History YMMV / JamaicaInn

* ItWasHisSled: The fact that Francis Davey is the actual leader of the wreckers, and Joss Merlyn his underling, was originally a major plot twist but it's quite well-known nowadays.

* ItWasHidSled: The fact that Francis Davey is the actual leader of the wreckers, and Joss Merlyn his underling, was originally a major plot twist but it's quite well-known nowadays.

* IdiotPlot: Changing Jem from Joss's brother in the novel to the unrelated undercover naval officer Trehearne introduced this trope to the film, because the plot now can only work because Trehearne, despite having spent two months at the inn, is too dense to pick up on the obvious fact that Sir Humphrey and Joss are in cahoots.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The wide shots of the ships are obviously models, but the waves are actually quite convincing.

* CompleteMonster: [[FatBastard Sir Humphrey Pengallan]], local squire and justice of the peace of the storm-swept Cornish coast, uses his well-off status to hide his identity as the mastermind behind a group of local wreckers. Pengallan has the ostensible leader of the [[SalvagePirates wreckers]], Joss, [[TheManBehindTheMan in his pocket]], tipping off the gang to ships coming up to the coast loaded with valuable cargo so the wreckers can sink them and massacre any survivors. Pengallan remorselessly gloats he's drowned hundreds of sailors all for the sake of living like a king, only ever hesitating when the authorities are close to finding him out. When Joss's girlfriend Patience tries to renege on the gang, Pengallan murders her, kidnaps her niece Mary for a trophy wife, then attempts to sail out with his ill-gotten gains and force Mary to play the part of "dutiful possession" for the rest of the kingly life he's murdered his way into.

* CompleteMonster: [[FatBastard Sir Humphrey Pengallan]], local squire and justice of the peace of the storm-swept Cornish coast, uses his well-off status to hide his identity as the mastermind behind a group of local wreckers. Pengallan has the ostensible leader of the wreckers, Joss, [[TheManBehindTheMan in his pocket]], tipping off the gang to ships coming up to the coast loaded with valuable cargo so the wreckers can sink them and massacre any survivors. Pengallan remorselessly gloats he's drowned hundreds of sailors all for the sake of living like a king, only ever hesitating when the authorities are close to finding him out. When Joss's girlfriend Patience tries to renege on the gang, Pengallan murders her, kidnaps her niece Mary for a trophy wife, then attempts to sail out with his ill-gotten gains and force Mary to play the part of "dutiful possession" for the rest of the kingly life he's murdered his way into.

* MagnificentBastard: Francis Davey, the vicar of Altarnun, is a seemingly friend albino man who is the true leader of Joss Merlyn's gang of wreckers. Having sought enlightenment in Christianity, Davey abandoned it for his own form of ancient paganism, secretly masterminding the gang's wrecking of ships and murders of their crew while befriended heroine Mary to both manipulate her and keep his identity secret before murdering Joss and his wife Patience. Intending to flee with his wealth, Davey attempts to push Mary to join him in his religion out of his respect for her.

* CompleteMonster: [[FatBastard Sir Humphrey Pengallan]], local squire and justice of the peace of the storm-swept Cornish coast, uses his well-off status to hide his identity as the [[BigBad mastermind]] behind a group of local wreckers. Pengallan has the ostensible leader of the wreckers, Joss, in his pocket, tipping off the gang to ships coming up to the coast loaded with valuable cargo so the wreckers can sink them and massacre any survivors. Pengallan remorselessly gloats he's drowned hundreds of sailors all for the sake of living like a king, only ever hesitating when the authorities are close to finding him out. When Joss's girlfriend Patience tries to renege on the gang, Pengallan murders her, kidnaps her niece Mary for a trophy wife, then attempts to sail out with his ill-gotten gains and force Mary to play the part of "dutiful possession" for the rest of the kingly life he's murdered his way into.

* CompleteMonster: [[FatBastard Sir Humphrey Pengellan]], local squire and justice of the peace of the storm-swept Cornish coast, uses his well-off status to hide his identity as the [[BigBad mastermind]] behind a group of local wreckers. Pengallan has the ostensible leader of the wreckers, Joss, in his pocket, tipping off the gang to ships coming up to the coast loaded with valuable cargo so the wreckers can sink them and massacre any survivors. Pengallan remorselessly gloats he's drowned hundreds of sailors all for the sake of living like a king, only ever hesitating when the authorities are close to finding him out. When Joss's girlfriend Patience tries to renege on the gang, Pengallan murders her, kidnaps her niece Mary for a trophy wife, then attempts to sail out with his ill-gotten gains and force Mary to play the part of "dutiful possession" for the rest of the kingly life he's murdered his way into.

* IdiotPlot: Changing Jem from Joss's brother in the novel to the unrelated undercover law officer Trehearne introduced this trope to the film, because the plot now can only work because Trehearne, despite having spent two months at the inn, is too dense to pick up on the obvious fact that Sir Humphrey and Joss are in cahoots.

* IdiotPlot: Changing Jem from Joss's son in the novel to the unrelated undercover law officer Trehearne introduced this trope to the film, because the plot now can only work because Trehearne, despite having spent two months at the inn, is too dense to pick up on the obvious fact that Sir Humphrey and Joss are in cahoots.

* IdiotPlot: Changing Jem from Joss's son in the novel to the unrelated undercover law officer Trehearne introduced this trope to the film, because the plot now can only work because Trehearne, despite having spent three months at the inn, is too dense to pick up on the obvious fact that Sir Humphrey and Joss are in cahoots.