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* AngstWhatAngst- The ending shows Marie and Michael reunited with their brother Thomas, healthy and happy as they play soccer with him in the yard. In real life, Elisabeth Fritzl’s children had a hard time adjusting to life outside of the basement they spent their whole lives in, which included panic attacks over minor triggers that took months to get under control.

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* AngstWhatAngst- AngstWhatAngst: The ending shows Marie and Michael reunited with their brother Thomas, healthy and happy as they play soccer with him in the yard. In real life, Elisabeth Fritzl’s children had a hard time adjusting to life outside of the basement they spent their whole lives in, which included panic attacks over minor triggers that took months to get under control.
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Love To Hate is when you enjoy the villain for their actions.


* LoveToHate: It is easy to hate Don Cody for the unspeakable act he inflicts upon Sara throughout her captivity.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Watching this with the knowledge that is primarily based on the Fritzl case. This movie shows a more dramatized version of the truly horrorific events in the real case with Josef and Elisabeth Frtizl.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Watching this with the knowledge that it is primarily based on the Fritzl case. This movie shows a more dramatized version of the truly horrorific events in the real case with Josef and Elisabeth Frtizl.
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* AngstWhatAngst- The ending shows Marie and Michael reunited with their brother Thomas, healthy and happy as they play soccer with him in the yard. In real life, Elisabeth Fritzl’s children had a hard time adjusting to life outside of the basement they spent their whole lives in, which included panic attackswould have panic attacks over minor triggers that took months to get under control.

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* AngstWhatAngst- The ending shows Marie and Michael reunited with their brother Thomas, healthy and happy as they play soccer with him in the yard. In real life, Elisabeth Fritzl’s children had a hard time adjusting to life outside of the basement they spent their whole lives in, which included panic attackswould have panic attacks over minor triggers that took months to get under control.
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* AngstWhatAngst- The ending shows Marie and Michael reunited with their brother Thomas, healthy and happy as they play soccer with him in the yard. In real life, Elisabeth Fritzl’s children had a hard time adjusting to life outside of the basement they spent their whole lives in, which included panic attackswould have panic attacks over minor triggers that took months to get under control.
* HarsherInHindsight: Watching this with the knowledge that is primarily based on the Fritzl case. This movie shows a more dramatized version of the truly horrorific events in the real case with Josef and Elisabeth Frtizl.
* LoveToHate: It is easy to hate Don Cody for the unspeakable act he inflicts upon Sara throughout her captivity.
* MoralEventHorizon: Don crosses this line when he rapes Sara for the first time, showing the audience that there is no limit to the kind of abuse he is willing to inflict upon Sara.

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* {{Squick}}: Sara about to be raped by her own father.

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* {{Squick}}: Sara Pretty much anytime Don is about to be raped by her own father.rape Sara.
** Also, when Don starts to eye Marie in an inappropriate manner.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Marie is played by Creator/EmmaMyers. The next year, Myers would have her big break as Enid Sinclair on ''Series/{{Wednesday}}''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Marie is played by Creator/EmmaMyers. The next year, Myers would have her big break as Enid Sinclair on ''Series/{{Wednesday}}''.''Series/{{Wednesday}}''.
* {{Squick}}: Sara about to be raped by her own father.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Marie is played by Creator/EmmaMyers. The next year, Myers would have her big break as Enid Sinclair on ''Series/{{Wednesday}}''.

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