The Thing From the Grave story
Stacy, a supermodel, and her photographer Devlin fall in love. When Stacy's abusive fiancée, Mitch, learns of their affair, he sets out to kill Devlin. However, Mitch soon gets a nasty surprise when he discovers, thanks to a supernatural necklace, Devlin has returned from the grave to protect Stacey. Directed by: Fred Dekker. Story by: Fred Dekker.
13 total · 8 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| domestic violence | major | The viewer is given to understand that Mitch occasionally beat his partner Stacy, and in the end he tried to rape and kill her. The bruise on Stacy's chest was an unmistakable sign that she'd been abused by her overbearing fiancé, Mitch. |
| engaged couple | major | Mitch and Stacey were described as engaged, and Mitch still expected them to get married even after Stacey had moved on to Devlin. |
| living corpse | major | Devlin became a re-animated corpse in order to save Stacy. The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| love at first sight | major | Stacey and Mitch quickly fell head over heels for each other without much hesitation. The body language suggested that Devlin and Stacey became relatively besotted when the first laid eyes on each other at the photo shoot. |
| love triangle | major | Mitch, Devlin were somewhat acquainted and both making whoopee with Stacy. |
| magic object | major | Devlin gave Stacy a magic necklace of Mayan origin: If you made a promise while holding it, you'd keep that promise no matter what, he explained. The necklace brought about his timely undeath when she was about to be raped and merdered. |
| murder | major | Mitch killed Devlin and was in turn killed by Devlin come back as a ghoul. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Stacey began an affair with Devlin before actually dumping Mitch. |
| anger management issues | minor | A thin-skinned Mitch blew his fuse at the photograhpy session when he percieved Devlin was hitting on Stacy at the photography session, even though Devlin was basically just doing his job. |
| choosing between lovers | minor | Mitch came seemingly remorseful to Stacy and appealed to her to choose him over Devlin, who she had not been heard from in a week. |