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* TheDragon: Jeremiah's right-hand man and seems to be second in command.
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* TheQuietOne: After taking the [[spoiler:LSD]], he continues his RoaringRampageOfRevenge mostly in silence. By the time he speaks again, [[spoiler:he has a VoiceOfTheLegion]].

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* TheQuietOne: After taking the [[spoiler:LSD]], he continues his RoaringRampageOfRevenge mostly in silence.[[TranquilFury silence]]. By the time he speaks again, [[spoiler:he has a VoiceOfTheLegion]].
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* ChainsawGood: Averted. He uses a chainsaw to fight one of the Children ... who grabs an ''even bigger chainsaw''. [[RealityEnsues Their duel is about as clunky as it would probably be in real life]].

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* ChainsawGood: Averted. He uses a chainsaw to fight one of the Children ... who grabs an ''even bigger chainsaw''. [[RealityEnsues Their duel is about as clunky as it would probably be in real life]].life.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Downplayed. While his revenge against the Children of the New Dawn is brutal even before he takes [[spoiler:the Black Skulls' LSD]], he still retains a solid moral compass, [[spoiler:sparing Sister Lucy, the only member of the cult innocent of any real wrongdoing]] despite having an opportunity to kill her alongside Brother Swann.]]


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* BadassLongrobe: Probably the only good thing he has going for him is that he has an [[https://morbidlybeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mandy-movie.jpg epic bathrobe]].


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* IAmGreatSong: "Amulet of the Weeping Maze" is this in a nutshell. The lyrics depict him as some sort of great prophet who's above everybody else.

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* AffablyEvil: He's nothing but polite, helpful. and sympathetic to Red, and manufactured the drug that created the Black Skulls and is highly creepy.

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* AffablyEvil: He's nothing but polite, helpful. helpful, and sympathetic to Red, and manufactured the drug that created the Black Skulls and is highly creepy.


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* PetTheDog: He allows Red to live and hunt down the members of Jeremiah's cult, after expressing sympathy to him for [[spoiler:Mandy's murder]].
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's clear that something isn't quite right with the guy, probably due to his constant exposure to the PsychoSerum LSD that he himself makes, but other than his appearance its clear he's far more relatable than his "customers" are; the man himself also apparently is either omniscient and/or can communicate telepathically and may or may not be this universes fucked up version of God.

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* DirtyCoward: For all his power and the hold he has over his followers, he's really nothing but a sad, pathetic little man who can't fend for himself when faced with danger, instead relying on the Black Skulls to do the heavy lifting for him.



* ReligionOfEvil: It's unclear just what it is that the Children believe, but between his rant to Mandy sounding an awful lot like he made a DealWithTheDevil, their connection to a demonic biker gang, his disdain for Jesus' self-sacrifice (though ironically enough, he refers to "the light of Christ" in one of his songs) and the look on Red's face when he read the cult's scripture, it's likely that there's something inherently sinister and likely even Satanic in their doctrine.

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* ReligionOfEvil: It's unclear just what it is that the Children believe, but between his rant to Mandy sounding an awful lot like he made a DealWithTheDevil, their connection to a demonic biker gang, his disdain for Jesus' self-sacrifice (though ironically enough, he refers to "the light of Christ" in one of his songs) and the look on Red's face when he read the cult's scripture, it's likely that there's something inherently sinister and likely possibly even Satanic in their doctrine.



* TokenGoodTeammate: Out of everyone in the cult, she's the only one who seems to have anything resembling goodness, crying when [[spoiler:Brother Swan is killed. Red spares her in the end]].

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Out of everyone in the cult, she's the only one who seems to have anything resembling goodness, crying weeping when [[spoiler:Brother Swan is killed. Red spares her in the end]].


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* PluckyComicRelief: He provides a bit of humor while the Black Skulls are being summoned by pulling the car window up and down repeatedly [[OverlyLongGag for several minutes straight]].
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One of the cult's more physically able members.

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One [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy A member of the cult's more physically able members.
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[[RidiculouslyAverageGuy A member of the Children]].

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[[RidiculouslyAverageGuy A member One of the Children]].
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-->'''Jeremiah:''' (cornered by Red) I'll ''blow you man, ''I'll suck your fucking diiiiiick!''

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-->'''Jeremiah:''' (cornered (blubbering while cornered by Red) I'll ''blow you man, ''I'll suck your fucking diiiiiick!''

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* BewareTheSillyOnes: As hilarious as his narcissism can be, he's still a dangerous cult leader.



* FreudianExcuse: His mother was abusive to him, locking him up in a closet while she brought men home, and his father just sat by and did nothing.

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* FreudianExcuse: His mother was abusive to him, locking him up in a closet while she brought men home, and his father just sat by and did nothing.nothing, though it's never used to make him appear sympathetic at all.

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* AxCrazy: Seems a little too excited watching [[spoiler:Mandy burn alive]].
* TheBrute: He's more physically capable than most of the Children, though he also seems fairly dim-witted.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies before he can receive much characterization]].

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* AxCrazy: Seems a little too excited watching [[spoiler:Mandy burn alive]].
* TheBrute: He's more physically capable than most of the Children, though he also seems fairly dim-witted.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies [[spoiler:Does barely anything of worth before he can receive much characterization]].
getting an axe chucked in his face]].



* AxCrazy: Seems a little too excited watching [[spoiler:Mandy burn alive]].



* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Does barely anything of worth before getting an axe chucked in his face]].

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* TheBrute: He's more physically capable than most of the Children, though he also seems fairly dim-witted.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Does barely anything of worth [[spoiler:Dies before getting an axe chucked in his face]].
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Moving the Badass Normal entry as it's been put under the wrong character; Klopek is the one that wields the chainsaw, not Hanker.


* BadassNormal: He manages to put up a good fight with the [[spoiler:LSD-fuelled]] Red, even if chainsaws clearly aren't the best dueling weapons.


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* BadassNormal: He manages to put up a good fight with the [[spoiler:LSD-fuelled]] Red, even if chainsaws clearly aren't the best dueling weapons.
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-->'''Swan:''' It's better to burn out than fade [[KilledMidSentence a —]]

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-->'''Swan:''' It's better to [[KickTheDog burn out out]] than fade [[KilledMidSentence a —]]
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* ReligionOfEvil: It's unclear just what it is that the Children believe, but between his rant to Mandy sounding an awful lot like he made a DealWithTheDevil, their connection to a demonic biker gang, Jeremiah's disdain for the Jesus' self-sacrifice (though ironically enough, he refers to "the light of Christ" in one of his songs) and the look on Red's face when he read their scripture, it's likely that there's something inherently sinister in their doctrine.

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* ReligionOfEvil: It's unclear just what it is that the Children believe, but between his rant to Mandy sounding an awful lot like he made a DealWithTheDevil, their connection to a demonic biker gang, Jeremiah's his disdain for the Jesus' self-sacrifice (though ironically enough, he refers to "the light of Christ" in one of his songs) and the look on Red's face when he read their the cult's scripture, it's likely that there's something inherently sinister and likely even Satanic in their doctrine.
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* MeaningfulRename: He was born Jeremy Reigart, but changed his name later in life after a religious experience.


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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: [[AmbiguouslyHuman Probably]]. They were just a "normal" outlaw biker gang before tasting the Chemist's LSD, but afterwards, they require blood sacrifices after being summoned to carry out a deed. At the very least, they're Satanists, as implied by the sigil of Lucifer on Sis' vest.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: They have one female member, though it's impossible to tell without looking at the credits.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: They have one female member, though it's almost impossible to tell without looking at the credits.
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* AffablyEvil: He's nothing but polite and sympathetic to Red, and actually provides him with help. He also manufactured the drug that created the Black Skulls and is highly creepy.

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* AffablyEvil: He's nothing but polite polite, helpful. and sympathetic to Red, and actually provides him with help. He also manufactured the drug that created the Black Skulls and is highly creepy.

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* AffablyEvil: He's nothing but polite and sympathetic to Red, and actually provides him with help. He also manufactured the drug that created the Black Skulls and is highly creepy.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Panos Cosmatos states that he was violent prior to meeting Mandy. It remains unclear how so, but he's implied to be a Vietnam veteran.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Panos Cosmatos states that he was violent prior to meeting Mandy. It remains unclear how so, but he's implied to be a Vietnam veteran. Considering how he doesn't hesitate in tasting the Black Skull's LSD, he could be a recovering addict as well.
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* {{Expy}}: Being decked out in lots of black leather and in constant pain that they enjoy, they're for all intents and purposes a biker variation of [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} the Cenobites]], and there's four of them, to boot, as there were in the original ''Hellraiser''. And as demon bikers, they're also similar to [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun the Plague]].

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* {{Expy}}: Being decked out in lots of black leather leather, being humans who may or may not have become demons and in constant pain that they enjoy, they're for all intents and purposes a biker variation of [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} the Cenobites]], and there's four of them, to boot, as there were in the original ''Hellraiser''. And as demon bikers, they're also similar to [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun the Plague]].

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* BarbarianHero: Red may not be an actual barbarian, but he's almost certainly meant to evoke this trope. He's a solitary man who lives alone in the wilderness, who is heavily implied to have some sort of violent past that he's left behind to live with Mandy. His enemies include a depraved, cowardly cult leader who may possess some sort of magical ability, and his gang of demonic biker servants (mirroring the SorcerousOverlord trope often found in barbarian stories). When he's called into action, he does so with medieval weaponry, specifically an ax forged by his own hand and a crossbow, and in hand-to-hand confrontations he's TheBerserker.



* ForcedToWatch: He's strung up by the hands with barbed wire while [[spoiler:he's made to watch Mandy burn to death]].



* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: The Beast, an axe with a spear at the bottom of the handle. And he forged it himself.



* BadBoss: If he wants something, he won't hesitate to sacrifice his own followers to the Black Skulls to get it.

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* BadBoss: If he wants something, he won't hesitate to sacrifice his own followers to the Black Skulls to get it. He's also horribly abusive to them, belittling Marlene and forcing Lucy to nearly shoot herself just to prove his twisted idea of what love is to Red.
* BreakTheHaughty: After being humiliated by Mandy, he runs out of the room sobbing and asking his reflection to "tell him what to do". The last time we see him, it's clear his spirit has been crushed, and he's unable to come to terms with the realization that he is not the demigod he thinks himself to be.



* EvilSorcerer: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Possibly]]. He has the Tainted Blade of the Pale Knight, "retrieved from his abyssal lair", according to Brother Swan, and he has the Black Skulls summoned with an artifact called the Horn of Abraxas.

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* EntitledBastard: This about sums it up:
-->'''Jeremiah:''' They were wrong, and you were right... You are not separate from all that is, so all that is, is yours.
* EvilSorcerer: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Possibly]]. He has the Tainted Blade of the Pale Knight, "retrieved from his abyssal lair", according to Brother Swan, and he has the Black Skulls summoned with an artifact called the Horn of Abraxas.Abraxas, paying them with a blood sacrifice in exchange for Mandy.



* FreudianExcuse: His mother was abusive to him, locking him up in a closet while she brought men home, and his father was useless in trying to help him.

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* FreudianExcuse: His mother was abusive to him, locking him up in a closet while she brought men home, and his father was useless in trying to help him.just sat by and did nothing.



* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from all his villainous tendencies, he is just not a nice person. He belittles Mother Marlene — who adores him — snapping at her for not immediately going to fetch Brother Swan, and views his followers as expendable when it comes to getting what he thinks he's owed.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: He's incapable of separating himself from anyone else. During his rant to Mandy, their faces blur together to emphasize this.
* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from all his villainous tendencies, Simply put, he is just not a nice person. He belittles Mother Marlene — who adores him — snapping at her for not immediately going to fetch Brother Swan, and views his followers as expendable when it comes to getting what he thinks he's owed.owed.
* LaughablyEvil: At times, his inflated sense of self-worth can make him rather funny. It's part of why Mandy laughs at him.



* {{Narcissist}}: Thinks he's his god's gift to women and that if he sees someone or something he likes. He also refers to himself in his song, "Amulet of the Weeping Maze" as a "[[BlatantLies righteous man whose heart was full of love]]".

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* MoodSwinger: One moment he'll be calmly talking to his followers, only to snap at them just moments afterwards for no good reason.
* {{Narcissist}}: Thinks he's his god's gift to women and that if he sees someone deserves to have anyone or something he likes.anything that he's drawn to. He also refers to himself in his song, "Amulet of the Weeping Maze" as a "[[BlatantLies righteous man whose heart was full of love]]".



* ReligionOfEvil: It's unclear just what it is that the Children believe, but between his rant to Mandy sounding an awful lot like he made a DealWithTheDevil, their connection to a demonic biker gang, and the look on Red's face when he read their scripture, it's likely that there's something inherently sinister in their doctrine.

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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first, he just seems like an entitled asshole with a god complex, but then he's revealed to have the Black Skulls under his thumb.
* ReligionOfEvil: It's unclear just what it is that the Children believe, but between his rant to Mandy sounding an awful lot like he made a DealWithTheDevil, their connection to a demonic biker gang, Jeremiah's disdain for the Jesus' self-sacrifice (though ironically enough, he refers to "the light of Christ" in one of his songs) and the look on Red's face when he read their scripture, it's likely that there's something inherently sinister in their doctrine.



* SissyVillain: [[TeenyWeenie There's not much that's physically impressive about him]], he's almost effeminately emotional, and he's implied to swing both ways.

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* SissyVillain: [[TeenyWeenie There's not much that's physically impressive about him]], he's almost effeminately emotional, and he's implied to swing both ways. He also freaks out when Red throws [[spoiler:Marlene's severed head]] at him.
* StylisticSuck: He's not a very good musician. As a matter of fact, his music is either painfully bland or just flat out painful, but it's completely intentional to show that he's nowhere near justifying his ego.



-->'''Swan:''' It's better to burn out than fade [[KilledMidSentence aw —]]

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-->'''Swan:''' It's better to burn out than fade [[KilledMidSentence aw a —]]



* BreakTheCutie: This poor woman. She's clearly been through a lot to the point where she'll do whatever Jeremiah tells her, even if it means she'd risk suicide.



* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: In this case, having the bikers in question only be Hells Angels would be [[HumanoidAbomination an improvement]]. Or perhaps the "[[LegionsOfHell Hells]]" part is a little bit more literal than usual.



* AmbiguouslyHuman: After a dose of the Chemist's LSD, they haven't been entirely the same. It's highly likely they're human anymore in anything except outline.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: After a dose of the Chemist's LSD, they haven't been entirely the same. It's highly likely they're not human anymore in anything except outline.outline.
* AnythingThatMoves: Fuck-Pig in particular doesn't mind who he rapes, as evidenced by the corpses of the elderly couple with holes in them from his giant bladed codpiece.



* {{Expy}}: Being decked out in lots of black leather and in constant pain that they seem to enjoy, they're for all intents and purposes a biker variation of [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} the Cenobites]], and there's four of them, to boot, as there were in the original ''Hellraiser''. And as demon bikers, they're also similar to [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun the Plague]].

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* {{Expy}}: Being decked out in lots of black leather and in constant pain that they seem to enjoy, they're for all intents and purposes a biker variation of [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} the Cenobites]], and there's four of them, to boot, as there were in the original ''Hellraiser''. And as demon bikers, they're also similar to [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun the Plague]].
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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:He's absolutely pathetic trying when trying to beg Red not to kill him]].

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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:He's absolutely pathetic trying when trying to beg Red not to kill him]].
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* Narcissist: Thinks he's his god's gift to women and that if he sees someone or something he likes. He also refers to himself in his song, "Amulet of the Weeping Maze" as a "[[BlatantLies righteous man whose heart was full of love]]".

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* Narcissist: {{Narcissist}}: Thinks he's his god's gift to women and that if he sees someone or something he likes. He also refers to himself in his song, "Amulet of the Weeping Maze" as a "[[BlatantLies righteous man whose heart was full of love]]".
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!!Red and allies



* AnimalMotifs: Tigers. He wears a shirt with a tiger face, and roars like a tiger while he downs vodka in the bathroom. Later, he meets the chemist's pet tiger.
* BadassBoast: Gets a couple towards [[spoiler:Jeremiah Sand]] at the end.
-->'''Red:''' [[Literature/TheHeroWithAThousandFaces The psychotic drowns where the mystic swims]]. You're drowning, I'm swimming.\\
'''Red:''' ''I'M YOUR GOD NOW.''



* BerserkButton: Woe be unto whoever rips his favorite shirt, even if they're a [[HumanoidAbomination Black Skull]]. [[spoiler:It's because it was the same shirt Mandy was wearing when they first met]].
* ChainsawGood: Averted. He uses a chainsaw to fight one of the Children ... who grabs an ''even bigger chainsaw''. [[RealityEnsues Their duel is about as clunky as it would probably be in real life]].



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Becomes just as brutal as the Black Skulls while out for revenge against them and the Children of the New Dawn for [[spoiler:killing Mandy]].

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Becomes just DrowningMySorrows: Partially justified, as brutal as he's trying not only to numb the Black Skulls while out for revenge against them mental anguish, but the physical pain by chugging down a bottle of vodka.
* HappilyMarried: From all appearances, him
and Mandy truly love each other, [[spoiler:and her death sends him over the Children of the New Dawn for [[spoiler:killing Mandy]].edge again]].



* PayEvilUntoEvil: Becomes just as brutal as the Black Skulls while out for revenge against them and the Children of the New Dawn for [[spoiler:killing Mandy]].
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Even after going full BloodKnight in his rampage, he spares Sister Lucy, the only innocent member of the cult who seems to be the most victimized by Jeremiah]].



The title character, a novelist, illustrator, and the wife to Red Miller.

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The title character, a character. A novelist, illustrator, and the wife to Red Miller.



* HappilyMarried: From all appearances, her and Red truly love each other, [[spoiler:and her death sends him over the edge again]].



[[folder:Caruthers]]
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An old friend of Red's. Owner of a crossbow known as the Reaper.

* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.
-->'''Caruthers:''' So, what you hunting?\\
'''Red:''' Jesus freaks.\\
'''Caruthers:''' Didn't know they were in season.
* TheHermit: He lives in a trailer out in the middle of nowhere with a "FUCK OFF" sign on his door.
* MrExposition: Gives Red all the information he needs to know on the Black Skulls.

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!!Children of the New Dawn and associates



The vain, entitled, cowardly leader of the Children of the New Dawn cult. Also a failed folk musician.

* BadBoss: If he wants something, he won't hesitate to sacrifice his own followers to get it.

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The A failed folk musician turned vain, entitled, cowardly leader of the Children of the New Dawn cult. Also a failed folk musician.

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* AssholeVictim: It's nothing short of cathartic to see him [[spoiler:die gruesomely]].
* BadBoss: If he wants something, he won't hesitate to sacrifice his own followers to the Black Skulls to get it.it.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Red crushes his head between his hands, and one of his ''[[EyeScream eyes pops out]].'' Though it's entirely justified]].
* DealWithTheDevil: His description of his meeting with an unidentified "him" sounds a lot like this, though the lyrics on ''Lift It Down'' mention Christ in a positive light.



* HateSink: Utterly pathetic and loathsome, personifying the toxic masculinity that the movie was created specifically to mock.



* LikesOlderWomen: Marlene is significantly older than him, but that doesn't stop him from having sex with her.
* MadnessMantra: After Mandy laughs in his face:
-->'''Jeremiah:''' (sobbing while looking in the mirror) Tell me what to do, tell me what to do, please tell me what to do ...



* NonActionBigBad: Though he's the driving force behind most of what goes on in the movie, he never does much of anything himself, short of stabbing Red once.



* SissyVillain: [[TeenyWeenie There's not much that's physically impressive about him]], he's almost effeminately emotional, and he's implied to swing both ways.



[[folder:Brother Swan]]
-->Played by: Ned Dennehy

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Jeremiah's favored follower, seemingly fulfills the role of TheDragon to him. Also Marlene's husband.

* AmbiguouslyBi: While he's married to Marlene, he's implied to be a sexual partner to Jeremiah.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Gets the spear end of the Beast stuffed down his throat]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Ironically, unlike [[spoiler:his boss]], he accepts that he's about to die without begging for his life.
-->'''Swan:''' It's better to burn out than fade [[KilledMidSentence aw —]]

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[[folder:Mother Marlene]]
-->Played by: Olwen Fouéré

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One of Jeremiah's lovers, and the most devoted to him. She was the first person to ever agree with Jeremiah's preachings.

* VillainsWantMercy: She offers Red sex if he lets her live. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].

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[[folder:Sister Lucy]]
-->Played by: Line Pillet

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A young member of the cult that Jeremiah keeps under his thumb.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Out of everyone in the cult, she's the only one who seems to have anything resembling goodness, crying when [[spoiler:Brother Swan is killed. Red spares her in the end]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: We don't see her doing much of anything evil aside from holding Mandy down while Marlene drugs her, but she seems to be the most mistreated out of the Children. It's heavily implied that Jeremiah keeps her in line with a series of rapes.

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[[folder:Brother Hanker]]
-->Played by: Alexis Julemont

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One of the cult's more physically able members.

* AxCrazy: Seems a little too excited watching [[spoiler:Mandy burn alive]].
* BadassNormal: He manages to put up a good fight with the [[spoiler:LSD-fuelled]] Red, even if chainsaws clearly aren't the best dueling weapons.
* TheBrute: He's more physically capable than most of the Children, though he also seems fairly dim-witted.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies before he can receive much characterization]].

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[[folder:Brother Klopek]]
-->Played by: Clément Baronnet

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[[RidiculouslyAverageGuy A member of the Children]].

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Does barely anything of worth before getting an axe chucked in his face]].

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: After a dose of the Chemist's LSD, they haven't been entirely the same. It's highly likely they aren't human at all.

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* AllThereInTheManual: None of their names are ever spoken in-universe, but they're listed in the credits.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: After a dose of the Chemist's LSD, they haven't been entirely the same. It's highly likely they aren't they're human at all.anymore in anything except outline.



* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler:Red]], by the end of the movie. Though they've presumably always been a bad lot, [[spoiler:Red maintains his heroism even after tasting their LSD]].
* {{Expy}}: Being decked out in lots of black leather and in constant pain that they seem to enjoy, they're for all intents and purposes a biker variation of [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} the Cenobites]], and there's four of them, to boot, as there were in the original ''Hellraiser''. And as demon bikers, they're also similar to [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun the Plague]].



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Their gang name, obviously, but also, ''Skratch'' and especially ''Fuck Pig.''

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Their gang name, obviously, but also, ''Skratch'' and especially special mention goes to ''Fuck Pig.''''
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: They have one female member, though it's impossible to tell without looking at the credits.
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[[folder:The Chemist]]
-->Played by: Richard Brake

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Though he manufactured the drug that turned the Black Skulls into [[HumanoidAbomination whatever they are]], we don't get to know much about him otherwise. He seems genuinely saddened when he finds out what they did to Red.
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* TheVietnamVet: Implied. He's clearly skilled in guerilla warfare, and given his DarkAndTroubledPast, it's likely he served in the war.


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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her father tried to force her to beat a flock of starlings to death with a crowbar. Given the scar on her, it's likely he physically abused her, too.


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* ReligionOfEvil: It's unclear just what it is that the Children believe, but between his rant to Mandy sounding an awful lot like he made a DealWithTheDevil, their connection to a demonic biker gang, and the look on Red's face when he read their scripture, it's likely that there's something inherently sinister in their doctrine.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Poisoned his own parents and made off with their fortune.
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[[folder:Red Miller]]
-->Played by: Creator/NicolasCage

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The film's protagonist, husband of Mandy Bloom. A formerly violent man who settled down when he met the title character, Red's peaceful life is disrupted when Jeremiah Sand comes into the picture and abducts his wife.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:After digesting the Black Skulls' LSD, he's implied to not be human any longer, being granted abilities such as telepathy, and a VoiceOfTheLegion]].
* AnAxeToGrind: His weapon of choice is a sort of spear/axe hybrid called the Beast.
* BadassNormal: Even before [[spoiler:taking the LSD]], he single-handedly takes on the demonic Black Skulls gang, even killing one with just a ''boxcutter.''
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Panos Cosmatos states that he was violent prior to meeting Mandy. It remains unclear how so, but he's implied to be a Vietnam veteran.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Becomes just as brutal as the Black Skulls while out for revenge against them and the Children of the New Dawn for [[spoiler:killing Mandy]].
* LargeHam: What more would you expect from Nicolas Cage? Most notably, the bathroom scene where he breaks down after [[spoiler:Mandy dies]].
-->'''Red:''' (while fending off a Black Skull) YOU RIPPED MY SHIRT! YOU RIPPED MY SHIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRT!
* MeaningfulName: Red is a significant part of the movie's color palette. He also spends a good chunk of the last quarter of the movie [[BloodIsTheNewBlack soaked in blood]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The last quarter of the movie is all him getting revenge on the Black Skulls and the Children of the New Dawn for [[spoiler:killing Mandy]].
* TheQuietOne: After taking the [[spoiler:LSD]], he continues his RoaringRampageOfRevenge mostly in silence. By the time he speaks again, [[spoiler:he has a VoiceOfTheLegion]].
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[[folder:Mandy Bloom]]
-->Played by: Andrea Riseborough

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The title character, a novelist, illustrator, and the wife to Red Miller.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Entirely open to interpretation, but the red color wash usually shines on her. Normally, in the movie, the color is a motif for evil, as it's often shown on Jeremiah Sand.
* BadassNormal: More subtly than Red, but she single-handedly [[spoiler:crushes Jeremiah's spirit by laughing at him when he tries to rape her. Bonus points because she's drugged and barely in her right mindset when she does]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:She's wrapped up in a sack, strung up feet first and burned alive]].
* {{Metalhead}}: A classic 80s metalhead, given her Music/BlackSabbath and Music/MotleyCrue shirts.
* NiceGirl: She's kind and compassionate, even managing to help Red become a better person.
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[[folder:Jeremiah Sand]]
-->Played by: Linus Roache

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The vain, entitled, cowardly leader of the Children of the New Dawn cult. Also a failed folk musician.

* BadBoss: If he wants something, he won't hesitate to sacrifice his own followers to get it.
* DepravedBisexual: Implied. His conversations with Brother Swan carry an air of sexual attraction, though he primarily goes for women, raping his female followers on a routine basis.
-->'''Jeremiah:''' (cornered by Red) I'll ''blow you man, ''I'll suck your fucking diiiiiick!''
* EvilIsHammy: He's rather loud and bombastic, to say the least, as befitting a cult leader.
* EvilSorcerer: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Possibly]]. He has the Tainted Blade of the Pale Knight, "retrieved from his abyssal lair", according to Brother Swan, and he has the Black Skulls summoned with an artifact called the Horn of Abraxas.
* FauxAffablyEvil: When it suits him, he's polite, apologizing to Mandy for having her kidnapped and drugged. Mind you, this is ''before'' he flips out when she rejects his advances and [[spoiler:burns her alive]].
* FreudianExcuse: His mother was abusive to him, locking him up in a closet while she brought men home, and his father was useless in trying to help him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from all his villainous tendencies, he is just not a nice person. He belittles Mother Marlene — who adores him — snapping at her for not immediately going to fetch Brother Swan, and views his followers as expendable when it comes to getting what he thinks he's owed.
* Narcissist: Thinks he's his god's gift to women and that if he sees someone or something he likes. He also refers to himself in his song, "Amulet of the Weeping Maze" as a "[[BlatantLies righteous man whose heart was full of love]]".
* VillainousBreakdown: After Mandy laughs at him, he completely loses himself. [[spoiler:By the time Red confronts him, he's sitting in a room, half-naked and swinging between loudly raving about how he's superior to Red and begging for mercy]].
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:He's absolutely pathetic trying when trying to beg Red not to kill him]].
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[[folder:The Black Skulls]]
-->Played by: Ivailo Dimitrov (Skratch), Hayley Saywell (Sis), Kalin Kerin (Scabs), Tamás Hagyuó (Fuck Pig)

A demonic, drug-peddling biker gang serving as muscle to the Children of the New Dawn.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: After a dose of the Chemist's LSD, they haven't been entirely the same. It's highly likely they aren't human at all.
* BadassBiker: More like badass ''demonic'' bikers.
* DarkIsEvil: In case their name didn't make this obvious, they're decked out literally from head to toe in black. They're also responsible for strings of gruesome murders.
* TheDreaded: When Caruthers has to warn Red that he might not come back from his quest of vengeance against them, that says pretty much all you need to know.
* HumanoidAbomination: Probably. They ''look'' human in outline, but otherwise, there's no obvious humanity left in them. They're summoned by an occult artifact and have impossibly deep voices, [[spoiler:[[NoSell shrug off neck wounds from a crossbow]]]], and are in constant pain, which they actually ''love.''
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Their gang name, obviously, but also, ''Skratch'' and especially ''Fuck Pig.''
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