle for cruelly rejecting him. The damage is so horrific Angela's boyfriend goes insane on seeing her.



* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with. At the end of the film, Eramus gives a speech on how humans can be very destructive and fiendish towards themselves, but rather than being disgusted, the monsters are impressed by this revelation and respond by making R. Chetwynd-Hayes an honorary monster and club member.

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with. At the end with in all three of the film, film's story segment.
** The film ends by directly addressing this trope though.
Eramus gives a speech on how humans can be very destructive and fiendish towards themselves, but rather themselves. Rather than being disgusted, the other monsters in the club are so impressed by this revelation and they respond by making R. Chetwynd-Hayes an honorary monster and club member.

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''The Monster Club'' was a British horror anthology film made in 1980 that was directed by Roy Ward Baker, starred VincentPrice and John Carradine, and was loosely based on the works of horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

In the film, John Carradine plays a fictional incarnation of R. Chetwynd-Hayes who encounters a vampire named Eramus (Price), who takes him to the titular Monster Club in gratitude of reluctantly letting him feed on his blood. There, Eramus tells a few stories adapted from ones written by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

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''The Monster Club'' was is a British horror anthology film made in 1980 that was 1980, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starred VincentPrice starring Creator/VincentPrice and John Carradine, Creator/JohnCarradine, and was loosely based on the works of horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

In the film, John Carradine plays a fictional incarnation of R. Chetwynd-Hayes who encounters a vampire named Eramus (Price), who takes him to the titular Monster Club in gratitude of reluctantly letting him feed on his blood. There, Eramus tells a few stories adapted from ones written by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
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* HeinzHybrid: Shadmocks are what you get when the three common monster types (vampire, werewolf, ghoul) all interbreed.

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* HeinzHybrid: Shadmocks are what you get when the three common monster types (vampire, werewolf, ghoul) all interbreed. Several intermediate stages of hybrid (werevam, wereghoul, vamghoul, raddy, shaddy, maddy, and mock) are depicted on a genealogical chart of how you ''get'' a shadmock.
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* HeinzHybrid: Shadmocks are what you get when the three common monster types (vampire, werewolf, ghoul) all interbreed.

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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: One scene has a stripper removing her skin after removing her clothes in silhouette. A four-eyed monster's eyes bug out after seeing this.

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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: One scene has a stripper removing her skin after removing her clothes in silhouette. A four-eyed monster's eyes bug out after seeing this.this.
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* BigBadEnsemble: The plots are driven by George, Angela's boyfriend who comes up with the scheme to con [[TragicMonster Raven]],  [[VampireHunter Pickering]], committer of VanHelsingHateCrimes, and the unnamed innkeeper who appears to be the acting leader of the ghouls.
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* ThePlace: A nightclub for monsters.
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* FanDisservice: The brief striptease scene quickly becomes this when the stripper's shadow shows her removing her flesh as well as her clothes and becoming a skeleton.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The third and final story is about a director who wanders into a village of ghouls. He is informed about what goes on in the village by a woman who is half human and half ghoul.



* MonsterMash: One of the main characters is a vampire named Eramus. The titular Monster Club has various monsters among its members, including a cyclops and some skeletal zombies, and the club secretary is a werewolf.

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* MonsterMash: One of the main characters is a vampire named Eramus. The titular Monster Club has various monsters among its members, including a cyclops and some skeletal zombies, and the club secretary is a werewolf.werewolf.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: One scene has a stripper removing her skin after removing her clothes in silhouette. A four-eyed monster's eyes bug out after seeing this.
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''The Monster Club'' was a British horror anthology film made in 1980 that was directed by Roy Ward Baker, starred VincentPrice and John Carradine, and was loosely based on the works of horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

In the film, John Carradine plays a fictional incarnation of R. Chetwynd-Hayes who encounters a vampire named Eramus (Price), who takes him to the titular Monster Club in gratitude of reluctantly letting him feed on his blood. There, Eramus tells a few stories adapted from ones written by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

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* AffablyEvil: While the monsters take pride in their violent ways, they are nevertheless very polite and respect R. Chetwynd-Hayes very much.
*BrownNote: Raven the Shadmock, a hybrid monster from the first story, can melt the flesh of whoever hears him whistle.
*HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with. At the end of the film, Eramus gives a speech on how humans can be very destructive and fiendish towards themselves, but rather than being disgusted, the monsters are impressed by this revelation and respond by making R. Chetwynd-Hayes an honorary monster and club member.
*KarmicDeath: The second story tells of a vampire filmmaker's father being hunted by vampire hunters. When the lead hunter stakes the vampire's heart, he ends up bitten and turned into a vampire himself, prompting his fellow hunters to kill him on the spot.
*MonsterMash: One of the main characters is a vampire named Eramus. The titular Monster Club has various monsters among its members, including a cyclops and some skeletal zombies, and the club secretary is a werewolf.

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