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* BittersweetEnding: Langdon and Old Nan die, but both have redeemed each other and Langdon is out of Satan's grip. Julia is traumatized by seeing the man she was falling in love with again transform into a monster before her eyes, but it's implied that Earl will help her overcome this and they may even end up together. The real loser in all this is Satan, who ends the movie angrily ranting in voice over about how ''he'' refuses to accept the notion of redemption and refuses to change.
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* BittersweetEnding: Langdon and Old Nan die, but both have redeemed each other and Langdon is out of Satan's grip. Julia is traumatized by seeing the man she was falling in love with again transform into a monster before her eyes, but it's implied that Earl will help her overcome this and they may even end up together. The real loser in all this is Satan, who ends the movie angrily ranting in voice over about how ''he'' refuses to accept the notion of redemption and refuses to won't ever change.
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* TheCorrupter: Langdon's job for Satan is to hop from body to body and awaken the latent evil in people he comes into contact with.
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* TheCorrupter: Langdon's job for Satan is to hop from body to body and awaken manipulate the latent evil in people he comes into contact with.with into unleashing their latent evil impulses. After hopping into Rogers, he half-heartedly tries to manipulate Rogers' wife Julia into entering an adulterous affair with Rogers's brother Earl, but thanks to his own growing distaste for his job and developing feelings for Julia, he gives up on it.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his old face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as an individual person instead of a corrupting force. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard But really, what did he expect]]?
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his old face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of reasserting himself as an individual person instead of a the pure corrupting force.force Satan wants him to be. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard But really, what did he expect]]?
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* NightmareFace: Averted. Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see what it looked like before as it's Langdon's face now. It's pretty scary to Rogers' doctor, though, giving the poor man a heart attack.
* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdon and stabs him in the gut several times, but the knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdon and stabs him in the gut several times, but the knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
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* NightmareFace: Averted. Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see what it looked like before as it's Langdon's face now. It's pretty scary to Rogers' doctor, though, giving the poor man a heart attack.
attack from shock.
* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdon in human form and stabs him in the gut several times, but the knife comes out clean and he doesn't have ascratch.scratch. He also ignores being shot several times in beast form, until his redemption.
* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdon in human form and stabs him in the gut several times, but the knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Averted. Langdon doesn't particularly try to act like Phillip Rogers, and people notice, but chalk his strange behavior up to the terrible experiences he's suffered.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Averted. Langdon doesn't particularly try to act like Phillip Rogers, and people notice, but chalk his strange behavior up to the terrible experiences he's traumatic accident he'd recently suffered.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Langdon (in beast form) prays for the dying Nan, finally renouncing Satan entirely, and then gets shot.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Langdon (in beast form) prays for the dying Nan, finally renouncing Satan entirely, and then gets shot.dies of a gunshot, proving Satan has no more power over him.
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* RousingSpeech: Satan points out that Langdon's heart doesn't really seem to be in it and tries to encourage him to be truly evil.
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* RousingSpeech: Satan points out that Langdon's heart doesn't really seem to be in it his latest job, and tries to encourage him to says that he could be truly evil.a saint of evil if only he'd give up that silly identity of his. Langdon isn't really moved.
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Rogers' doctor notes that there was no reason for him to die. (It's diabolic intervention.)
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Rogers' Rogers's doctor notes that there was no reason for him to die. (It's diabolic intervention.))
* SympatheticAdulterer: Thanks to Rogers being emotionally and physically distant from his wife, Julia, one night she picked up a man from a bar and had a one-night stand. She deeply regrets the affair, and refuses to enter another one in spite of Langdon's badgering.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Thanks to Rogers being emotionally and physically distant from his wife, Julia, one night she picked up a man from a bar and had a one-night stand. She deeply regrets the affair, and refuses to enter another one in spite of Langdon's badgering.
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* BittersweetEnding: Langdon and Old Nan die, but both have redeemed each other and Langdon is out of Satan's grip. Julia is traumatized by seeing the man she was falling in love with again transform into a monster before her eyes, but it's implied that Earl will help her overcome this and they may even end up together. The real loser in all this is Satan, who ends the movie angrily ranting in voice over about how ''he'' refuses to accept the notion of redemption and refuses to change.
* CharacterDevelopment: Langdon was a monster during and after WWII, but thanks to 25 (off-screen) years of tempting people into evil, he's become weary and apathetic, only wishing to die. After being coerced into one last body swap, he gradually changes due to the love of of his new body's wife, and despite refusing to believe that he can be redeemed, especially after Satan's been making him into a murderous knockoff werewolf, he ultimately overcomes the bestial instincts of his alternate form, prays to God and is allowed release.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his old face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as an individual person instead of a corrupting force.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his old face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as an individual person instead of a corrupting force. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard But really, what did he expect]]?
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** Old Nan used to be a murderous bandit, but after thirty years in jail, he's old and weary, with the desire to redeem his violent past.
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** Old Nan used to be a murderous bandit, but after thirty years in jail, he's old and weary, with the desire to redeem his violent past.past and help those even worse off than he is.
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* InvisibleToNormals: Satan and Langdon when he's between forms.
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* InvisibleToNormals: Satan and Langdon when he's [[BodySurf between forms.bodies]].
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* RetiredMonster: Wartime!Langdon was a homicidal rapist who turned on his countrymen and proved too much even for his fellow a-holes to put up with. However, after 25 years as a body-surfing spirit of malice, he's finally tired of it all. At the end, he even makes a full face-turn.
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* RetiredMonster: Wartime!Langdon was a homicidal rapist who turned on his countrymen and proved too much even for his fellow a-holes to put up with. However, after 25 years as a body-surfing spirit of malice, he's finally tired of it all. At the (very) end, he even makes a full face-turn.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Langdon made his in World War II, when he collaborated and joined the Japanese in torturing his fellow POWs.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Langdon made his in World War II, when he collaborated and joined the Japanese in torturing his fellow POWs.[=POWs=].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: 1940s!Langdon managed to find some like-mindedly monstrous contacts during the war who took him in after he was set free from Japanese prison, but eventually proved too twisted for even ''them'' to put up with and they kicked him out.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Langdon made his in World War II, when, as a POW, he collaborated and joined the Japanese in torturing his former compatriots.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as a person again.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as a person again.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Langdon made his in World War II, when, as a POW, when he collaborated and joined the Japanese in torturing his former compatriots.
fellow POWs.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his old face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself asa an individual person again.instead of a corrupting force.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his old face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as
* HeelFaceTurn:
** Old Nan used to be a murderous bandit, but after thirty years in jail, he's old and weary, with the desire to redeem his violent past.
** Ultimately, with Nan's help Langdon prays and forsakes Satan, weakening his beast form enough to die from a gunshot.
** Old Nan used to be a murderous bandit, but after thirty years in jail, he's old and weary, with the desire to redeem his violent past.
** Ultimately, with Nan's help Langdon prays and forsakes Satan, weakening his beast form enough to die from a gunshot.
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* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdon and stabs him in the gut several times, but knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
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* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdon and stabs him in the gut several times, but the knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
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* RetiredMonster: Wartime!Langdon was a homicidal rapist who turned on his countrymen and proved too much even for his fellow a-holes to put up with. However, after 25 years as a body-surfing spirit of malice, he's finally tired of it all. At the end, he even makes a full face-turn.
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* BodySurf: Every times a body Langdon's in dies, Satan puts him into a new one.
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* BodySurf: Every times time a body Langdon's in dies, Satan puts him into a new one.
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** The funeral scene seems to imply that Langdon had possessed the decedent's body and had an affair, presumably in order to corrupt the lover into adultery and the family into jealousy and wrath.
** Langdon-as-Rogers [[TheCorrupter tries to manipulate]] Rogers' brother Earl and wife Julia into hooking up. Neither is receptive, though Earl is clearly tempted.
** Julia herself picked up an airplane pilot for a one-night stand a few months before the movie, and has been beating herself up ever since.
** The funeral scene seems to imply that Langdon had possessed the decedent's body and had an affair, presumably in order to corrupt the lover into adultery and the family into jealousy and wrath.
** Langdon-as-Rogers [[TheCorrupter tries to manipulate]] Rogers' brother Earl and wife Julia into hooking up. Neither is receptive, though Earl is clearly tempted.
** Julia herself picked up an airplane pilot for a one-night stand a few months before the movie, and has been beating herself up ever since.
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** Julia herself picked up an airplane pilot for a one-night stand a few months before the movie, and has been beating herself up ever since.
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** Julia herself picked up an airplane pilot for a one-night stand a few months before the movie, and has been beating herself up ever since.since.
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* NightmareFace: Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see what it looked like before as it's Langdon's face now.
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* NightmareFace: Averted. Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see what it looked like before as it's Langdon's face now.now. It's pretty scary to Rogers' doctor, though, giving the poor man a heart attack.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: After his last body dies, all Langdon wants to do is lie in his grave and rest for a while, but duty calls...
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: After his last body dies, all Langdon wants to do is lie in his grave and rest for a while, rest, but duty calls...
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* ImAHumanitarian: In the opening scene, Satan tells the starving Langdon that his accomplice died before she could bring him supplies...but she could still feed him. And then he pours out a bag full of meat...
* LossOfIdentity: Satan wants Langdon to abandon all thoughts of personhood and see himself as a corrupting force instead.
* LoveRedeems: Langdon's feelings for Julia are part of the impetus for rejecting Satan.
* LossOfIdentity: Satan wants Langdon to abandon all thoughts of personhood and see himself as a corrupting force instead.
* LoveRedeems: Langdon's feelings for Julia are part of the impetus for rejecting Satan.
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* ImAHumanitarian: In the opening scene, Satan tells the starving Langdon that his accomplice died before she could bring him supplies...but she could still feed him. And then he pours out a bag full of meat...
meat. Langdon's first reaction is horror, but soon enough he's wolfing it down with gusto.
* InvisibleToNormals: Satan and Langdon when he's between forms.
* LossOfIdentity: Satan wants Langdon to abandon all thoughts of individuality or personhood and see himself as a corrupting force instead.
* LoveRedeems: Langdon's developing feelings for Julia are part of the impetus for rejecting Satan.
* InvisibleToNormals: Satan and Langdon when he's between forms.
* LossOfIdentity: Satan wants Langdon to abandon all thoughts of individuality or personhood and see himself as a corrupting force instead.
* LoveRedeems: Langdon's developing feelings for Julia are part of the impetus for rejecting Satan.
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* NightmareFace: Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see it as it's Langdon's face now.
* NoSell: Langdon gets stabbed in the gut several times, but knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
* NoSell: Langdon gets stabbed in the gut several times, but knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
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* NightmareFace: Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see what it looked like before as it's Langdon's face now.
* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdongets stabbed and stabs him in the gut several times, but knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.scratch.
* OminousFog: The jungle in which Langdon sells his soul is covered in the stuff. So are the credits.
* NoSell: Someone runs up to Langdon
* OminousFog: The jungle in which Langdon sells his soul is covered in the stuff. So are the credits.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Averted. Langdon doesn't particularly try to act like Phillip Rogers, and people notice, but chalk it up to the terrible experiences he's suffered.
* PoisonMushroom: The opening scene, a desperate Langdon grabs some strange berries and devours them. Satan tells him that they were incredibly poisonous and that by all rights he should be dead.
* PoisonMushroom: The opening scene, a desperate Langdon grabs some strange berries and devours them. Satan tells him that they were incredibly poisonous and that by all rights he should be dead.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Averted. Langdon doesn't particularly try to act like Phillip Rogers, and people notice, but chalk it his strange behavior up to the terrible experiences he's suffered.
* PoisonMushroom: The opening scene, a desperate Langdon grabs some strange berries and devours them. Satan tells him that they were incredibly poisonous andthat Langdon would be dead by all rights he should be dead.now if not for his intervention.
* PoisonMushroom: The opening scene, a desperate Langdon grabs some strange berries and devours them. Satan tells him that they were incredibly poisonous and
* {{Stripperiffic}}: When Satan first appears, he's wearing a loincloth and headband and little else. Pot-bellied and balding isn't a very good look for the Great Tempter.
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Rogers' doctor notes that there was no reason for him to die.
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Rogers' doctor notes that there was no reason for him to die. (It's diabolic intervention.)
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: After his last body dies, all Langdon wants to do is lie in his grave and rest for a while, but duty calls...
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** The funeral scene implies that Langdon had possessed the decedent's body and had an affair.
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** The funeral scene implies seems to imply that Langdon had possessed the decedent's body and had an affair.affair, presumably in order to corrupt the lover into adultery and the family into jealousy and wrath.
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Beast of the Yellow Night is a 1971 Filipino/American horror film.
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In 1971, Phillip Rogers's wife is told that her husband died unexpectedly in the hospital. When his grieving wife is allowed to see him, all the onlookers are astonished to find the supposedly dead man blinking and moving around...
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In 1971, Phillip Rogers's wife is told that her husband died Rogers dies unexpectedly in the hospital. When his grieving wife is allowed to see him, all the onlookers are astonished to find the supposedly dead man blinking and moving around...
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I don't get a lot of sleep, okay?
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In 1971, Phillip Rogers's wife is told that her husband died unexpectedly in the hospital. When he grieving woman is allowed to see him, all the onlookers are astonished to find the supposedly dead man blinking and moving around...
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In 1971, Phillip Rogers's wife is told that her husband died unexpectedly in the hospital. When he his grieving woman wife is allowed to see him, all the onlookers are astonished to find the supposedly dead man blinking and moving around...
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan's all charm and friendly encouragement...until you disagree with him.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan's all condescending charm and friendly encouragement...until you disagree with him.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Langdon (in beast form) prays for the dying Nan, finally renouncing Satan entirely, and then gets shot in the head.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Langdon (in beast form) prays for the dying Nan, finally renouncing Satan entirely, and then gets shot in the head.shot.
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* BackFromtheDead: Phillip Rogers comes back to life after Langdon {{Body Surf}}s into him.
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* BackFromtheDead: BackFromTheDead: Phillip Rogers comes back to life after Langdon {{Body Surf}}s into him.
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* MercyKill: Death was the only way our for Langdon.
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* MercyKill: Death was the only way our out for Langdon.
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Beast of the Yellow Night is a 1971 Filipino/American horror film.
In 1946 Joseph Langdon, Army deserter and murderer, was fleeing pursuit in the jungles of Southeast Asia when a sardonic voice made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
In 1971, Phillip Rogers's wife is told that her husband died unexpectedly in the hospital. When he grieving woman is allowed to see him, all the onlookers are astonished to find the supposedly dead man blinking and moving around...
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* AgonyBeam: The first time Langdon tries to assert himself, Satan causes him to double over in pain as a warning.
* AntiVillain: Langdon was a murderer, rapist and thief in life, and spent 25 years doing the Devil's work, but he's grown weary of it, and tries to change.
* BackFromtheDead: Phillip Rogers comes back to life after Langdon {{Body Surf}}s into him.
* BlindSeer: It's unclear quite what Nan's deal is, but he demonstrates remarkable insight into Langdon's situation.
* BodySurf: Every times a body Langdon's in dies, Satan puts him into a new one.
* BrownNote: The shock of seeing Langdon-as-Rogers come back to life, with a perfect new face, kills his doctor on sight.
* TheCorrupter: Langdon's job for Satan is to hop from body to body and awaken the latent evil in people he comes into contact with.
* DealWithTheDevil: Langdon makes one in 1946.
* DeathSeeker: Langdon's tired of the life he's leading.
* DetectEvil: Langdon appears to have the ability to sense a person's sins, as he's able to tell Julia cheated on Rogers and that Earl coveted her.
* TheEeyore: In life, Rogers was apparently a deeply depressed person who didn't care about Julia or anything else.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan's all charm and friendly encouragement...until you disagree with him.
* FaceHeelTurn: Langdon made his in World War II, when, as a POW, he collaborated and joined the Japanese in torturing his former compatriots.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as a person again.
* GunsAreWorthless: Zigzagged. After getting shot with rifles to no effect several times, Langdon's beast form is done in by a single pistol shot.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Langdon's first bestial transformation is triggered when he tries to enter a church.
* HeroicBSOD: Julia slips into one after seeing Langdon/Rogers transform in front of her.
* ImAHumanitarian: In the opening scene, Satan tells the starving Langdon that his accomplice died before she could bring him supplies...but she could still feed him. And then he pours out a bag full of meat...
* LossOfIdentity: Satan wants Langdon to abandon all thoughts of personhood and see himself as a corrupting force instead.
* LoveRedeems: Langdon's feelings for Julia are part of the impetus for rejecting Satan.
* MercyKill: Death was the only way our for Langdon.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Getting his own face back causes Langdon to reassert his own personal identity...something Satan doesn't want.
* MorphicResonance: Thanks to Satan's intervention, Rogers' face is transformed into Langdon's.
* NightmareFace: Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see it as it's Langdon's face now.
* NoSell: Langdon gets stabbed in the gut several times, but knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: After trying to assert his own personality and rebel, Langdon is cursed by Satan to periodically transform into a savage beast and kill for him instead.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Averted. Langdon doesn't particularly try to act like Phillip Rogers, and people notice, but chalk it up to the terrible experiences he's suffered.
* PoisonMushroom: The opening scene, a desperate Langdon grabs some strange berries and devours them. Satan tells him that they were incredibly poisonous and that by all rights he should be dead.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Langdon (in beast form) prays for the dying Nan, finally renouncing Satan entirely, and then gets shot in the head.
* RousingSpeech: Satan points out that Langdon's heart doesn't really seem to be in it and tries to encourage him to be truly evil.
* SuperStrength: Langdon's beast form can bend iron bars with its bare hands.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Rogers' doctor notes that there was no reason for him to die.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even after the man she thinks is her dead husband undergoes a drastic personality change, becomes a murder suspect and clearly has some sort of supernatural thing going on, Julia stays loyally by his side. It comes off as more [[LoveMartyr strange and co-dependent]] than sweet.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Langdon running around in a bloody shirt while there's a murderer on the loose elicits little more than mild curiosity from the people he runs into.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The movie takes place somewhere in Southeast Asia.
* YourCheatingHeart:
** The funeral scene implies that Langdon had possessed the decedent's body and had an affair.
** Langdon-as-Rogers [[TheCorrupter tries to manipulate]] Rogers' brother Earl and wife Julia into hooking up. Neither is receptive, though Earl is clearly tempted.
** Julia herself picked up an airplane pilot for a one-night stand a few months before the movie, and has been beating herself up ever since.
In 1946 Joseph Langdon, Army deserter and murderer, was fleeing pursuit in the jungles of Southeast Asia when a sardonic voice made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
In 1971, Phillip Rogers's wife is told that her husband died unexpectedly in the hospital. When he grieving woman is allowed to see him, all the onlookers are astonished to find the supposedly dead man blinking and moving around...
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* AgonyBeam: The first time Langdon tries to assert himself, Satan causes him to double over in pain as a warning.
* AntiVillain: Langdon was a murderer, rapist and thief in life, and spent 25 years doing the Devil's work, but he's grown weary of it, and tries to change.
* BackFromtheDead: Phillip Rogers comes back to life after Langdon {{Body Surf}}s into him.
* BlindSeer: It's unclear quite what Nan's deal is, but he demonstrates remarkable insight into Langdon's situation.
* BodySurf: Every times a body Langdon's in dies, Satan puts him into a new one.
* BrownNote: The shock of seeing Langdon-as-Rogers come back to life, with a perfect new face, kills his doctor on sight.
* TheCorrupter: Langdon's job for Satan is to hop from body to body and awaken the latent evil in people he comes into contact with.
* DealWithTheDevil: Langdon makes one in 1946.
* DeathSeeker: Langdon's tired of the life he's leading.
* DetectEvil: Langdon appears to have the ability to sense a person's sins, as he's able to tell Julia cheated on Rogers and that Earl coveted her.
* TheEeyore: In life, Rogers was apparently a deeply depressed person who didn't care about Julia or anything else.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Satan's all charm and friendly encouragement...until you disagree with him.
* FaceHeelTurn: Langdon made his in World War II, when, as a POW, he collaborated and joined the Japanese in torturing his former compatriots.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Satan gives Langdon his face back for the heck of it, and is extremely disappointed when Langdon starts thinking of himself as a person again.
* GunsAreWorthless: Zigzagged. After getting shot with rifles to no effect several times, Langdon's beast form is done in by a single pistol shot.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Langdon's first bestial transformation is triggered when he tries to enter a church.
* HeroicBSOD: Julia slips into one after seeing Langdon/Rogers transform in front of her.
* ImAHumanitarian: In the opening scene, Satan tells the starving Langdon that his accomplice died before she could bring him supplies...but she could still feed him. And then he pours out a bag full of meat...
* LossOfIdentity: Satan wants Langdon to abandon all thoughts of personhood and see himself as a corrupting force instead.
* LoveRedeems: Langdon's feelings for Julia are part of the impetus for rejecting Satan.
* MercyKill: Death was the only way our for Langdon.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Getting his own face back causes Langdon to reassert his own personal identity...something Satan doesn't want.
* MorphicResonance: Thanks to Satan's intervention, Rogers' face is transformed into Langdon's.
* NightmareFace: Rogers' face was mangled in an industrial accident, but we never get to see it as it's Langdon's face now.
* NoSell: Langdon gets stabbed in the gut several times, but knife comes out clean and he doesn't have a scratch.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: After trying to assert his own personality and rebel, Langdon is cursed by Satan to periodically transform into a savage beast and kill for him instead.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Averted. Langdon doesn't particularly try to act like Phillip Rogers, and people notice, but chalk it up to the terrible experiences he's suffered.
* PoisonMushroom: The opening scene, a desperate Langdon grabs some strange berries and devours them. Satan tells him that they were incredibly poisonous and that by all rights he should be dead.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Langdon (in beast form) prays for the dying Nan, finally renouncing Satan entirely, and then gets shot in the head.
* RousingSpeech: Satan points out that Langdon's heart doesn't really seem to be in it and tries to encourage him to be truly evil.
* SuperStrength: Langdon's beast form can bend iron bars with its bare hands.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Rogers' doctor notes that there was no reason for him to die.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even after the man she thinks is her dead husband undergoes a drastic personality change, becomes a murder suspect and clearly has some sort of supernatural thing going on, Julia stays loyally by his side. It comes off as more [[LoveMartyr strange and co-dependent]] than sweet.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Langdon running around in a bloody shirt while there's a murderer on the loose elicits little more than mild curiosity from the people he runs into.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The movie takes place somewhere in Southeast Asia.
* YourCheatingHeart:
** The funeral scene implies that Langdon had possessed the decedent's body and had an affair.
** Langdon-as-Rogers [[TheCorrupter tries to manipulate]] Rogers' brother Earl and wife Julia into hooking up. Neither is receptive, though Earl is clearly tempted.
** Julia herself picked up an airplane pilot for a one-night stand a few months before the movie, and has been beating herself up ever since.
