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That wasn't a dream, it was a Flashforward prior to the "five days ago"
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** Likewise, a scene where Ben dreams of his head being forced underwater turns out to be prophetic.
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** Likewise, a scene where Ben dreams of his head being forced underwater turns out to be prophetic..prophetic.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: A monster is after your children and you are completely helpless to defend them because of its ability to tamper with your memories.]]
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* WalkingWasteland: The witch's presence causes plant life to die. [[spoiler: Hence Ben's sudden horror when he sees the flower Mallory left with him by the end is fake.]] This also applies to the bodies that the Witch possesses. They all start to rot and fall apart after a short time.
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* WalkingWasteland: The witch's presence causes plant life to die. [[spoiler: Hence Ben's sudden horror when he sees the flower Mallory left with him by the end is fake.]] This also applies to the bodies that the Witch possesses. They all start to rot and fall apart after a short time.time.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: A monster is after your children and you are completely helpless to defend them because of its ability to tamper with your memories.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: A monster is after your children and you are completely helpless to defend them because of its ability to tamper with your memories.]]
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* DeathOfAChild: Children aren't safe from the witch.
* FailedASpotCheck: While the witch is capable of erasing the existence of the people she eats from the memories of everyone who knew them, this doesn't erase any physical evidence, so she has to dispose of that, as it could potentially cause the memories to come back.
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* InfantImmortality: [[AvertedTrope Averted. Hard.]]
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* RealityEnsues: While the witch is capable of erasing the existence of the people she eats from the memories of everyone who knew them, this doesn't erase any physical evidence, so she has to dispose of that, as it could potentially cause the memories to come back.
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* UncannyValley: Replaced victims have distinctly "off" appearances, looking up close as if they're made of plaster.
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* GenuineHumanHide: How the villain disguises itself.
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* MeatPuppet: The Wretched doesn't possess hosts in the conventional sense - instead, it actually enters their body and controls them from the inside. It seems capable of doing this with animals as well as humans.
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* MeatPuppet: The Wretched doesn't possess hosts in the conventional sense - instead, it actually enters their body and controls them from the inside. It seems capable of doing this with large animals as well as humans.
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* MeatPuppets: The witch doesn't possess hosts in the conventional sense - instead, it actually enters their body and controls them from the inside.
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* MeatPuppets: MeatPuppet: The witch Wretched doesn't possess hosts in the conventional sense - instead, it actually enters their body and controls them from the inside.inside. It seems capable of doing this with animals as well as humans.
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* AdultFear: Kids are put in danger and have to be rescued.
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* AdultFear: Kids [[spoiler: A monster is after your children and you are put in danger and have completely helpless to be rescued.defend them because of its ability to tamper with your memories.]]
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* BodyHorror: The people possessed by the witch begin to rapidly decay, with skin growing floppy and peeling off.
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* BodyHorror: The people possessed "inhabited" by the witch begin to rapidly decay, with skin growing floppy and peeling off.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Ben has killed the witch, saved the day and departs with a kiss and flower from Mallory. [[spoiler:Except by the end he notices the flower is fake and Mallory is out on a boat with children, implied the witch is possessing her...]]
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Ben has killed the witch, saved the day and departs with a kiss and flower from Mallory. [[spoiler:Except by the end he notices the flower is fake and Mallory is out on a boat with children, implied implying that the witch is possessing her...her ...]]
** Likewise, a scene where Ben dreams of his head being forced underwater turns out to be prophetic..
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* InfantImmortality: [[AvertedTrope Averted]].Averted. Hard.]]
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* WalkingWasteland: The witch's presence causes plant life to die. [[spoiler:Hence [[spoiler: Hence Ben's sudden horror when he sees the flower Mallory left with him by the end is fake.]] This also applies to the bodies that the Witch possesses. They all start to rot and fall apart after a short time.
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* BodyHorror: The people possessed by the witch begin to rapidly decay, with skin growing floppy and peeling off.
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Teenaged Ben (John-Paul Howard) comes for holidays to visit his soon-to-be-divorced father, who works at a marina and gets Ben the job at the same place. Dealing with rude customers, a broken arm and a coworked incensed about nepotism landing Ben the job is trouble enough, but that's before he discovers that something distinctly odd is happening at his neightbors' house. It would seem that after a trip to the nearby woods, the family's mother, Abby (Zarah Mahler) has began to act strange. Almost like she's not herself...
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* {{Foeshadowing}}: There's a scene in the movie when the Neighbor's kid hides in Ben's home, and The Witch comes looking for him. Ben denies that the kid is there, saying it's "just us." Even though his father isn't home, and the Witch knows that Ben should have said "just me," she doesn't correct him on that. This foreshadows [[spoiler: the existence of Nathan, Ben's younger brother that had been erased from Ben's memory.]]
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* {{Foeshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a scene in the movie when the Neighbor's kid hides in Ben's home, and The Witch comes looking for him. Ben denies that the kid is there, saying it's "just us." Even though his father isn't home, and the Witch knows that Ben should have said "just me," she doesn't correct him on that. This foreshadows [[spoiler: the existence of Nathan, Ben's younger brother that had been erased from Ben's memory.]]
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* EvilSmellsBad: The Witch has a noticeable odor that seems to follow it around. Not even possessing someone can get rid of it.
* FakeMemories: The Witch "feeds on the forgotten," meaning that she erases the existence of her victims from the memories of their friends and families.
* {{Foeshadowing}}: There's a scene in the movie when the Neighbor's kid hides in Ben's home, and The Witch comes looking for him. Ben denies that the kid is there, saying it's "just us." Even though his father isn't home, and the Witch knows that Ben should have said "just me," she doesn't correct him on that. This foreshadows [[spoiler: the existence of Nathan, Ben's younger brother that had been erased from Ben's memory.]]
* InfantImmortality: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Hard.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: After [[spoiler: Nathan's existence is remembered by Ben]], several earlier scenes play, only this time [[spoiler: Nathan is visible in the shot.]]
* RealityEnsues: While the witch is capable of erasing the existence of the people she eats from the memories of everyone who knew them, this doesn't erase any physical evidence, so she has to dispose of that, as it could potentially cause the memories to come back.
* RememberTheNewGuy: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. [[spoiler: Ben and the other family members had their memories of Nathan erased, so no one could remember that he existed until Ben saw Nathan's name on his cast.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. [[spoiler: Ben and the other family members had their memories of Nathan erased, so no one could remember that he existed until Ben saw Nathan's name on his cast.]]
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* WalkingWasteland: The witch's presence causes plant life to die. [[spoiler:Hence Ben's sudden horror when he sees the flower Mallory left with him by the end is fake.]]
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* WalkingWasteland: The witch's presence causes plant life to die. [[spoiler:Hence Ben's sudden horror when he sees the flower Mallory left with him by the end is fake.]]]] This also applies to the bodies that the Witch possesses. They all start to rot and fall apart after a short time.
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* UncannyValley: Replaced victims have distinctly "off" appearances, looking up close as if they're made of plaster.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Ben has killed the witch, saved the day and departs with a kiss and flower from Mallory. [[spoiler:Except by the end he notices the flower is fake and Mallory is out on a boat with children, implied to be the witch possessing her...]]
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* ThePeepingTom: Ben's spying includes the neighbor couple getting frisky.
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* ThePeepingTom: Ben's spying includes the neighbor couple getting frisky.frisky.
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* WalkingWasteland: The witch's presence causes plant life to die. [[spoiler:Hence Ben's sudden horror when he sees the flower Mallory left with him by the end is fake.]]
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* KillItWithFire: Ben soaks the tree in gasoline for specifically this reason.
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* SupernaturalRepellent: Salt.
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* SaltSolution: A trail of it serves as a boundary against the creature, and she's also quite averse to having any thrown at her.
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* AdultFear: Kids are put in danger and have to be rescued.
* CarFu: Specifically, Liam's car against a tree.
* ChildEater: Seemingly the preferred choice of food, given that they are usually the one person spared from memory wipes.
* ChildEater: Seemingly the preferred choice of food, given that they are usually the one person spared from memory wipes.
* FightingFromTheInside: One victim of mind-control manages this.
* ImAHumanitarian: If we consider the creature to be a human, as it does at least look humanoid.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: "Feeding on the forgotten" here means first making families forget about their kids.
* MindControl: Whispering into a man's ear causes this, along with blood trickling out.
* MindControl: Whispering into a man's ear causes this, along with blood trickling out.
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''The Wretched'' is a 2019 horror film.
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!!Tropes found in the film include:
*BinocularShot: Ben sometimes spies on the neighboring house.
*BlindingCameraFlash: Even though Polaroids are considered obsolete in the age of digital & camera phones, one still turns up to serve this function, and not just in the opening prologue set in the 80s.
*DyingAsYourself: A victim of mind-control manages to obtain enough control to commit suicide and avoid the act he's otherwise being compelled to commit.
*ExploringTheEvilLair: Both the initially normal home converted to an evil lair, and a location which has presumably been an evil lair for a long time.
*GenuineHumanHide: How the villain disguises itself.
*InterruptedIntimacy: The crying baby at the neighbors causes this for them.
*KillAndReplace: Seemingly only toward women, while men who might oppose the villain are more often mind-controlled.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: A vegan pouring milk into coffee tips Ben off about who he's interacting with.
*ThePeepingTom: Ben's spying includes the neighbor couple being frisky.
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!!Tropes found in the film include:
*BinocularShot: Ben sometimes spies on the neighboring house.
*BlindingCameraFlash: Even though Polaroids are considered obsolete in the age of digital & camera phones, one still turns up to serve this function, and not just in the opening prologue set in the 80s.
*DyingAsYourself: A victim of mind-control manages to obtain enough control to commit suicide and avoid the act he's otherwise being compelled to commit.
*ExploringTheEvilLair: Both the initially normal home converted to an evil lair, and a location which has presumably been an evil lair for a long time.
*GenuineHumanHide: How the villain disguises itself.
*InterruptedIntimacy: The crying baby at the neighbors causes this for them.
*KillAndReplace: Seemingly only toward women, while men who might oppose the villain are more often mind-controlled.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: A vegan pouring milk into coffee tips Ben off about who he's interacting with.
*ThePeepingTom: Ben's spying includes the neighbor couple being frisky.
