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*** What's even more sinister is that the girl they rescued "thanks" them by trapping them in their car as it's about to be hit by a train, before walking off to do God knows what to the world.

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*** What's even more sinister is that the girl they rescued "thanks" them by trapping them in their car as it's about to be hit by a train, before walking off to do God knows what to the world.world.
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** And just before the wraparound ends, the camera returns to the TV room, where the tape that contains ''10/31/98'' is heard starting by itself.

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* ''Tape 56'', the framing segment. On [[RewatchBonus repeat viewings]], one notices that the room is [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent different]] after every segment, things disappear, things move, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the old man's body moves]]...

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* ''Tape 56'', the framing segment. On [[RewatchBonus repeat viewings]], one notices that the room is [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent different]] after every segment, things disappear, things move, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick segment:
** After ''Amateur Night'', Brad, the person who watches the tape, disappears, while the criminals in the basement discover what appears to be a naked man shuffling around in the basement.
** After ''Second Honeymoon'',
the old man's body moves]]...corpse disappears.
** After ''Tuesday the 17th'', the old man's corpse returns, but Rox, the person who watched the previous two tapes, is gone.
** After ''The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger'', Zack and the old man's corpse are gone. The remaining criminal, Gary, searches the house, but ends up finding Zack's decapitated remains. He is suddenly ambushed by the old man, who is now undead. He falls down the stairs and twists his ankle, allowing for the zombie to easily kill him.
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** The climax reveals that the strange children aren't ghosts, but aliens who have been using Emily as an incubator for the fetuses of alien/human hybrids. James has been in league with them and is implied to have been removing said fetuses from her body and subsequently helping the aliens erase her memory for some time, and is implied to be doing the same thing to at least one other woman with a bump in her arm who believes that he is her boyfriend.
*** Rewatching the segment reveals a good amount of FridgeHorror. It's mentioned that the doctor that James (himself an aspiring doctor being transferred to a military base) recommended Emily see for her injuries diagnosed her as schizoaffective. The director's commentary states that Emily grew up near a military base as well, where she suffered an accident she doesn't remember. Putting these things together, it implies that ''government officials'' are involved with this alien incubation project. And what's worse, the conspiracy shows no signs of ending anytime soon.

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** The climax reveals that the strange children aren't ghosts, but aliens who have been using Emily as an incubator for the fetuses of alien/human hybrids.hybrids nearly all her life. James has been in league with them and is implied to have been removing said fetuses from her body and subsequently helping the aliens erase her memory for some time, and is implied to be doing the same thing to at least one other woman with a bump in her arm who believes that he is her boyfriend.
*** Rewatching the segment reveals a good amount of FridgeHorror. It's mentioned that the doctor that James (himself an aspiring doctor being whose father was previously transferred to a military base) recommended Emily see for her injuries diagnosed her as schizoaffective. The director's commentary states that Emily grew up near a military base as well, where she suffered an accident she doesn't remember. Putting these things together, it This implies that ''government officials'' are involved with this alien incubation project.project is produced in conjunction with the ''US Government''. And what's worse, the conspiracy shows no signs of ending anytime soon.
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* "Tape 56", the framing segment. On [[RewatchBonus repeat viewings]], one notices that the room is [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent different]] after every segment, things disappear, things move, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the old man's body moves]]...
* "Amateur Night". Everything about Lily. Even before she starts killing the other characters, there's just something ''off'' about her. The way she appears in the background during the bar scenes also adds to the creepiness.

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* "Tape 56", ''Tape 56'', the framing segment. On [[RewatchBonus repeat viewings]], one notices that the room is [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent different]] after every segment, things disappear, things move, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the old man's body moves]]...
* "Amateur Night".''Amateur Night''. Everything about Lily. Even before she starts killing the other characters, there's just something ''off'' about her. The way she appears in the background during the bar scenes also adds to the creepiness.



* "Second Honeymoon". [[NothingIsScarier Someone]] films Sam and Stephanie while they're sleeping, and even pulls out a switchblade and runs it over Stephanie's leg. It's insanely creepy.

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* "Second Honeymoon".''Second Honeymoon''. [[NothingIsScarier Someone]] films Sam and Stephanie while they're sleeping, and even pulls out a switchblade and runs it over Stephanie's leg. It's insanely creepy.



* "Tuesday the 17th". Wendy is running away from the Glitch, who she's just failed to kill, only for that Glitch to ''jump from a tree and land on her''.

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* "Tuesday ''Tuesday the 17th".17th''. Wendy is running away from the Glitch, who she's just failed to kill, only for that Glitch to ''jump from a tree and land on her''.



* "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger". Despite being the only segment in which no one actually dies, there is still a hefty dose of horror to be had.

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* "The ''The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger".Younger''. Despite being the only segment in which no one actually dies, there is still a hefty dose of horror to be had.



* "10/31/98". The house where the guys believe the Halloween party they're attending is being hosted looks creepy even before the ghostly activity starts up, seeing how stark and desolate it appears to be.

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* "10/31/98".''10/31/98''. The house where the guys believe the Halloween party they're attending is being hosted looks creepy even before the ghostly activity starts up, seeing how stark and desolate it appears to be.

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* Everything about Lily from "Amateur Night". Even before she starts killing off the other characters, there's just something ''off'' about her. The way she appears in the background during the bar scenes also adds to the creepiness.

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* Everything about Lily from "Amateur Night". Everything about Lily. Even before she starts killing off the other characters, there's just something ''off'' about her. The way she appears in the background during the bar scenes also adds to the creepiness.creepiness.
** Before she begins killing, Clint undresses Lily to discover that she has distinctly inhuman feet, hinting at her true nature.



** Clint, running through the parking lot, screaming for help, before suddenly being [[JumpScare thrown into the air]] by Lily, who, by this point, has fully transformed.

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** Clint, running through the parking lot, screaming for help, before suddenly being [[JumpScare thrown snatched into the air]] by Lily, who, by this point, has fully transformed.



* In "Second Honeymoon", [[NothingIsScarier someone]] films Sam and Stephanie while they're sleeping, and even pulls out a switchblade and runs it over Stephanie's leg, it's insanely creepy.
** In the end, that person, revealed to be Stephanie's girlfriend, stab Sam in the throat. They ''joke'' about it while the girlfriend cleans up.

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* In "Second Honeymoon", Honeymoon". [[NothingIsScarier someone]] Someone]] films Sam and Stephanie while they're sleeping, and even pulls out a switchblade and runs it over Stephanie's leg, it's leg. It's insanely creepy.
** In the end, that person, revealed to be Stephanie's girlfriend, stab Sam in the throat. They ''joke'' about it ''kiss each other'' while the girlfriend cleans up.they clean up his blood.



* In "Tuesday the 17th", Wendy is running away from the glitch, who she's just failed to kill, only for that glitch to ''jump from a tree and land on her''.

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* In "Tuesday the 17th", 17th". Wendy is running away from the glitch, Glitch, who she's just failed to kill, only for that glitch Glitch to ''jump from a tree and land on her''.



** Early on, there's a quick shot of her friend's body, floating on the water... it's implied that it's only visible through the camera.

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** Early on, there's a quick shot of her Wendy's friend's body, body slumped against a wall with a scream on its face. Later another body is seen floating on facedown in the water... it's lake. It's implied that it's the bodies are only visible through the camera.camera.
* "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger". Despite being the only segment in which no one actually dies, there is still a hefty dose of horror to be had.
** The ghostly children supposedly haunting Emily's apartment, especially since they can be seen shrouded in the darkness whenever they're onscreen.
** It may border more on Squick, but the moment where Emily digs into the bump on her arm with a scalpel and a meat fork to find out what it is. Especially how nonchalantly she's acting while doing it.
** The climax reveals that the strange children aren't ghosts, but aliens who have been using Emily as an incubator for the fetuses of alien/human hybrids. James has been in league with them and is implied to have been removing said fetuses from her body and subsequently helping the aliens erase her memory for some time, and is implied to be doing the same thing to at least one other woman with a bump in her arm who believes that he is her boyfriend.
*** Rewatching the segment reveals a good amount of FridgeHorror. It's mentioned that the doctor that James (himself an aspiring doctor being transferred to a military base) recommended Emily see for her injuries diagnosed her as schizoaffective. The director's commentary states that Emily grew up near a military base as well, where she suffered an accident she doesn't remember. Putting these things together, it implies that ''government officials'' are involved with this alien incubation project. And what's worse, the conspiracy shows no signs of ending anytime soon.
* "10/31/98". The house where the guys believe the Halloween party they're attending is being hosted looks creepy even before the ghostly activity starts up, seeing how stark and desolate it appears to be.
** The scene where the guys stumble upon the exorcism in the attic. When one of the men performing the ceremony smacks the possessed girl across the face, he and his followers are slowly pulled into the darkness by an unseen force.
** When the guys work to rescue the girl, the house itself comes alive with supernatural activity. Black birds appear out of nowhere, furniture levitates, a window is suddenly removed from existence, ghostly arms reach out of the walls, etc.
*** What's even more sinister is that the girl they rescued "thanks" them by trapping them in their car as it's about to be hit by a train, before walking off to do God knows what to the world.
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** In the end, that person, revealed to be Stephanie's [[YourCheatingHeart girlfriend]], stab Sam in the throat. They ''joke'' about it while the girlfriend cleans up.

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** In the end, that person, revealed to be Stephanie's [[YourCheatingHeart girlfriend]], girlfriend, stab Sam in the throat. They ''joke'' about it while the girlfriend cleans up.
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** As of ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'', we now know that... ''whatever'' Lily is, it "mates for life".

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** As of ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'', we now know that... ''whatever'' Lily is, it she "mates for life".
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** As of ''{{Siren}}'', we now know that... ''whatever'' Lily is, it "mates for life".

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** As of ''{{Siren}}'', ''[[Film/Siren2016 Siren]]'', we now know that... ''whatever'' Lily is, it "mates for life".
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* In "Second Honeymoon", [[NothingIsScarier someone]] films Sam and Stephanie while they're sleeping, and even pulls out a switchblade and runs it over Stephanie's leg, it's insanely creepy.
** In the end, that person, revealed to be Stephanie's [[YourCheatingHeart girlfriend]], stab Sam in the throat. They ''joke'' about it while the girlfriend cleans up.
** Something that most viewers don't notice; the segment ends with them erasing the footage... the footage that you [[ParanoiaFuel just watched]].
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* "Tape 56". On repeat viewings, one notices that the room changes after every segment, things disappear, things move, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the old man's body moves]]...

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* "Tape 56". 56", the framing segment. On [[RewatchBonus repeat viewings, viewings]], one notices that the room changes is [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent different]] after every segment, things disappear, things move, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the old man's body moves]]...



** Her OneWingedAngel form as she corners Clink in the stairwell (see above).

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** Her OneWingedAngel form as she corners Clink Clint in the stairwell (see above).



** As of ''{{Siren}}'', we now know that... ''whatever'' Lily is "mates for life".

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** As of ''{{Siren}}'', we now know that... ''whatever'' Lily is is, it "mates for life".
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* "Tape 56". On repeat viewings, one notices that the room changes after every segment, things disappear, things move, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the old man's body moves]]...
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* In "Tuesday the 17th" Wendy is running away from the glitch, who she's just failed to kill, only for that glitch to ''jump from a tree and land on her''.

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* In "Tuesday the 17th" 17th", Wendy is running away from the glitch, who she's just failed to kill, only for that glitch to ''jump from a tree and land on her''.



** Nope. WordOfGod says she's [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie becoming another glitch]].

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** *** Nope. WordOfGod says she's [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie becoming another glitch]].glitch]].
** Early on, there's a quick shot of her friend's body, floating on the water... it's implied that it's only visible through the camera.
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* Everything about Lily from "Amateur Night". Even before she starts killing off the other characters, there's just something ''off'' about her. The way she appears in the background during the bar scenes also adds to the creepiness.
** Her OneWingedAngel form as she corners Clink in the stairwell (see above).
** Clint, running through the parking lot, screaming for help, before suddenly being [[JumpScare thrown into the air]] by Lily, who, by this point, has fully transformed.
** As of ''{{Siren}}'', we now know that... ''whatever'' Lily is "mates for life".
* In "Tuesday the 17th" Wendy is running away from the glitch, who she's just failed to kill, only for that glitch to ''jump from a tree and land on her''.
** We then get a lingering shot of Wendy's disemboweled body before it [[JumpScare glitches out]] and presumably disappears.
** Nope. WordOfGod says she's [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie becoming another glitch]].

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