History Film / UncleSam

* ForTheEvulz: Sam always enjoyed hurting other people. His patriotism is, if not just an excuse he uses to kill, a case of YouKeepTellingYourselfThat.

* ShearMeanace: Sam kills Willie with a pair of garden shears.

* ShearMeance: Sam kills Willie with a pair of garden shears.

%%* DaylightHorror: Jesse and Ralph's deaths.

%%* MenacingStroll

%%* NeckSnap: The sergeant's death.
%%* NiceHat: Comes with the costume.

* NothingIsScarier: We don't see how Sam kills Willie with the garden shears, only hear it.

* OffWithHisHead: Sam severs Willie's head offscreen with a pair of garden shears.

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Happens to Jed, courtesy of Sam for the line listed under ShutUpHannibal

* ShoutOut: Jed repeats the blind veteran's speech about being trapped under frozen bodies in a foxhole from ''Film/ManiacCop2'' almost exactly. The film [[FadeToBlack "shattering" to black]] is also reference to ''Film/CityOfTheLivingDead''.

%%* SlashedThroat: Sergeant Twining's death.

* MoralityPet: Sam may or may not have actually loved Jody.
** Although what his relationship with Jody amounts to is filling his head with lies about the "American Way" that he doesn't even believe in, and at the end, he was [[spoiler:prepared to either kill Jody, or let him die with him.]]

%%* PatrioticFervor

** Although what his relationship with Jody amounts to is filling his head with lies about the "American Way" that doesn't even believe in, and at the end, he was [[spoiler:prepared to either kill Jody, or let him die with him.]]

%%* DomesticAbuser: Sam.

* ManOnFire: Turns out it takes two cannon blasts to kill an undead soldier.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: There's only one female victim.

** Although what his relationship with Jody amounts to is filling his head with lies about his supposed patriotism, and at the end, he was [[spoiler:prepared to either kill Jody, or let him die with him.]]

%%* ThePeepingTom: Willie.

%%* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Happens to Jed.

%%* TerribleTrio: Jesse, Clete and Rick.

%%* BoundAndGagged: Congressman Cummings.

%%* BrotherSisterIncest: It's heavily implied that Sam sexually abused Sally.

%%* CruelAndUnusualDeath

* ForTheEvulz: This is what Sam's reason for enlisting amounts to. He wanted an excuse to kill people.

%%* SealedEvilInACan

* DisappearedDad: Sally is apparently divorced.

%%* FanServiceExtra: The woman Willie spies on.

%%* ImmuneToBullets
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Phil is run through with a flagpole.

%%* OffWithHisHead: Jesse's death.

* AxCrazy: Sam, even before he became undead. Even if he hadn't enlisted and been killed, he probably would've become a SerialKiller, a mercenary or something anyway.

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'''''Uncle Sam''''' is a 1997 SlasherMovie, created by the duo of Creator/LarryCohen and Creator/WilliamLustig.

* {{Mooning}}: After purposely singing the anthem poorly onstage, Jesse moons the audience.

During the UsefulNotes/GulfWar, sadistic door gunner Master Sergeant Sam Harper was killed along with his crew when their helicopter was shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. Due to the seclusion of the impact site, Sam's charred corpse went undiscovered for three years, but when it was found, he randomly sprung to life and murdered two fellow soldiers, a sergeant and a major, before falling inert. After the double homicide was presumably blamed on enemy forces, Sam's body was collected and shipped to his hometown of Twin Rivers, where it was left in the possession of his family; his wife Louise (who is currently dating local Deputy Phil Burke) and sister Sally (whose son, an awkward and extremely patriotic boy named Jody, idolized Sam, unaware of his violent and troubled past).

* AxCrazy: Sam, even before he became undead. Even if he hadn't enlisted and been killed, he probably would've become a SerialKiller or something anyway.

-->'''Sam:''' Take a good look at me, soldier. You... you made me into this.
-->'''Jed:''' No... you never fought for your country. You just killed for the love of killing! You're nothing! So just die!

* SociopathicSoldier: Sam was this before his death, and he only got worse when he rose from the grave.

->"I thought ghosts were supposed to come out in the dark, not in broad daylight on the Fourth of July!"
-->--'''Jed Crowley'''

As Sam's family and friends (which includes his mentor, former sergeant Jed Crowley, who regrets filling Sam's head with stories of the glories of war) pay their reluctant respects to the dead man, the town prepares for its Fourth of July celebration, which local (and extremely corrupt) congressman Alvin Cummings will be attending, in an attempt to salvage his public image. Unfortunately for Twin Rivers, Sam comes out of hibernation when the clock strikes midnight on July 3rd, kills a perverted Uncle Sam for his costume, and sets about murdering all those he views as unpatriotic, including (but not limited to) flag burners, draft dodgers, tax evaders, stoners and slimy politicians. When Sam ultimately crashes the town's Fourth of July celebration, Jody (who had become disillusioned after learning about Sam's history) and Jed, with help from a crippled boy named Barry Cronin (who has an inexplicable connection to Sam) must work together to send the psycho soldier back to Hell.

* TheAlcoholic: Sam, and Clete's father.

* AmoralAttorney: Ralph.
* AnAxeToGrind: Mr. Crandall's death.
* AntagonistTitle
* ArtificialLimbs: Jed's right leg.
* AssholeVictim: Almost all the victims are given one or two KickTheDog moments.

* BadassGrandpa: Jed.
* BadassMoustache: The major.
* BaldOfAwesome: Jed.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sergeant Twining.

* BlindSeer: Barry.

* BondOneLiner
* BoundAndGagged: Congressman Cummings.
* BrotherSisterIncest: It's heavily implied that Sam sexually abused Sally.
* BuriedAlive: Rick's death.
* ChaseScene: With stilts.

* CigarChomper: The major.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Why Sergeant Twining enjoys informing soldiers' families of their deaths so much.
* CoolShades: Congressman Cummings at least thinks so.
* CreepyCemetery
* CreepyChild: Barry, though Jody also has his moments.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath
* DaylightHorror: Jesse and Ralph's deaths.

* DirectToVideo

* DomesticAbuser: Sam.
* DontGoInTheWoods: Jesse gets lost in them during the sack race.
* DraftDodging: Mr. Crandall.

* DullSurprise: Jody.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Sam.
* EvilUncle: Guess.
* EyeAwaken: Sam, after sensing his grave being desecrated.

* FallenHero: Sam becomes one to Jody after his aunt and mother tell him what he was really like.
* {{Fan Service}}: Some brief T and A.
* FanServiceExtra: The woman Willie spies on.
* FingerTwitchingRevival: Sam likes fidgeting in his coffin.
* FriendOrFoe: How Sam died.
* GenderBlenderName: Jody.

* GrossUpCloseUp: On the more violent deaths, plus Rick's broken leg.
* UsefulNotes/GulfWar: Sam died in it.
* GutturalGrowler: Sam and the major.

* ImmuneToBullets

* InfernalRetaliation: Attempted by Sam.
* IronicNurseryTune: "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
* LickingTheBlade: Sam licks his cleaver after cutting Jesse's head off.
* LoopholeAbuse: Ralph's specialty.
* MadeOfExplodium: Louise's house, apparently.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: A cheap Uncle Sam mask.

* MenacingStroll

* NeckSnap: The sergeant's death.
* NiceHat: Comes with the costume.
* TheNineties
* NoNameGiven: Three victims (the sergeant, the major and the barbecue girl) and the mayor.

* NothingIsScarier: We don't see how Sam kills Willie with the garden shears.

* OffWithHisHead: Jesse's death.
* OhCrap: When Jed spots Sam's discarded mask while trying to call for help.
* OminousFog: In the park and cemetery.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Type R.
* PatrioticFervor

* ThePeepingTom: Willie.
* PreMortemOneLiner

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Happens to Jed.
* ReactionShot

* TheScourgeOfGod

* SealedEvilInACan
* ShellShockedVeteran: Jed.
* ShoutOut: Jed repeats the blind veteran's speech about being trapped under frozen bodies in a foxhole from ''ManiacCop2'' almost exactly. The film [[FadeToBlack "shattering" to black]] is also reference to ''{{City of the Living Dead}}''.

-->'''Sam:''' "Take a good look at me, soldier. You... you made me into this."
-->'''Jed:''' "No... you never fought for your country. You just killed for the love of killing! You're nothing! So just die!"
* SlashedThroat: Sergeant Twining's death.
* SleazyPolitician: Congressman Cummings.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Film/ManiacCop'' trilogy, arguably.
* TheStoner: The girl manning the barbecue.
* StuffBlowingUp: The fireworks show going out of control.
* SurvivorGuilt: Jed.
* TerribleTrio: Jesse, Clete and Rick.

* TitleIn: Done three times.

* UncleSamWantsYou: ... Dead!

* VaderBreath

* WarIsHell

--> [[TeamAmericaWorldPolice AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!]]

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Ralph's death.

During the GulfWar, sadistic door gunner Master Sergeant Sam Harper was killed along with his crew when their helicopter was shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. Due to the seclusion of the impact site, Sam's charred corpse went undiscovered for three years, but when it was found, he randomly sprung to life and murdered two fellow soldiers, a sergeant and a major, before falling inert. After the double homicide was presumably blamed on enemy forces, Sam's body was collected and shipped to his hometown of Twin Rivers, where it was left in the possession of his family; his wife Louise (who is currently dating local Deputy Phil Burke) and sister Sally (whose son, an awkward and extremely patriotic boy named Jody, idolized Sam, unaware of his violent and troubled past).

* GulfWar: Sam died in it.

* {{Dedication}}: "For [[LucioFulci Lucio]]".

'''''Uncle Sam''''' is a 1997 SlasherMovie, created by the duo of LarryCohen and William Lustig.

* {{Gorn}}

-->'''Jed:''' "No... you never fought for you're country. You just killed for the love of killing! You're nothing! So just die!"

* SociopathicSoldier: Sam.

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--> '''Sam:''' "Take a good look at me, soldier. You... you made me into this."
--> '''Jed:''' "No... you never fought for you're country. You just killed for the love of killing! You're nothing! So just die!"

'''''Uncle Sam''''' is a 1997 SlasherFilm, created by the duo of LarryCohen and William Lustig.

* EyesOfGold: Sam.

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: How Jody sees the world, until he's told how big a CompleteMonster Sam was.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''ManiacCop'' trilogy, arguably.

[[caption-width-right:330:He red, white and [[IncrediblyLamePun blew]] 'em away...]]

* TwentyMinutesWithJerks: They even admit in the commentary that things take a bit too long to get going.