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The Ghost and the Darkness
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 American adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas.The movie tells the Very Loosely Based on a True Story (mis)adventure of John Henry Patterson, a British-Irish Lieutenant Colonel and Military Engineer that is assigned the supervision of a railroad's construction in 1898 East Africa. This mission that seems so easy at first is soon complicated by the apparition of two reckless anthropophage lions, the Ghost and the Darkness, that manage to infiltrate every part of the construction camp whenever they please to hunt the workers. This obviously spreads panic among the men and makes the threat of rebellion likely, leaving Patterson with only the help of his African assistant Samuel and the American hunter Remington to face the lions and save the railroad project before it is too late.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Part because live-acted lions didn't seem much of a threat after theatres had already been attacked by expensive CGI dinosaurs and alien invaders, part because the main character (played by the goddamn Batman) was heavily toned down to make room for the originally tertiary character played by producer Michael Douglas, the film got mixed reviews and a disappointing performance in the box-office. It also won an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing which is pretty much like winning nothing. The movie still remains an entertaining adventure movie with that classical feel in it, however. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_11e0d645 | type |
Arc Symbol | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_11e0d645 | comment |
Arc Symbol: The beauty of Africa and the dangers lurking underneath is represented by the tall brown Savannah grass. Patterson burns it to flush out the remaining lion. In the ending, he still worriedly looks at the grass, afraid something else might jump out of it. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_178ca149 | type |
The Worf Effect | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_178ca149 | comment |
The Worf Effect: Mahina is killed off easily after being introduced as a badass. This leaves the rest of the men in an understandable state of panic. Word of God says Remington's character was also intended to be this; someone badass whom the lions could kill, making Patterson that much more awesome when he survives. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_18aff462 | type |
Artistic License – Biology | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_18aff462 | comment |
Artistic License – Biology: The real Tsavo maneaters had no manes, but audiences would find it strange and less impressive to see male lions without manes. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_18d15922 | type |
Title Drop | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_18d15922 | comment |
Title Drop: "The natives call them The Ghost and The Darkness". | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_237404cc | type |
Ironic Echo | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_237404cc | comment |
Ironic Echo: "You've just been hit. The getting up is up to you." | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_2c9e262 | type |
Catapult Nightmare | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_2c9e262 | comment |
Catapult Nightmare: Patterson has one. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_38d02d44 | type |
Batman Gambit | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_38d02d44 | comment |
Batman Gambit: Both Patterson and the lions do this repeatedly. Patterson's trap was assuming the lion would hit the tripwire, and it worked, but then the lion trapped continually moved and roared, deducing the workers would be too terrified to shoot accurately. When Patterson, Sterling and Samuel corner one of the lions, it hinged on the other one leaping when they were focused. The barn also worked, but the lions were quick to see through it. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_3cb1d38d | type |
Bad Boss | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_3cb1d38d | comment |
Bad Boss: Sir Robert Beaumont, and he absolutely knows it. First thing he tells Patterson upon meeting him is that he's a monster and that the latter will grow to hate him. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_3d5377e5 | type |
First-Person Peripheral Narrator | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_3d5377e5 | comment |
First-Person Peripheral Narrator: Samuel serves as the story's narrator. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_4012c129 | type |
God-Mode Sue | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_4012c129 | comment |
Patterson supposedly killed both lions himself, without the help of any professional hunter. If the story was told as both he and others recorded at the time, people would have been decrying it as a pure ego project on the part of Kilmer, who simply must have forced them to turn the movie into a story about his invokedGod-Mode Sue. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_41eab669 | type |
Daylight Horror | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_41eab669 | comment |
Daylight Horror: The lions also attack during the day and not only at night. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_43b154c9 | type |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_43b154c9 | comment |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Val Kilmer's Irish accent leaves a lot to be desired. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_46118dc5 | type |
Adult Fear | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_46118dc5 | comment |
Adult Fear: Patterson has a dream where the lions attack his newly arrived wife. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_49f20c6a | type |
Gory Discretion Shot | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_49f20c6a | comment |
Gory Discretion Shot: Done a number of times either fully or partially, and to great effect; few immediate wounds the lions cause are even given close, focused attention in most of the shots, but provide just enough of a visual to let the imagination do all the grisly work. Notable subversion is the full frontal shot of Sterling's gaping neck wounds. Played completely straight with Remington's corpse; you never even glimpse so much as an appendage. However, given what man-eaters tend to leave behind, the use of this trope is probably for the best. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_53034c21 | type |
Great White Hunter | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_53034c21 | comment |
Great White Hunter: Present and subverted at the same time. Patterson finds his experience as a big game hunter in India to be almost worthless when dealing with the maneating lions and Remington is killed by one of them. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_55c480b5 | type |
Mighty Roar | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_55c480b5 | comment |
Mighty Roar: The lions occasionally do one of these. The result: it's quite scary. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_5b057eae | type |
Animalistic Abomination | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_5b057eae | comment |
Animalistic Abomination: The lions are speculated to be this In-Universe, with Samuel declaring them to be Made of Evil. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Tsavo means slaughter, and it fits all the killing the lions do. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_6d9bc945 | type |
Babies Ever After | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_6d9bc945 | comment |
Babies Ever After: Patterson is reunited with his wife and little child at the end of the movie. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: Patterson, an experienced soldier and hunter, decides to change his gun at the last minute and go to hunt the lions without testing it before. Remington calls him on it. Later, all three main characters (Patterson, Remington and Samuel) grab it and decide to party after killing one of the lions, assuming the second will just flee... but instead comes back to kill Remington. The workers assigned to shoot the lion are too terrified to aim properly when it walks into a trap and then try to say the lion kept moving. Patterson calls them on their bad excuse. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_7d49d74a | type |
Cultural Translation | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_7d49d74a | comment |
Cultural Translation: The (Southern) American hunter Charles Remington played by Michael Douglas is entirely fictional and was probably introduced to appeal to American audiences. See also Executive Meddling bellow. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_85557b38 | type |
Reality Is Unrealistic | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_85557b38 | comment |
Reality Is Unrealistic: One of the most criticized scenes, the one where a lion falls in one of the traps but the three Indian guards fail to kill him until it escapes... not only happened in reality, but in an even more outlandish way. There were actually like 10 men firing on it, who were agents of the Mombasa police (not just railroad guards), and the only one bullet that made target broke the cage's lock letting the lion escape. It's worth mentioning also that the real lions were of a rare stock that doesn't have manes, which is difficult – if not impossible - to "respect" in the films. Hence why they are played by normal maned lions in both films. Roger Ebert defined the film as "an African adventure that makes the Tarzan movies look subtle and realistic". Ironic considering it's still Based on a True Story. Patterson supposedly killed both lions himself, without the help of any professional hunter. If the story was told as both he and others recorded at the time, people would have been decrying it as a pure ego project on the part of Kilmer, who simply must have forced them to turn the movie into a story about his invokedGod-Mode Sue. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: The two lions. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_9a42558d | type |
Animal Nemesis | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_9a42558d | comment |
Animal Nemesis: Patterson becomes obsessed with taking down the two lions. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_9d17b859 | type |
Made of Iron | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_9d17b859 | comment |
Made of Iron: The lions seems almost immortal sometimes. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_9e630d58 | type |
Exploring the Evil Lair | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_9e630d58 | comment |
Exploring the Evil Lair: Patterson and Remington when they enter in the lions' cave. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_ac2094ca | type |
Red Shirt | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_ac2094ca | comment |
Red Shirt: Indian and African workers. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_ad982e04 | type |
Super-Persistent Predator | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_ad982e04 | comment |
Super-Persistent Predator: The lions keep coming no matter what Patterson and Remington throw at them. It is implied that they are hunting humans because they enjoy it, rather than for food. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_adfd3165 | type |
For the Evulz | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_adfd3165 | comment |
For the Evulz: Implied that's the reason why the lions do their killings. Remington also suggest this when he and Patterson explore their liar full of bones. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: A trait of Abdullah's. Samuel delivers most of his lines this way. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_c95d04f2 | type |
It Can Think | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_c95d04f2 | comment |
It Can Think: The lions figure out when they're trying to be trapped. The real-life Tsavo Maneaters were notoriously hard to lure into traps, many times going around the traps set by Patterson and striking at the vulnerable workers. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_cb70651c | type |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_cb70651c | comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Are the maneaters merely lions or something supernatural? Working together and hunting for sport leaves some credence to the latter position. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_cbe687ab | type |
Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Sir Robert Beaumont. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_cc4b45f6 | type |
Word of God | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_cc4b45f6 | comment |
Word of God says Remington's character was also intended to be this; someone badass whom the lions could kill, making Patterson that much more awesome when he survives. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_d0c30f35 | type |
Did I Mention It's Christmas? | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_d0c30f35 | comment |
Did I Mention It's Christmas?: At one point, apropos of nothing at all, Remington wishes Patterson a merry Christmas. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_d129e13e | type |
"Eureka!" Moment | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_d129e13e | comment |
Eureka Moment: Patterson's nightmare of the lion jumping out of the grass and killing his family inspires him to burn the grass to flush out the remaining lion. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_d791dbbb | type |
Cannibal Larder | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_d791dbbb | comment |
Cannibal Larder: The protagonists find the lions' den while tracking them down, and discover that it is littered with bones of the lions' victims, animal... and human. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e03a0a7f | type |
Bloodlust | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e03a0a7f | comment |
Blood Lust: According to the autopsy once the lions have killed Mahina they licked his skin off and drank his blood once it gets out. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e16fb8ca | type |
Hero Killer | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e16fb8ca | comment |
Hero Killer: Not even great badass hunters like Mahina and Remington can compete against the lions. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e4b69188 | type |
Very Loosely Based on a True Story | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e4b69188 | comment |
Very Loosely Based on a True Story: As mentioned above, in many ways the true story was altered to make it less fantastical and more believable to movie audiences. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e567510d | type |
Determinator | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e567510d | comment |
Determinator: The lions, who in turn to fail to realize that when Patterson says he's never not finished a job, he means it. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e7d3ac18 | type |
Railroad Plot | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_e7d3ac18 | comment |
Railroad Plot: The obstacle obstructing the railroad is a pair of man-eating lions who are decimating the construction crew. | |
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Name and Name | |
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Name and Name: The Ghost and The Darkness are the names given to the lions by construction workers. | |
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Non-Malicious Monster | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_fd1b902c | comment |
Non-Malicious Monster: Subverted, more or less. The lions seems to hunt and kill more for fun than for hunger. One of 'em even leave Remington's corpse where Patterson can see him apparently just to provoke him. | |
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| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_fe7ae988 | type |
TheGayNineties | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_fe7ae988 | comment |
The Gay '90s: The film takes place during this decade, but given that it takes place in Africa, none of the standard tropes of the setting are in effect. | |
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Mighty Whitey | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness / int_fed07537 | comment |
Mighty Whitey: Remington, big time. He is an ex-Confederate soldier living among (and at some point commanding) Maasai hunters, for crying out loud. Though he seems to be acting more as their agent to English-speaking individuals, as pretty much the first thing Remington does is negotiate payment for the Maasai, not himself. | |
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The Ghost and the Darkness |
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