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wikipedia and other sources indicated that the film wasn't a zombie flick but the villain was intended as "mentally handicapped."
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: As mentioned in FollowTheLeader, the film was originally meant to be a zombie movie, but the developers turned it into a sci-fi film partway through production by rewriting the monster to be an alien and adding cheap special effects.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With [[Film/TheDark2005 a 2005 supernatural horror film]].
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With [[Film/TheDark2005 a 2005 supernatural horror film]].
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: As mentioned in FollowTheLeader, the film The Mangler was originally meant intended to be (depending on which source you consult) either a zombie movie, but zombie, or an oversized, mentally handicapped person who went on a rampage (hence his being dressed in normal human clothes). But the developers producers turned it into a sci-fi film partway through production by rewriting the monster to be an alien and adding cheap special effects.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With [[Film/TheDark2005 a 2005 supernatural horrorfilm]].film]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TobeHooper was the original director but was fired early in production, as the producers weren't satisfied with his slow working pace.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With [[Film/TheDark2005 a 2005 supernatural horror
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TobeHooper was the original director but was fired early in production, as the producers weren't satisfied with his slow working pace.
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: As mentioned in FollowTheLeader, the film was originally meant to be a zombie movie, but the developers turned it into a sci-fi film partway through production by rewriting the monster to be an alien and adding cheap special effects.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** Brazil: ''Los Angeles Terror''
** France: ''Nights of Violence''
** Portugal: ''The Killing Shadow''
** Brazil: ''Los Angeles Terror''
** France: ''Nights of Violence''
** Portugal: ''The Killing Shadow''
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* FollowTheLeader: When Administrivia/TropesAreTools, this is an example of tropes being bad: it started life as a "killer zombie" film but changes were made mid-production to have the killer zombie be a killer alien (to exploit the sci-fi craze started by ''Star Wars'') and added ([[SpecialEffectsFailure very crappy]]) laser effects to the kill scenes. Either way it was pretty forgettable.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: As mentioned on FollowTheLeader below, the monster was changed from a zombie to an alien (with the bare minimum effort). This was a request from the producers to cash in on the popularity of space-themed movies at the time.
* FollowTheLeader: When Administrivia/TropesAreTools, this is an example of tropes being bad: it started life as a "killer zombie" film but changes were made mid-production to have the killer zombie be a killer alien (to exploit the sci-fi craze started by ''StarWars'') Wars'' and ''Alien'') and added ([[SpecialEffectsFailure very crappy]]) (very crappy) laser effects to the kill scenes. Either way it was pretty forgettable.scenes.
* FollowTheLeader: When Administrivia/TropesAreTools, this is an example of tropes being bad: it started life as a "killer zombie" film but changes were made mid-production to have the killer zombie be a killer alien (to exploit the sci-fi craze started by ''Star
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* FollowTheLeader: When Administrivia/TropesAreTools, this is an example of tropes being bad: it started life as a "killer zombie" film but changes were made mid-production to have the killer zombie be a killer alien (to exploit the sci-fi craze started by ''Star Wars'') and added ([[SpecialEffectsFailure very crappy]]) laser effects to the kill scenes. Either way it was pretty forgettable.
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With [[Film/TheDark2005 a 2005 supernatural horror film]].
