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3	->''"Prey for them."''
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5	''Wicked Little Things'' is a 2006 {{Horror}} film directed by J.S. Cardone.
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7	The Tunney family move to the town of Addytown, Pennsylvania, after Mr. Tunney dies. Near their house is an AbandonedMine that hasn't been used since 1913, when its owner let a group of children be buried alive in a cave-in. Naturally, the children are now [[UndeadChild zombies]].
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9	!! This film contains examples of:
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11	* AbandonedMine: While we don't see much of it, a mine explosion is what killed the miners and now the mine is abandoned.
12	* AntagonistTitle: The title is in reference to the zombie children as the wicked little things.
13	* DistinctionWithoutADifference:
14	-->'''Emma:''' Mommy, are we lost? We've been walking for a really long time.
15	-->'''Karen:''' No, baby, we just a little turned around.
16	* GreaterScopeVillain: Edmond Carlton, the mine owner responsible for the children's deaths.
17	* HateSink:
18	** Edmond Carlton was a mine owner in the 1800s who extensively employed child labor. When an accident causes a cave-in, Edmond orders a bunch of these kids left to die because it would cost too much money to save them. Managing to buy his way out of any legal trouble, Edmond skipped town and [[KarmaHoudini vanished into obscurity]], leaving the vengeful zombies the children became to terrorize the town. Despite [[TheGhost never appearing beyond a photograph]], Edmond [[GreaterScopeVillain is responsible for all the horrors that unfold in the film proper]].
19	** William Carlton is a descendant of the above mentioned Edmond and is no better than him. A greedy and arrogant businessman, he is buying out the town and forcing people out of their homes in order to renovate its land. Upon meeting Karen, he immediately tells her to vacate her families house on the grounds that he owns the town.
20	* HorrorHunger: The children hunger for the flesh of their murderer, but they'll settle for others' flesh.
21	* KarmaHoudini: Edmond Carlton is cleared of all charges related to the mining disaster and leaves town before the children can kill him. [[spoiler:His descendant gets his comeuppance.]]
22	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The zombies here are resurrected by a hunger for vengeance and eat the flesh of anything that gets between them and their killer.
23	* ShoutOut: Sarah says that the woods remind her of ''Film/SleepyHollow1999''.
24	* TheSociopath: Edmund Carlton, a mine owner who orders a mine blown with child labourers inside out of greed.
25	* TragicMonster: The zombie children. Killed due to greed and brought back as zombies.
26	* UndeadChild: The villains are children who became zombies after being trapped in a mine.

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