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Killdozer!
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- 31 feature instances
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A 1974 ABC Made-for-TV Movie starring Clint Walker and Robert Urich, based on the radical "man vs. his machines" theme that hit big and hard in the '70s and '80s.Adapted from a 1944 short story written by Theodore Sturgeon, it concerns a group of construction workers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Africa, setting up an airstrip for an oil drilling operation. One of the crew's bulldozers becomes possessed by an alien life force after its blade strikes a long-buried meteorite. The possessed dozer then takes it upon itself to hunt and kill the workers.Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation of Sturgeon's story the same year the film came out, in its sci-fi anthology title Worlds Unknown.You'd be forgiven for thinking that this has to do with the Killdozer, the vehicle involved in a real-life rampage at Granby, Colorado in 2004. | |
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Dropped link to AutomatedAutomobiles: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Killdozer! / int_2164d2a1 | type |
Energy Beings | |
Killdozer! / int_2164d2a1 | comment |
Energy Beings: The alien entity trapped inside the meteorite. | |
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Killdozer! / int_38d09db | type |
Homicide Machines | |
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Homicide Machines: The possessed dozer hunts and kills the workers. | |
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Killdozer! / int_3ec7c277 | type |
Every Car Is a Pinto | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto: Chub's truck explodes after being very slowly overturned by the bulldozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_3f2a490e | type |
It Kind of Looks Like a Face | |
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It Kind of Looks Like a Face: The twin headlights and grille of the possessed bulldozer look like a malevolent face. | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can: The entity trapped within the meteorite broken by the bulldozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_4c7e3b7 | type |
Construction Vehicle Rampage | |
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Construction Vehicle Rampage: The bulldozer itself. | |
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Killdozer! / int_5b1022b4 | type |
Magic Meteor | |
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Magic Meteor: The energy entity arrives on Earth in a meteor and remains trapped there until the dozer smashes the meteor and the entity is released and possesses the dozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_60b21fa3 | type |
The Lancer | |
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The Lancer: Dennis is one of the first to believe Kelly about the killer bulldozer, and becomes his major supporter him in fighting it. | |
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Killdozer! / int_60c96f24 | type |
Portmantitle | |
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Portmantitle: The title is a compound word of kill and dozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_62434fe2 | type |
Sanity Slippage | |
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Sanity Slippage: Dutch starts losing it after Mac dies: first becoming paranoid and then telling long, pointless stories. By the end, he decides that he wants to go for a swim while the killer bulldozer is still on the loose. | |
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Killdozer! / int_6ccb6be | type |
My Car Hates Me | |
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My Car Hates Me: Dutch's jeep stalls directly in the path of the oncoming bulldozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
Killdozer! / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: Based on the poster it looks like a crazy bulldozer roving around some mountain-forest area killing people and ritualistically shoving graves around. The movie...not so much. Also the one at the top of this page, which shows a farm tractor equipped with a bucket attachment, when the movie actually features a proper Caterpillar D9 bulldozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_76c0e85d | type |
High-Voltage Death | |
Killdozer! / int_76c0e85d | comment |
High-Voltage Death: Kelly and Dennis destroy the dozer by luring it onto a metal grid which they then electrify. | |
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The Alcoholic | |
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The Alcoholic: Kelly is a recovering alcoholic. When strange things start happening, Dennis suggests that he might have fallen Off the Wagon. | |
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Killdozer! / int_9788e2b1 | type |
Black Dude Dies First | |
Killdozer! / int_9788e2b1 | comment |
Black Dude Dies First: Technically averted, as Mack (white dude) dies from a mysterious illness shortly after the alien force is unleashed. However, Al (black dude) is the first to be killed by the possessed bulldozer itself. | |
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Killdozer! / int_98936e28 | type |
Haunted Technology | |
Killdozer! / int_98936e28 | comment |
Haunted Technology: The dozer is possessed by an alien entity. | |
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It's Probably Nothing | |
Killdozer! / int_a0efb4e7 | comment |
It's Probably Nothing: Kelly asks mechanic Chub to examine the bulldozer to determine why it went berserk. Chub reports back that he can't find anything mechanically wrong with the dozer, but there is mysterious humming emanating from the blade which he can't locate a source for. Kelly listens to the hum, then dismisses it as "probably nothing important". | |
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Killdozer! / int_b352279a | type |
Attack of the Killer Whatever | |
Killdozer! / int_b352279a | comment |
Attack of the Killer Whatever: A bulldozer is likely to not pose much of a threat to anyone who can run faster then it can crawl. Its akin to a fat ninja who expels gas every few minutes. | |
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Killdozer! / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
Killdozer! / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Dutch, drunker than even Kelly has ever been, attempts to play chicken with the bulldozer in a little Jeep. This in and of itself isn't the stupid part. The stupid part is Dutch makes no attempt to get out of the Jeep while the bulldozer is running it over, and just sits there and gets crushed. | |
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Crowbar Combatant | |
Killdozer! / int_b8e2279c | comment |
Crowbar Combatant: In the final confrontation, Kelly attacks the bulldozer with a pry bar: smashing one of its headlights to provoke it into pursuing him. | |
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Killdozer! / int_c250346f | type |
Generic Doomsday Villain | |
Killdozer! / int_c250346f | comment |
Generic Doomsday Villain: The evil alien entity that possesses the bulldozer is just a generic evil force that serves to run wild and cause chaos and death. It has no real motivation or personality. | |
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Killdozer! / int_c30f7c4a | type |
Vehicular Combat | |
Killdozer! / int_c30f7c4a | comment |
Vehicular Combat: The final fight involves the bulldozer vs. an excavator piloted by the heroes. | |
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Cigar Chomper | |
Killdozer! / int_c914e68d | comment |
Cigar Chomper: The tough-as-nails, unfazable mechanic Chub spends the entire film with a cigar clenched in his teeth. | |
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Killdozer! / int_d0883f7e | type |
Broken Heel | |
Killdozer! / int_d0883f7e | comment |
Broken Heel: Dennis when he and Kelly are running away in the climax. | |
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Killdozer! / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
Killdozer! / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title: Killdozer. The title is a compound word of kill and dozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_e2a6ebc1 | type |
Closed Circle | |
Killdozer! / int_e2a6ebc1 | comment |
Closed Circle: A murderous bulldozer doesn't sounds like a threat you couldn't run away from... but then again, everybody's stuck on an island, and one of the first things the bulldozer destroys is the hut where the radio was located. | |
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Killdozer! / int_e2d7b14c | type |
Made of Explodium | |
Killdozer! / int_e2d7b14c | comment |
Made of Explodium: Several random items in the camp explode when the bulldozer runs over them. | |
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Killdozer! / int_e460b44e | type |
The Radio Dies First | |
Killdozer! / int_e460b44e | comment |
The Radio Dies First: One of the first things demolished by the bulldozer is the hut that houses the radio. | |
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Vehicle Title | |
Killdozer! / int_fa2f60f1 | comment |
Vehicle Title: The title refers to the possessed bulldozer. | |
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Killdozer! / int_ffb79066 | type |
Chromosome Casting | |
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Chromosome Casting: An all male construction crew versus a killer bulldozer. | |
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