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American Gothic

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American Gothic is a 1987 horror film directed by John Hough and starring Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Michael J Pollard, William Hootkins, and Janet Wright.Following her release from an institution after the accidental drowning death of her baby, Cynthia accompanies her husband Jeff and their friends Rob, Lynn, Paul, and Terri on a weekend getaway. When their seaplane encounters engine trouble, the group is forced to detour to a remote island. Looking for help, they stumble upon a cottage, occupied by the elderly and old-fashioned Ma and Pa and their adult children Fanny, Woody, and Teddy. The horror begins when the group discover just how psychopathic the family is...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })
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I Love the Dead
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I Love the Dead: After killing Terri, Teddy rips her top off to molest the corpse.
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Ax-Crazy
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Ax-Crazy: Ma, Pa, and their family.
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Psychopathic Man Child: Fanny, Woody, and Teddy are grown adults who were never allowed to grow up mentally and are seriously Ax-Crazy
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Bittersweet Ending
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Bittersweet Ending: Heavy on the bitter: Cynthia kills the family and avenges her friends, but is Driven to Madness by the whole ordeal, as the last shot shows.
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Death by Irony
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Death by Irony: After coming home to find his family dead, Pa angrily renounces God, seconds before Cynthia kills him with his own shotgun.
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Knight Templar
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Knight Templar: Ma and Pa don’t take kindly to sinners...
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