Line #20 Film/TerrorOnAlcatraz


1	''Terror on Alcatraz'' is a 1987 Crime and SlasherMovie.
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3	[[quoteright:231:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1_172703346_5.jpg]]
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5	Frank Morris (Creator/AldoRay) is one of the only people who managed to escape Alcatraz. Years later, he is still up to no good as he plots a get-rich-quick scheme to return to the island to acquire some information to break into a safe-deposit box on the mainland. Unfortunately for him, a group of young adults also sneak onto Alcatraz for a cellblock party. He then proceeds to off the group one by one.
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7	Verónica Porche Ali, the ex-wife of UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, has a small role as a ranger who gives the tour of Alcatraz.
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10	!!This film contains the examples of:
11	* AbandonedArea: When it's not crawling with tourists during the day, Alcatraz is abandoned otherwise with the exception of two guards who keep track of the place at night.
12	* ByronicHero: Matthew is enigmatic and prepared for battle with his red headband, war paint, and inner turmoil. [[spoiler:Subverted given that this is a slasher movie and he dies, and the police assume that he's the killer. In any other movie, he'd probably be the one to save the day.]]
13	* ClassClown: Greg constantly injects commentary during the tour, to the annoyance of the guide.
14	* {{Claustrophobia}}: Greg implies that he's this when he refuses to go in a prison cell with the others during a tour demonstration.
15	* DecoyProtagonist: Of the group of victims, Greg seems to be the lead in that we are introduced to him first and he recognizes Frank Morris in the group of trourists on Alcatraz. [[spoiler:This doesn't stop him from getting a butcher knife to the face.]]
16	* DownfallBySex: This is how Dean and Clarissa discover Kenneth's dead body. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, neither one survives. Dean is discovered hung after an off-screen death, while Clarissa attempts to woo the killer by baring her breasts to him in a last-ditch effort to save herself... [[BribeBackfire which doesn't work]].]]
17	%%* DwindlingParty
18	* FatBastard: Kenneth is anything but likeable from the start. It also doesn't help that he perpetuates the stereotype of Native Americans being alcoholics, when he himself is a cokehead.
19	* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Terry is the last to face Frank and manages to survive by dodging him, causing him to take a fall off a cliff.]]
20	* GenreShift: The movie whiplashes between being a neo-noir to being a slasher to being a neo-noir again.
21	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Frank gets his comeuppance at the hands of the old bank manager, who knifes him to death for encouraging her sons to escape with him and drown.]]
22	* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Frank can escape prison, easily kill off a group of young adults, and survive a tumble off a cliff. However, his downfall comes at his highest moment [[spoiler:when he acquires his wealth and he lets his guard down. This was the moment the bank manager attacks him.]]
23	* PlayfulPursuit: Dean and Clarissa's banter, along with sexual innuendos and fake southern accents.
24	* PoliceAreUseless: The two park rangers simply add to the bodycount, as Frank kills both with ease.
25	* ProneToVomiting: Greg gets seasick on the boat ride over to Alcatraz, and he holds his stomach in anguish when he sees Kenneth's dead body.
26	* TrophyWife: Mona is a beautiful woman who is with a scumbag like Frank, who burns her with a cigarette and treats her poorly most of the time. She enjoys the fancy side of life though and therefore supports him in his scheme to make them rich.

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