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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Several critics noted that many viewers will probably watch the film just to see Creator/ChristinaRicci in a sexy red dress and later nothing at all (though it's arguably more a case of FanDisservice, given the circumstances Anna finds herself in and the film's grim tone).

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* AccidentalAesop: Don't text/answer your phone while driving.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad El(l)iot Deacon]] is a funeral director who [[FauxAffablyEvil appears friendly]] and sympathetic on the outside, but is actually a psychopath with a tendency to [[BuriedAlive bury people alive]]. He manipulates them by posing as a {{psychopomp}} who can communicate with the dead as he prepares them for burial using techniques that won't kill them, so that they stay alive until buried. He keeps a photo collection in his bedroom of everyone he's buried, and it's strongly hinted that he's buried as many living people as corpses. The film centers on his preparation of Anna Taylor, during which we see just how twisted Deacon is. Later on, he deals with two people who have found him out in very different ways: recruiting one in whom he sees a kindred spirit as a SecretKeeper, and goading another, Anna's boyfriend Paul Coleman, into a car accident while he's drinking heavily and then taunting him about his failure before finishing him off directly on the slab.]]

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driving. The reason why Anna winds up in the morgue is because she paused to check her phone while driving and another car hit her.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad El(l)iot Deacon]] is a funeral director who [[FauxAffablyEvil appears friendly]] and sympathetic on the outside, but is actually a psychopath with a tendency to [[BuriedAlive bury people alive]]. He manipulates them by posing as a {{psychopomp}} who can communicate with the dead as he prepares them for burial using techniques that won't kill them, so that they stay alive until buried. He keeps a photo collection in his bedroom of everyone he's buried, and it's strongly hinted that he's buried as many living people as corpses. The film centers on his preparation of Anna Taylor, during which we see just how twisted Deacon is. Later on, he deals with two people who have found him out in very different ways: recruiting one in whom he sees a kindred spirit as a SecretKeeper, and goading another, Anna's boyfriend Paul Coleman, into a car accident while he's drinking heavily and then taunting him about his failure before finishing him off directly on the slab.]]]]
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: One of the punishments for Wrathful sinners? Terrorville, a world that experiences terrorist attacks nonstop. The picture of this particular punishment is a tall building on fire.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[VideoGame/{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]
** "The Bowels of Hell" involves gluttonous damned [=SOULs=] being forced into what is basically a [[Film/TheHumanCentipede Human Centipede]].
* RetroactiveRecognition: The doctor's voice in the introductory movie. If you listen very carefully, [[Creator/SteveBlum he sounds like a rather popular space cowboy]].
* UglyCute: The [=EMBOs=], which are spindly aliens with leathered skin, long faces and cartoonishly big eyes. Looking at Aria and Jasper, it seems that angels and demons both keep some of these features, though Aria has human skin and hair [[BeautyEqualsGoodness and is more conventionally beautiful]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The doctor's voice in the introductory movie. If you listen very carefully, [[Creator/SteveBlum he sounds like a rather popular space cowboy]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[VideoGame/{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]

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"Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[VideoGame/{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]anything?]]
** "The Bowels of Hell" involves gluttonous damned [=SOULs=] being forced into what is basically a [[Film/TheHumanCentipede Human Centipede]].

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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad El(l)iot Deacon]] is a funeral director who [[FauxAffablyEvil appears friendly]] and sympathetic on the outside, but is actually a psychopath with a tendency to [[BuriedAlive bury people alive]]. He manipulates them by posing as a {{psychopomp}} who can communicate with the dead as he prepares them for burial using techniques that won't kill them, so that they stay alive until buried. He keeps a photo collection in his bedroom of everyone he's buried, and it's strongly hinted that he's buried as many living people as corpses. The film centers on his preparation of Anna Taylor, during which we see just how twisted Deacon is. Later on, he deals with two people who have found him out in very different ways: recruiting one in whom he sees a kindred spirit as a SecretKeeper, and goading another, Anna's boyfriend Paul Coleman, into a car accident while he's drinking heavily and then taunting him about his failure before finishing him off directly on the slab.

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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad [[spoiler:[[BigBad El(l)iot Deacon]] is a funeral director who [[FauxAffablyEvil appears friendly]] and sympathetic on the outside, but is actually a psychopath with a tendency to [[BuriedAlive bury people alive]]. He manipulates them by posing as a {{psychopomp}} who can communicate with the dead as he prepares them for burial using techniques that won't kill them, so that they stay alive until buried. He keeps a photo collection in his bedroom of everyone he's buried, and it's strongly hinted that he's buried as many living people as corpses. The film centers on his preparation of Anna Taylor, during which we see just how twisted Deacon is. Later on, he deals with two people who have found him out in very different ways: recruiting one in whom he sees a kindred spirit as a SecretKeeper, and goading another, Anna's boyfriend Paul Coleman, into a car accident while he's drinking heavily and then taunting him about his failure before finishing him off directly on the slab.]]

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* CompleteMonster: Elliot Deacon (name spelled as "Eliot" in the film proper) is a funeral director who appears friendly and sympathetic on the outside, but on the inside he's a SoftSpokenSadist who has a tendency to bury people alive, manipulating them by posing as a {{psychopomp}} who can communicate with the dead as he prepares them for burial using techniques that won't kill them, so that they stay alive until they're six feet under. He keeps a photo collection in his bedroom of everyone he's buried, dead or alive, and it's strongly hinted that he's buried just as many living people as he has actual corpses. The film centers on his preparation of one living person, a certain Anna Taylor, and it's through the process of preparing her that we see just how much of a twisted freak he is. Later on, he deals with two people who have found him out in very different ways: recruiting one in whom he sees a kindred spirit as a SecretKeeper, and goading another, Anna's boyfriend, into a car accident while he's drinking heavily and then taunting him about his failure before finishing him off directly on the slab, all so [[KarmaHoudini he can continue in his murderous ways without the rest of the world knowing what he's up to]]. What makes it even scarier is that [[FauxAffablyEvil he never once drops his outwardly fatherly demeanor]] even as he's doing his worst. A sadistic freak with a methodical hand, Deacon considers life itself symptomatic of society's problems and has no regrets whatsoever about the premature burials he arranges.

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* CompleteMonster: Elliot Deacon (name spelled as "Eliot" in the film proper) [[BigBad El(l)iot Deacon]] is a funeral director who [[FauxAffablyEvil appears friendly friendly]] and sympathetic on the outside, but on the inside he's is actually a SoftSpokenSadist who has psychopath with a tendency to [[BuriedAlive bury people alive, manipulating alive]]. He manipulates them by posing as a {{psychopomp}} who can communicate with the dead as he prepares them for burial using techniques that won't kill them, so that they stay alive until they're six feet under. buried. He keeps a photo collection in his bedroom of everyone he's buried, dead or alive, and it's strongly hinted that he's buried just as many living people as he has actual corpses. The film centers on his preparation of one living person, a certain Anna Taylor, and it's through the process of preparing her that during which we see just how much of a twisted freak he Deacon is. Later on, he deals with two people who have found him out in very different ways: recruiting one in whom he sees a kindred spirit as a SecretKeeper, and goading another, Anna's boyfriend, boyfriend Paul Coleman, into a car accident while he's drinking heavily and then taunting him about his failure before finishing him off directly on the slab, all so [[KarmaHoudini he can continue in his murderous ways without the rest of the world knowing what he's up to]]. What makes it even scarier is that [[FauxAffablyEvil he never once drops his outwardly fatherly demeanor]] even as he's doing his worst. A sadistic freak with a methodical hand, Deacon considers life itself symptomatic of society's problems and has no regrets whatsoever about the premature burials he arranges.slab.
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* AccidentalAesop: Don't text/answer your phone while driving.

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* AccidentalAesop: Don't text/answer your phone while driving.driving.
* CompleteMonster: Elliot Deacon (name spelled as "Eliot" in the film proper) is a funeral director who appears friendly and sympathetic on the outside, but on the inside he's a SoftSpokenSadist who has a tendency to bury people alive, manipulating them by posing as a {{psychopomp}} who can communicate with the dead as he prepares them for burial using techniques that won't kill them, so that they stay alive until they're six feet under. He keeps a photo collection in his bedroom of everyone he's buried, dead or alive, and it's strongly hinted that he's buried just as many living people as he has actual corpses. The film centers on his preparation of one living person, a certain Anna Taylor, and it's through the process of preparing her that we see just how much of a twisted freak he is. Later on, he deals with two people who have found him out in very different ways: recruiting one in whom he sees a kindred spirit as a SecretKeeper, and goading another, Anna's boyfriend, into a car accident while he's drinking heavily and then taunting him about his failure before finishing him off directly on the slab, all so [[KarmaHoudini he can continue in his murderous ways without the rest of the world knowing what he's up to]]. What makes it even scarier is that [[FauxAffablyEvil he never once drops his outwardly fatherly demeanor]] even as he's doing his worst. A sadistic freak with a methodical hand, Deacon considers life itself symptomatic of society's problems and has no regrets whatsoever about the premature burials he arranges.
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* UglyCute: The [=EMBOs=], which are spindly aliens with leathered skin, long faces and cartoonishly big eyes. Looking at Aria and Jasper, it seems that angels and demons both keep some of these features, though Aria has human skin and hair [[BeautyEqualsGoodness and is more conventionally beautiful]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]

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* HilariousInHindsight: "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} [[VideoGame/{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment One of the punishments for Wrathful sinners? Terrorville, a world that experiences terrorist attacks nonstop. The picture of this particular punishment is a tall building on fire.
* HilariousInHindsight - "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment FunnyAneurysmMoment: One of the punishments for Wrathful sinners? Terrorville, a world that experiences terrorist attacks nonstop. The picture of this particular punishment is a tall building on fire.
* HilariousInHindsight - HilariousInHindsight: "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]
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* FridgeHorror: Jack asks which dead person Deacon first saw. Deacon says it was his mother. [[spoiler: Given that it's revealed he doesn't actually see the dead, but makes living people appear to have died, so he can bury them alive, maybe she was his first victim...]]
* NightmareFuel: The whole plot, but a few instances stand out in particular [[spoiler: Anna realizing she isn't dead, after being buried in the grave, Jack burying his pet chick alive, imitating Deacon...]]
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* FridgeHorror: Jack asks which dead person Deacon first saw. Deacon says it was his mother. [[spoiler: Given that it's revealed he doesn't actually see the dead, but makes living people appear to have died, so he can bury them alive, maybe she was his first victim.]]
* NightmareFuel: The whole plot, but a few instances stand out in particular: [[spoiler: Anna realizes she isn't dead, after being buried in the grave, Jack burying his pet chick alive, imitating Deacon...]]

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* FridgeHorror: Jack asks which dead person Deacon first saw. Deacon says it was his mother. [[spoiler: Given that it's revealed he doesn't actually see the dead, but makes living people appear to have died, so he can bury them alive, maybe she was his first victim.victim...]]
* NightmareFuel: The whole plot, but a few instances stand out in particular: particular [[spoiler: Anna realizes realizing she isn't dead, after being buried in the grave, Jack burying his pet chick alive, imitating Deacon...]]
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* HilariousInHindsight - "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]

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* HilariousInHindsight - "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]anything?]]

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* FridgeHorror: Jack asks which dead person Deacon first saw. Deacon says it was his mother. [[spoiler: Given that it's revealed he doesn't actually see the dead, but makes living people appear to have died, so he can bury them alive, maybe she was his first victim.]]
* NightmareFuel: The whole plot, but a few instances stand out in particular: [[spoiler: Anna realizes she isn't dead, after being buried in the grave, Jack burying his pet chick alive, imitating Deacon...]]
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* HilariousInHindsight - "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]
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* HilariousInHindsight - "Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim Sim" is a reward structure where the blessed soul can control an entire galaxy from the smallest microbe to the largest space races. The building is a hand holding a orb containing a spiral galaxy. [[{{Spore}} Does this remind you of anything?]]
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