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The Guest

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103 feature instances
10 referencing feature instances

The Guest	type	TVTItem
The Guest	label	The Guest
The Guest	page	TheGuest
The Guest	comment	The Guest is a 2014 Thriller film directed by Adam Wingard (You're Next, VHS). The story consists of the Peterson family who are visited by a mysterious stranger, David (Dan Stevens), who claims to be a comrade of their deceased son, Caleb. Polite and charming, he makes himself comfortable in the family.But is he who he claims to be?On April 1st, 2022, a compilation / concept album entitled "The Guest 2 (Original Soundtrack)" was released, serving as a kind of pseudo-sequel to the original film.
The Guest	fetched	2023-08-10T06:29:52Z
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The Guest	processingComment	Dropped link to HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch: Not a Feature - ITEM
The Guest	processingComment	Dropped link to Terminator2JudgmentDay: Not a Feature - ITEM
The Guest	processingComment	Dropped link to Yandere: Not a Feature - ITEM
The Guest	processingComment	Dropped link to YoureNext: Not a Feature - ITEM
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The Guest / int_1237828f	type	Anyone Can Die
The Guest / int_1237828f	comment	Anyone Can Die: Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, Craig, Kristen and Major Carver all bite it before the movie is over.
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The Guest / int_13992073	type	Rasputinian Death
The Guest / int_13992073	comment	Rasputinian Death: David. He's shot three times, stabbed twice, gets into a car crash, and doesn't die.
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The Guest / int_1501e2dd	type	Hero Antagonist
The Guest / int_1501e2dd	comment	Hero Antagonist: Major Carver tries to save Anna and Luke from "David".
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The Guest / int_173909	type	Brainwashed and Crazy
The Guest / int_173909	comment	Brainwashed and Crazy / Broken Ace: David's mental condition has been "programmed" to, if he believes his identity compromised, kill everyone who could possibly know about it. Major Carver states that he couldn't stop himself even if he wanted to (which he clearly doesn't).
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The Guest / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
The Guest / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: Goes from a mystery-thriller, with a touch of horror, to an action-horror for the last twenty minutes.
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The Guest / int_18cc27ca	type	Accent Slip-Up
The Guest / int_18cc27ca	comment	Accent Slip-Up: David's Southern accent sometimes wavers in and out with the changes in his affect, most notably when Anna overhears him talking on the phone to the plastic surgeon and he's speaking at length in what would be considered a more normative "regionless" American accent, which is part of what clues her in that he's not all that he appears.
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The Guest / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
The Guest / int_191a3673	comment	Graceful Loser: David is not angry at Anna and Luke defeating him, going as far to tell Luke he "did the right thing" and shouldn't feel bad about killing him. Sure, he apparently survives, but it's still a rather gracious way to react to being stabbed in the chest.
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The Guest / int_19851b86	type	The Sociopath
The Guest / int_19851b86	comment	The Sociopath: David exhibits many typical signs of a sociopath: Manipulative tendencies, lack of empathy, flat affect, and he kills people seemingly on impulse. It's later revealed that the latter was "programmed" into his brain. Somewhat subverted in that there is also an earnest and genuinely nice side to his personality that doesn't seem to be a façade, which is not something a typical sociopath would have.
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The Guest / int_1994ba0b	type	Gone Horribly Right
The Guest / int_1994ba0b	comment	Gone Horribly Right: Major Carver mentions that David fit all of the requirements of the "perfect candidate" of the Super Soldier project. Turns out he's a little too efficient at that job, and is practically impossible to take down even for a team of trained shooters.
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The Guest / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
The Guest / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: To almost ridiculous point, David doesn't show strong emotions most of the time. Even during sex.
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The Guest / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
The Guest / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: Carver becomes quite protective of Anna and Luke in the climax of the film. He ends up sacrificing himself to get them away from a rampaging David.
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The Guest / int_1f6983f7	type	Ambiguous Situation
The Guest / int_1f6983f7	comment	Ambiguous Situation: Invoked by David during his conversation with Anna in her room, as he knows that she suspects him of murdering Craig and framing Zeke and even indirectly admits that he did so, but won't go so far as to step outside of his nice-guy persona to explicitly confirm it. All of his dialogue is phrased so that without context it's not really clear whether he's expressing sympathy or remorse, and he can plausibly claim the former if she tries to accuse him again to her family. Anna visibly picks up on this, and the situation gets less ambiguous when she doesn't respond to his apology.
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The Guest / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
The Guest / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: This plays as the background music when David guns down Kristen and blows up the diner. David's "grave" in the end, when he's surrounded with crappy Halloween decorations of a graveyard.
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The Guest / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Guest / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The knife David gave to Luke. The handgun David left next to Major Carver's body.
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The Guest / int_26d1f65f	type	Verbal Tic
The Guest / int_26d1f65f	comment	Verbal Tic: Like, Luke could seriously, like, control himself or something about talking like, I don't know, this.
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The Guest / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
The Guest / int_2a090d00	comment	Lampshade Hanging: Major Carver instantly points out how absurd the entire situation with the Halloween maze is, taking some weight off of the audience's Willing Suspension of Disbelief.
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The Guest / int_2a4e8051	type	Sexual Karma
The Guest / int_2a4e8051	comment	Sexual Karma: Deconstructed, just like numerous other tropes related with the all-American hero archetype. David is having good sex, but the film till this point has made it more than clear that he's a dangerous Sociopath, and the sex itself comes with a twist about how unhinged he is during it.
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The Guest / int_2b706ca	type	More Dakka
The Guest / int_2b706ca	comment	More Dakka: Carver's men believe in there being no kill like overkill. After assault rifles fail, one pulls out a full machine gun. David also follows this, using an M4 to counterattack after starting with a pistol.
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The Guest / int_2bf83d5f	type	Extremely Protective Child
The Guest / int_2bf83d5f	comment	Extremely Protective Child: Luke is extremely indifferent to David's violence even after he's killed multiple people and framed Zeke for it. Until he finds out from Anna that David killed their parents and turns on him.
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The Guest / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
The Guest / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy: "David" turns out to be this due to a laboratory experiment on him by the US Army turning him and some others including Caleb into super soldiers.
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The Guest / int_31cd5fe7	type	Apologetic Attacker
The Guest / int_31cd5fe7	comment	Apologetic Attacker: David regrets killing Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, apologizing before murdering them both, since he was supposed to protect them. He also apologizes later when hunting Luke and Anna at the school, though it sounds a bit less genuine and more annoyed.
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The Guest / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Guest / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: The bullies at school torment Luke for no reason beyond that they can and that he's Ambiguously Gay. David murders two people, he frames Anna's boyfriend for it. While he was a pot-dealing, insensitive asshole, he was clearly innocent of that crime and it's implied that David's real goal was to get rid of competition for Anna.
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The Guest / int_3d5c5deb	type	Flat Character
The Guest / int_3d5c5deb	comment	Flat Character: The jock bullies have no characterization apart from being obnoxious assholes who like to pick on Luke.
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The Guest / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
The Guest / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Almost every fight scene with David has him wiping the floor with his opponents without breaking a sweat.
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The Guest / int_44e6fde4	type	The Sleepless
The Guest / int_44e6fde4	comment	The Sleepless: Strongly implied with David. We never see him actually sleep, always just sitting on the edge of the bed in the same position.
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The Guest / int_471c46f8	type	Allegory
The Guest / int_471c46f8	comment	Allegory: David can be seen as an examination of the dehumanizing effect war has on young men, some of whom come back physically whole but seriously damaged on the inside.
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The Guest / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
The Guest / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil/Too Dumb to Live: The jocks. A random stranger offered them a "lady" drink. They decide to blow it out of proportion and throw the drink in his face. Even removing David from the equation, they are still antagonizing a random adult man they know nothing about, in a room full of other adults.
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The Guest / int_50166c5d	type	Good Pays Better
The Guest / int_50166c5d	comment	Good Pays Better: Zig-zagged. David seems to prefer simply being nice to people as a means of achieving his ends and gets a lot of mileage out of his charm and genuine friendliness, but won't hesitate to switch gears if that stops working.
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The Guest / int_505a1021	type	The Farmer and the Viper
The Guest / int_505a1021	comment	The Farmer and the Viper: The Petersons pay a hefty price for taking in David for a few days. David kills two of Anna's closest friends, frames her boyfriend for the murder, offs Spencer's boss in order to get him a promotion, and eventually even kills Laura and Spencer, leaving Anna and Luke orphans. The finale also has aspects of The Scorpion And The Frog, as Carver explains that David is programmed to "clean up loose ends" despite this conflicting with his personal desire to protect the Petersons on Caleb's behalf.
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The Guest / int_506bf16a	type	Sex Signals Death
The Guest / int_506bf16a	comment	Sex Signals Death: Kristen and David are the only characters seen having sex on screen. She's one of his victims. On the other hand, it's almost telegraphed Anna and Zeke also had their fun, and yet she's the Final Girl.
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The Guest / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
The Guest / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: Basically David's entire M.O., as almost every direct action he takes in service of making the Petersons' lives better ends with (mostly) innocent people getting seriously injured, incarcerated, or killed.
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The Guest / int_50d2ca43	type	The Coats Are Off
The Guest / int_50d2ca43	comment	The Coats Are Off: The last standing jock does this during Bar Brawl. It doesn't help him in the slightest.
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The Guest / int_53136954	type	Book Dumb
The Guest / int_53136954	comment	Book Dumb: Implied with David. He's a very highly skilled and effective soldier, an excellent manipulator, and was smart enough to escape from KPG and avoid being found until Anna inadvertently gives them his location, but he quickly admits defeat when faced with Luke's high school-level math homework.
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The Guest / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
The Guest / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: A fascinating example. David initially comes off as a polite, charming, somewhat straitlaced and generally wholesome guy who is genuinely interested in the well-being of the Peterson family. That all turns out to be completely true... except he's also a compulsively violent psychopath who literally cannot stop himself from murdering everyone in his path if his identity becomes compromised. These two sides of his personality can (and often do, particularly later in the film) flip back and forth on a dime with zero warning.
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The Guest / int_550754dc	type	Improbable Infant Survival
The Guest / int_550754dc	comment	Improbable Infant Survival: Although they aren't children, the teenagers Luke and Anna, and Luke's teenage bullies survive while their parents, adult protector Major Carver, and their older brother Caleb dies.
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The Guest / int_60492b98	type	Have You Told Anyone Else?
The Guest / int_60492b98	comment	Have You Told Anyone Else?: David asks Luke did his sister inform anyone else of her suspicions, Luke rather foolishly informs him his sister would have told Kristen. This means she's as good as dead come the finale.
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The Guest / int_60d73edb	type	Drink-Based Characterization
The Guest / int_60d73edb	comment	Drink-Based Characterization: Invoked by David insulting Luke's bullies by ordering "girly" drinks for them. Also played straight by David ordering a Gargle Blaster (cinnamon schnapps and tabasco sauce) for himself, which he calmly sips and seems to enjoy, but also subsequently uses as a weapon in the ensuing Bar Brawl (that he clearly anticipated) by tossing it into a bully's face.
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The Guest / int_63389b0b	type	Kids Are Cruel
The Guest / int_63389b0b	comment	Kids Are Cruel: Luke endures a lot of messed-up abuse from the school bullies. David humiliates them later with extreme violence.
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The Guest / int_6760ff37	type	Secret Secret-Keeper
The Guest / int_6760ff37	comment	Secret Secret-Keeper: Inverted. Luke effortlessly checked all the facts and combined different clues to figure out David's true intentions and plans, and shares all of this information with him while affirming that he won't tell anyone else "because we're friends.".
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The Guest / int_67792344	type	Grievous Bottley Harm
The Guest / int_67792344	comment	Grievous Bottley Harm: Attempted by one of the bullies on David. David then shows him how it's properly done.
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The Guest / int_68424916	type	Eating the Eye Candy
The Guest / int_68424916	comment	Eating the Eye Candy: Anna falls prey to this when David leaves the bathroom in just a towel, catching her off guard. Later, when he shows up at the party, carrying without much effort two kegs and beer and flexing half of his body in the process, all the ladies are looking.
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The Guest / int_69681e01	type	Big Brother Instinct
The Guest / int_69681e01	comment	Big Brother Instinct/Big Brother Substitute: Played with. David attempts to temporarily fill Caleb's role as a caretaker for the family and older brother figure for Luke and Anna, although this is complicated by his implied mutual attraction with Anna and his obvious bad influence on Luke, as well as the calculated and perfunctory manner in which he goes about trying to help them.
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The Guest / int_6a2ae11f	type	Improbable Weapon User
The Guest / int_6a2ae11f	comment	Improbable Weapon User: David successfully weaponises his drink (albeit arguably chosen for its potential as a weapon).
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The Guest / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Guest / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Aegolius is a name for a specific ill omen, related with owl screech. A rather ironic name for the project, all things considered. Also, David apparently remains active through night, never sleeping, further making it related. Major Carver. Three guesses how he dies.
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The Guest / int_6c553873	type	Private Military Contractors
The Guest / int_6c553873	comment	Private Military Contractors: What KPG appears to be. It's unclear if Major Carver is a military liaison or not, but KPG is definitely not official army.
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The Guest / int_6e27397	type	Missed Him by That Much
The Guest / int_6e27397	comment	Missed Him by That Much: Major Carver and Anna pull away from the Breezy Room Café mere seconds before David pulls into the parking lot and heads inside.
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The Guest / int_716d9138	type	Bar Brawl
The Guest / int_716d9138	comment	Bar Brawl: Not exactly a fair one, with an ex-military Super Soldier facing four drunk teenagers.
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The Guest / int_7286e96d	type	Idiot Ball
The Guest / int_7286e96d	comment	Idiot Ball: Luke, without provocation, spills his guts about Anna's suspicions because a) David gets him out of expulsion and b) is his "friend." There was also little need to inform him that not only did he know he was not who he claimed, but that Luke had guessed he'd bumped off several people.
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The Guest / int_79a0e313	type	Bolivian Army Ending
The Guest / int_79a0e313	comment	Bolivian Army Ending: The film ends with Anna and Luke looking at a masked man who's heavily implied to be the Not Quite Dead David, but the credits roll before anything else can happen.
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The Guest / int_7a2aba81	type	Exposition
The Guest / int_7a2aba81	comment	Exposition: Subverted. Just as Major Carver is about to give one about "Project Aegolius" for the board he's meeting, he's interrupted by his aide with emergency call.
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The Guest / int_7c9933de	type	Laughably Evil
The Guest / int_7c9933de	comment	Laughably Evil: As a general rule, the more villainous David is, the more comical their actions are. Murder with style and a smile, not to mention a vicious demeanor offset almost entirely by the sheer humor and audacity of their actions. This is best exemplified when David murders an entire room of diner patrons by laboriously pulling the pins off two grenades, spinning around and presenting them with an almost annoyed look on his face before rolling them into the room like bowling balls.
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The Guest / int_7e577db	type	Slashed Throat
The Guest / int_7e577db	comment	Slashed Throat: How David gets rid of the teacher overseeing Luke's detention. And Major Carver, after first slashing open his wrist.
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The Guest / int_7eb73553	type	Bullying a Dragon
The Guest / int_7eb73553	comment	Bullying a Dragon: One of Luke's bullies pours a drink on David. He ends up kicking the kid's ass without so much as breaking a sweat.
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The Guest / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
The Guest / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Downplayed with Mr. Peterson. It's never commented on, but he just happens to be drinking in almost every scene he's in.
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The Guest / int_80b57bec	type	Super-Soldier
The Guest / int_80b57bec	comment	Super Soldier: David is implied to be this (along with Caleb), having been a part of a medical experiment overseen by KPG and ending up a frighteningly effective fighter who can survive wounds that would kill a normal human.
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The Guest / int_83cef301	comment	Right for the Wrong Reasons: When Spencer and Laura argue about letting David stay, Spencer points out that he's just back from the war and soldiers can return with PTSD and be dangerous as a result. There's little doubt that David is a broken soldier, but he's dangerous because he was part of a super-soldier program.
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The Guest / int_863fac26	type	Jerk Jock
The Guest / int_863fac26	comment	Jerk Jock: The resident school bullies who torment Luke are all jocks. Which means they are allowed to get drunk in the local bar and generally act like assholes with impunity. Until David shows up, that is.
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The Guest / int_8aa0f76	type	Deconstructed Trope
The Guest / int_8aa0f76	comment	Deconstructed Trope: Of the Super Soldier, and more specifically Captain America. While David is initially introduced as an all-American soldier and appears charming and good-natured, the film gradually shows his true nature as a ruthless and sociopathic killer programmed to eliminate anyone who suspects his real identity, making him more like something out of Weapon X.
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The Guest / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
The Guest / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Major Carver and his crew couldn't have devised a worse tactic to take down a dangerous super-soldier/cyborg/whatever. They just take position before the house and fire blindly with light weapons through the wall and windows, apparently hoping that at least some bullets hit him to somehow do the kill, despite presumably knowing David will not easily go down (if he can go down at all) because he is not a normal human. And that's not all: they spent their magazines all at once and start reloading right there without the littlest care, becoming human targets and getting gunned down with ease.
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The Guest / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
The Guest / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: The bullies David beats down have earned their ass-kicking by the time it arrives. Later, when one of them goes after Luke again, he gets a punch to the face and then a yardstick broken across it from Luke. Both instances are immensely satisfying to watch.
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The Guest / int_8fcb5843	comment	The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Anna turns out surprisingly effective at luring David away from her brother, getting him into open and shooting him. If she just knew about Rule #2...
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The Guest / int_96a33f11	type	Riddle for the Ages
The Guest / int_96a33f11	comment	Riddle for the Ages: It's clear that KPG did something to David, but unfortunately before Major Carver can explain the specifics of Project Aegolius to his Pentagon contacts, his aide tells him that they found David and he immediately takes a strike team to try to kill him. The absolute most we get other than generic "government assassin gone rogue" clues is Carver saying that David is "programmed" to go Ax-Crazy on anybody who compromises his secrets, but not whether that is Brainwashed and Crazy "programmed" or the more literal kind.
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The Guest / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
The Guest / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: David doesn't react to pain very much, and when he's shoved at one point in the film, there's a very faint clanking sound. The ending implies that even after getting shot and stabbed multiple times, he still has the strength to overpower a firefighter, steal his suit and limp out of the building.
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The Guest / int_9e86e227	type	The End... Or Is It?
The Guest / int_9e86e227	comment	The End... Or Is It?: A man in a firefighter suit emerges from the burning Rec center with a limp and begins staring at Anna and Luke, clearly implying that David survived somehow. However, the film ends before this can be confirmed or explained.
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The Guest / int_a18042f1	type	Left the Background Music On
The Guest / int_a18042f1	comment	Left the Background Music On: Used continuously throughout the film. The most notable example happens when David and Anna return from the party and suddenly start discussing the song which up to this point appeared to be just the soundtrack for the scene.
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The Guest / int_a39d6056	type	Nice to the Waiter
The Guest / int_a39d6056	comment	Nice to the Waiter: In almost literal sense. Rather than causing him any real troubles, David works around the bar owner and then pays for all damage caused, while providing a fool-proof cover story to keep the bar owner out of trouble.
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The Guest / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Guest / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: After all the awful things happening till this point, the scene in front of the school principal is pure comedy gold.
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The Guest / int_a5a4c9a2	comment	Majorly Awesome: Major Carver. Being played by Lance Reddick helps.
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The Guest / int_a8a04f6f	type	And I Must Scream
The Guest / int_a8a04f6f	comment	And I Must Scream: Implied in Major Carver saying that David has been "programmed" to kill anyone he suspects knows his true identity, and couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
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The Guest / int_aa3695e9	type	BadassAbnormal
The Guest / int_aa3695e9	comment	Badass Abnormal: There are hints David has been physiologically altered or augmented in some fashion due to the program he was placed into. He's much stronger than he looks, despite being in good shape, and very difficult to kill.
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The Guest / int_abad35b4	comment	Soundtrack Dissonance: David killing Kristen and blowing up the diner while "Because I Love You" by Stevie B plays in the background. The final showdown is set to the Berlin Breakdown Version of "Anthonio" by Annie.
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The Guest / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Craig and his friend selling David guns both get one when David responds to the gun seller saying that he can cut him a deal for all the guns with "No, I'm going to kill you." A subdued and drawn-out one from David when Luke inadvertently reveals David's whole plan, with some added suspense, because David feeling genuinely threatened would probably mean someone is about to get murdered.
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The Guest / int_ad4c74ed	comment	Final Girl: Anna and Luke both make it out alive.
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The Guest / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: Discussed. When Spencer arrives home visibly shaken and pours himself a sizable drink, he informs his wife that he's gotten that promotion, because his new boss died in an apparent suicide pact with his girlfriend, and comments on the trope as he drinks.
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The Guest / int_b77eb3b2	comment	Revenge by Proxy: It appears David has a very peculiar way of handling justice.
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The Guest / int_b7d89879	comment	Flashed-Badge Hijack:
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The Guest / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
The Guest / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: The final line of the film.
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The Guest / int_bce16d24	type	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
The Guest / int_bce16d24	comment	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: David strangles Anna rather than doing anything more immediate, giving Luke ample time to stab him and save Anna.
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The Guest / int_bd4264a3	comment	Slasher Smile: David in the final sequence of the movie.
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The Guest / int_c2b0ebc0	comment	Never Gets Drunk: David. He outdrinks the alcoholic Spencer to no ill effect, and can handle a drink that Luke chokes on and David later uses as pepper spray on a bully.
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The Guest / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Guest / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: One of the guests at Kristen's Halloween party wears a tiger mask from the director's previous film You're Next. The Silver Shamrock masks from Halloween III: Season of the Witch can be seen as decorations for the school's Halloween dance. David gets in a nice Terminator 2: Judgment Day thumbs up as he dies.
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The Guest / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Guest / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: "David Collins" isn't his real name. Foreshadowed when "David" pulls out David Collins' dog tags for the family to see, but says he doesn't like to wear them without really giving a reason why (many soldiers continue wearing their tags after leaving service out of habit, but wearing someone else's would go against that instinct).
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The Guest / int_cc86a5a1	comment	Ballistic Discount: David arranges to buy some pistols from two illicit arms dealers, then calmly announces that he's going to kill them and take their entire stock. One draws a revolver only to be instantly disarmed and shot with his own weapon. Turns out there's only one bullet in the chamber, perhaps as insurance against this trope. The other criminal however decides to run rather than fight. David calmly gets another round from the arms stash and kills him with a single bullet at long range.
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The Guest / int_cf9b131f	comment	Muscles Are Meaningless: Played with. David has a lean and athletic build, but he's implied to be much stronger than he appears (he is able to easily carry two full kegs, for instance).
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The Guest / int_d0c5c216	comment	Reckless Sidekick: Justified. Luke is one to Anna's more reasonable behavior, but that's because he considers David to be his friend and looks up to him. He's also 15 and has No Social Skills, while Anna is 20 and her life becomes noticeably worse due to David's influence rather than improving.
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The Guest / int_d139ffaf	type	Genre Throwback
The Guest / int_d139ffaf	comment	Genre Throwback: To John Carpenter films of the 1970's and 1980's.
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The Guest / int_d17d7135	comment	Death by Genre Savviness: The arms dealer. He was apparently aware of the Ballistic Discount and even his own gun carries only a single bullet to prevent further danger. David still shoots him, with his gun, using the only bullet in it.
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The Guest / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
The Guest / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: David eventually gets stabbed by Luke, using the very knife he gave him as a gift.
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The Guest / int_dbb414ed	type	Hand Wave
The Guest / int_dbb414ed	comment	Hand Wave: The specifics of the program David and Caleb went through are never really explained. And there's one moment where Laura asks David what's going on, and David looks like he's going to explain, only to state that there just isn't enough time (which is fair given the hail of gunfire they are currently under).
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The Guest / int_dd12e1d2	type	Punch Catch
The Guest / int_dd12e1d2	comment	Punch Catch: David stops this way a Jerk Jock trying to pull Grievous Bottley Harm. He then takes the bottle and smashes it over the face of his confused opponent.
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The Guest / int_dea5fe1	comment	Kubrick Stare: David on several occasions.
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The Guest / int_dfb71617	comment	Male Gaze: One of Anna's introductory scenes has her sleeping in a t-shirt and her underwear, with the camera panning up from her legs to the rest of her body.
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The Guest / int_e28f88b8	comment	Last-Name Basis: As part of the military theme, both David and Major Carver address everyone very formally, unless the person in question asks them to stop.
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The Guest / int_e34400ab	comment	The bullies at school torment Luke for no reason beyond that they can and that he's Ambiguously Gay.
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The Guest / int_e3cee2e7	comment	Empathic Environment: Parodied, if not mocked. Luke learns about his parents' death while inside a Halloween maze, with recorded sound of storm and thunders in the background playing.
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The Guest / int_e4bb68b8	comment	The Charmer: David is a charismatic and charming individual, always polite and soft-spoken. He's also a sociopath capable of turning Anna's reveal about his records being clean and the real David being dead into a non-issue and making her own parents trust a complete stranger over their own daughter with just few smiles and half-truths.
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The Guest / int_f197c220	comment	Burger Fool: Subverted. Anna works in a diner, but only because she's saving up money for college.
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The Guest / int_f6f2994f	type	Paying for the Action Scene
The Guest / int_f6f2994f	comment	Paying for the Action Scene: David takes out some bullies in a bar who had been picking on Luke. He pays the bartender for the mess and even gives him a story to tell the police since minors were in his establishment.
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The Guest / int_f863e840	comment	Dying Smirk: After Luke stabs David, David gives him a thumbs up and praises him for doing the right thing before dying. Ultimately subverted, though, as he didn't actually die.
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The Guest / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
The Guest / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: Before the start of class Luke eventually has had enough from one bully and just straight up punches him in the face. When the bully throws him to the ground and unwisely turns his back on him, declaring "That's right, bitches!" to the class, Luke grabs a yard stick and breaks it across his face.
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The Guest / int_fb6b207f	comment	You Killed My Father: Anna is determined to defeat David and protect Luke after their parents die, and even exaggerated with Luke in that he seems to adore - and perhaps even romantically love - David until he finds out that David killed his parents.
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The Guest / int_fc9b6be5	comment	Foe Romance Subtext: David clearly has some not entirely platonic feelings toward Anna. This remains even after he murders her parents and they're clearly made to be on opposite sides.
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