Line #18 Film/Scrios


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Perhaps Sleeping Beauty was asleep for a reason?]]
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4	''Scríos'' is a 2019 ShortFilm produced by ''No [=WiFi=]''. It is written by Bobby Calloway and directed by Rian Mahood-Gallagher.
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6	Hidden away in the ruins of a castle lies a beautiful lady. Possibly a princess? She lies in a seemingly enchanted sleep. And when a young soldier comes to wake her, she seems grateful. Or is she?
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8	The film is InspiredBy the short story ''The Lady In The House of Love'' by Angela Carter.
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10	Can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQqpW_puPrw here]].
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12	!!Tropes:
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14	* AssholeVictim: WordOfGod is that The Knight and The Soldier saw The Beauty as a trophy wife and sex object respectively.
15	* BlackCloak: Both The Knight and another former victim are shown wearing them.
16	* ChromaticArrangement: The Soldier wears red, The Beauty wears a purple substituting blue and The Boy wears green.
17	* DanceOfRomance: Between The Beauty and The Boy.
18	* DarkFantasy: Quite a dark take on ''Sleeping Beauty''.
19	* DiscoveringYourOwnDeadBody: The Soldier finds his. After he's discovered The Beauty eating his heart.
20	* TheDulcineaEffect: Presumably the reason so many men keep going to wake this woman they've never heard of.
21	* FairyTaleMotifs: ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' features prominently here. Likewise The Soldier presents The Beauty with a necklace, while The Boy gives her a flower which is straight out of the original ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' - where Beauty's sisters ask for expensive jewels and Beauty asks for a rose.
22	* FlowerMotifs:
23	** The Beauty's headdress has red roses on it, which symbolises lust and the blood of Christ.
24	** The Boy gives her a white rose, which symbolises virtue and chastity.
25	** The white rose turns black at the end, which has long been associated with death and dark magic.
26	* ForcedToWatch: It's implied the ghosts of The Beauty's victims have to watch her first devouring them, and then luring in a new one.
27	* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: The Beauty wears a gorgeous purple gown, showing her as graceful and feminine.
28	* GreenAndMean: Inverted. The Boy wears green and he's a NiceGuy.
29	* {{Grimmification}}: Sleeping Beauty is a vampire whose victims are forced to wait as ghosts forever.
30	* HufflepuffHouse: Among the former victims include a long haired man in a black cape, who never gets any focus or attention.
31	* IAmAHumanitarian: The Beauty appears to eat people's hearts.
32	* InTheHood: The Knight wears a cloak with the hood up.
33	* MildlyMilitary: Used to show The Boy's youth and naivety.
34	* MoralityPet: The Boy functions as this for The Beauty.
35	* NoNameGiven: Everyone is credited as The Beauty, The Soldier, The Knight, The Boy etc.
36	* OnlyThePureOfHeart: The Boy is allowed to survive because of his purity.
37	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: She appears to be a DaywalkingVampire that goes into a long sleep - waking only to feed.
38	* PurpleIsPowerful: The Beauty's purple gown also signifies she's not a DamselInDistress.
39	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Given that the victims include a medieval knight, The Beauty has to be at least a thousand years old.
40	* RuleOfThree: We see three potential victims of The Beauty.
41	* ShirtlessScene: The Knight is shirtless in the flashback to him being bitten.
42	* SinisterSilhouettes: The flashback to The Knight being bitten is shot this way.
43	* SomethingAboutARose: The Boy brings a white rose to give to The Beauty.
44	* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Angela Carter story, the vampire died at the end and the soldier she couldn't feed on was said to die in the war. Neither die in this.
45	* TheThreeFacesOfAdam: The Boy is the Hunter, The Soldier is the Prophet and The Knight is the Lord.
46	* TimePassesMontage: Waves crashing on rocks after The Soldier is killed signal that a hundred years or so have passed.
47	* TheTragicRose: The white rose given to The Beauty turns black in the end.
48	* VirginPower: A male example. The Boy in the original story was a virgin, and his purity made the vampire unable to feed on him.
49	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: The Beauty appears to be charmed by The Boy and lets him go, unable to feed on him.
50	* WhatNowEnding: Unable to feed on The Boy, The Beauty can only sit and wonder what to do now as his rose turns black in her hands.

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