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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Teddy the john's knife.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Teddy the john's knife.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: CSK disassembles the meat slicer, and goes to work on Steve with it.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: CSK disassembles the meat slicer, and goes to work on Steve with it.
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: CSK's usual MO.
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: CSK's usual MO.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: CSK never actually wields a knife.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: CSK never actually wields a knife.
* [[Closed Circle]]
* [[Closed Circle]]
* [[Cluster F Bomb]]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]
* [[Coitus Uninterruptus]]: Mona is on call, so a few times she graphically dirty talks in front of everyone.
* [[Coitus Uninterruptus]]: Mona is on call, so a few times she graphically dirty talks in front of everyone.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: A few crew members had bit parts.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: A few crew members had bit parts.
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* [[Force Feeding]]: {{spoiler|Donny's death.}}
* [[Force Feeding]]: {{spoiler|Donny's death.}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|Everytime somebody tells Donny that those donuts will be the death of him.}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|Everytime somebody tells Donny that those donuts will be the death of him.}}
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man]]: Jess smacks Donny when he starts letting out the below [[Madness Mantra]].
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Jess smacks Donny when he starts letting out the below [[Madness Mantra]].
* [[Gorn]]
* [[Gorn]]
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]
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* [[Jerkass]]: Teddy, Jess's latest john.
* [[Jerkass]]: Teddy, Jess's latest john.
* [[The Ketchup Test]]: Justified, considering all the cans and bottles knocked onto the floor during Jimmy's struggle with CSK.
* [[The Ketchup Test]]: Justified, considering all the cans and bottles knocked onto the floor during Jimmy's struggle with CSK.
* {{spoiler|[[Kill Em All]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]}}
* [[Knife Nut]]: CSK gets ahold of a cleaver.
* [[Knife Nut]]: CSK gets ahold of a cleaver.
* [[Little No]]: When Jimmy starts going crazy and sees a cockroach coming towards him.
* [[Little No]]: When Jimmy starts going crazy and sees a cockroach coming towards him.
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* [[One Word Title]]
* [[One Word Title]]
* [[Other Stock Phrases]]:
* [[Other Stock Phrases]]:
{{quote| '''CSK/{{spoiler|Morty}}''': "[[Pre Mortem One Liner|Clean up in aisle three.]]"}}
{{quote| '''CSK/{{spoiler|Morty}}''': "[[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|Clean up in aisle three.]]"}}
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Steve, to Jimmy.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Steve, to Jimmy.
* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]: Donny bumps into a shelf, causing Jimmy's saran wrapped body to fall off the top of it. Later, Mona's frosted over body is found in the freezer due to her ringing cellphone.
* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]: Donny bumps into a shelf, causing Jimmy's saran wrapped body to fall off the top of it. Later, Mona's frosted over body is found in the freezer due to her ringing cellphone.
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* [[Porn Stash]]: There's some naughty mags in Steve's hidden room.
* [[Porn Stash]]: There's some naughty mags in Steve's hidden room.
* [[Poker]]
* [[Poker]]
* [[Pun Based Title]]: [[Don't Explain the Joke|They're trapped in a corner store]].
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: [[Don't Explain the Joke|They're trapped in a corner store]].
* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|The customer who overhears the deaths conversation.}}
* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|The customer who overhears the deaths conversation.}}
* [[Red Shirt]]: Jacko.
* [[Red Shirt]]: Jacko.
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* [[Villain Opening Scene]]: CSK watching some of his tapes.
* [[Villain Opening Scene]]: CSK watching some of his tapes.
* [[Wait Here]]: Jess tells Donny to keep hiding while she goes to get Morty.
* [[Wait Here]]: Jess tells Donny to keep hiding while she goes to get Morty.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome]]: Jimmy being harassed by hallucinatory cockroaches.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Jimmy being harassed by hallucinatory cockroaches.
* [[You're Insane]]: Though CSK claims that he's just doing to the victims the twisted things that they said they'd do to him.
* [[You're Insane!]]: Though CSK claims that he's just doing to the victims the twisted things that they said they'd do to him.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Jess.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Jess.


Revision as of 16:48, 8 January 2014

Bring out the gimp.

  When you wish evil on someone... evil might be listening.

Cornered! is a 2009 Slasher Film.

In the fall of 2008, the city of Los Angeles finds itself gripped with terror as a Serial Killer runs amok during the night, his MO being to break into mini marts, liquor stores or gas stations after hours and viciously torture-murder any employees still inside, taking the security tapes afterward to help him relive his crimes over and over again. In a desperate bid to catch this ruthless maniac, the mayor's office puts out a reward of half a million dollars on his head; and that's where our story begins, in a small corner store where the deliveryman, Morty, sparks a discussion among the friends inside about what they'd do if they caught the Convenience Store Killer (hereby known as CSK for simplicity's sake). Disembowelment, stabbing, eye gouging, and beheading are all suggested by the main players, who are listed below:

  • Steve, the gruff store owner.
  • Jimmy, Steve's nephew, new employee, and drug addict currently going through withdrawal.
  • Donny, Steve's bumbling and overweight other employee.
  • Jess, a prostitute just trying to make a living, and Donny's crush.
  • Mona, a phone sex girl, and Jess's friend.

After the discussion, a suspicious man goes running out of the store, but the group think nothing of that, believing he was just a simple shoplifter. After Morty leaves, the place is closed down, and everyone heads up to Steve's apartment for poker night, Jess having been convinced to stay by Donny; Jimmy is also forced to participate by his uncle, who wants to keep an eye on him, essentially nailing him to the wagon. As the night drags on, it becomes apparent that Steve's place is CSK's latest target. After disposing of Jacko, a vagrant who lives in the alleyway behind the store, the gimp-masked maniac somehow gets inside, and begins whittling down the five main characters, in exactly the same way they said they'd off him.

In essence, it's essentially a sleazier, smaller scale version of Intruder.

If you're heading out to the corner store, remember to pick up the following:

  CSK/Morty: "Clean up in aisle three."

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