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* EvilIsSexy:
** Liana Telfer seduces Corso shortly after her husband's death in order to get Corso's copy of the book.
** [[spoiler:The Girl, who regardless of identity is almost certainly on the side of Satanic forces, and is a gorgeous example of HotAsHell.]]
** Liana Telfer seduces Corso shortly after her husband's death in order to get Corso's copy of the book.
** [[spoiler:The Girl, who regardless of identity is almost certainly on the side of Satanic forces, and is a gorgeous example of HotAsHell.]]
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* GeniusBonus: [[spoiler: Talliefer was the name of a Norman jester/fool, in keeping with the book's TarotMotifs]]
* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Liana, "Rochefort" and Balkan were actually trying to get "The Anjou Wine" from Corso all along and knew nothing of ''The Nine Gates.'' Varo Borja alone was responsible for the murders of Fargas and Ungern.]]
* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Liana, "Rochefort" and Balkan were actually trying to get "The Anjou Wine" from Corso all along and knew nothing of ''The Nine Gates.'' Varo Borja alone was responsible for the murders of Fargas and Ungern.]]
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Liana, "Rochefort" andBalkan Balkan]] were actually trying to get "The Anjou Wine" from Corso all along and knew nothing of ''The Nine Gates.'' Varo [[spoiler:Varo Borja alone alone]] was responsible for the murders of Fargas and Ungern.]]
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Liana, "Rochefort" and
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, including Corso having a very Luciferian appearance with a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance of the LCF initials). When [[spoiler:Balkan]] is seen laying out the engravings and reciting the words for the ritual, Corso appears overhead and lampshades "what were you expecting, an apparition?" The ending also shows that [[spoiler:in the engravings of the book, Corso is represented by a seven-headed dragon with the Girl on top of him, fitting with the Book of Revelation that mentions a seven-headed Beast (also described as a dragon) with the Whore of Babylon riding on top of it, and a widely-held interpretation of this imagery is that the Beast is Lucifer/Satan.]]
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, including Corso having a very Luciferian appearance with a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance significance of the LCF initials). When [[spoiler:Balkan]] is seen laying out the engravings and reciting the words for the ritual, Corso appears overhead and lampshades "what were you expecting, an apparition?" The ending also shows that [[spoiler:in the engravings of the book, Corso is represented by a seven-headed dragon with the Girl on top of him, fitting with the Book of Revelation that mentions a seven-headed Beast (also described as a dragon) with the Whore of Babylon riding on top of it, and a widely-held interpretation of this imagery is that the Beast is Lucifer/Satan.]]
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** The [[MysteriousWaif mysterious girl]]--likely [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] or another supernatural being--loves Corso and wishes to make him immortal. Aiding in his quest to research the Satanic text, the girl appears seemingly at random both to save Corso from danger and subtly manipulates the villains to further her lover's knowledge of the text. Purposefully allowing for the other Satanists to kill each other, she consummates her relationship with Corso before disappearing and giving him the materials he needs to covet the book's true power.
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** The [[MysteriousWaif mysterious girl]]--likely [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] or another supernatural being--loves Corso and wishes to make him immortal. Aiding in his quest to research the Satanic text, the girl appears seemingly at random both to save Corso from danger and subtly manipulates the villains to further her lover's knowledge of the text. Purposefully allowing for the other Satanists to kill each other, she consummates her relationship with Corso before disappearing and giving him the materials he needs to covet the book's true power.power, masterminding the whole plot to get all she desires.
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* MagnificentBastard: ''The Ninth Gate'' has the tenacious AntiHero and his amoral AloofAlly:
** Dean Corso is an unscrupulous book dealer known for swindling his clients. Assigned by occultist Boris Balkan to compare his copy of a Satanic text to the other surviving ones, Corso sniffs out the discrepancies in the engravings while ignoring the deaths clearly caused by Balkan, even that of his good friend. Deciding to covet the eldritch powers Balkan seeks, when Balkan's ritual fails and burns him alive Corso uses the complete true engravings and manages to claim ultimate power.
** The [[MysteriousWaif mysterious girl]]--likely [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] or another supernatural being--loves Corso and wishes to make him immortal. Aiding in his quest to research the Satanic text, the girl appears seemingly at random both to save Corso from danger and subtly manipulates the villains to further her lover's knowledge of the text. Purposefully allowing for the other Satanists to kill each other, she consummates her relationship with Corso before disappearing and giving him the materials he needs to covet the book's true power.
** Dean Corso is an unscrupulous book dealer known for swindling his clients. Assigned by occultist Boris Balkan to compare his copy of a Satanic text to the other surviving ones, Corso sniffs out the discrepancies in the engravings while ignoring the deaths clearly caused by Balkan, even that of his good friend. Deciding to covet the eldritch powers Balkan seeks, when Balkan's ritual fails and burns him alive Corso uses the complete true engravings and manages to claim ultimate power.
** The [[MysteriousWaif mysterious girl]]--likely [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] or another supernatural being--loves Corso and wishes to make him immortal. Aiding in his quest to research the Satanic text, the girl appears seemingly at random both to save Corso from danger and subtly manipulates the villains to further her lover's knowledge of the text. Purposefully allowing for the other Satanists to kill each other, she consummates her relationship with Corso before disappearing and giving him the materials he needs to covet the book's true power.
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** The Girl: who ''is'' she, and what is her reason for helping Corso? The most common interpretation is that she is Lucifer/the Devil/Satan, but it's also a popular theory that she's instead an agent of the Devil such as the Whore of Babylon, given that the final engraving shows [[spoiler:her riding atop a seven-headed dragon, the description of the Beast in the Book of Revelation that the Whore of Babylon rides]]. Other theories are that she's Lilith, the mother of demons; she's a succubus who is corrupting Corso to take his soul and condemn him to Hell; or she's a witch who successfully performed the ritual of the Nine Gates in the past and has chosen Corso to join her in sharing power and immortality. It's also speculated that she's actually a ''benevolent'' force -- under the theory that by the end of the film Corso has escaped the Nine Gates, the Girl would be his guardian who protected him during in his investigation and guided him to redemption. This theory is bolstered by how Corso refers to her as a "guardian angel", and in the novel she actually claims to be a fallen angel. It's also speculated that, regardless of identity, she was initially looking to Balkan as the one to discover the secret of the Nine Gates, but after meeting Corso she turned her attention to him instead.
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** The Girl: who ''is'' she, and what is her reason for helping Corso? The most common interpretation is that she is Lucifer/the Devil/Satan, but it's also a popular theory that she's instead an agent of the Devil such as the Whore of Babylon, given that the final engraving shows [[spoiler:her riding atop a seven-headed dragon, the description of the Beast in the Book of Revelation that the Whore of Babylon rides]]. Other theories are that she's Lilith, Myth/{{Lilith}}, the mother of demons; she's a succubus who is corrupting Corso to take his soul and condemn him to Hell; or she's a witch who successfully performed the ritual of the Nine Gates in the past and has chosen Corso to join her in sharing power and immortality. It's also speculated that she's actually a ''benevolent'' force -- under the theory that by the end of the film Corso has escaped the Nine Gates, the Girl would be his guardian who protected him during in his investigation and guided him to redemption. This theory is bolstered by how Corso refers to her as a "guardian angel", and in the novel she actually claims to be a fallen angel. It's also speculated that, regardless of identity, she was initially looking to Balkan as the one to discover the secret of the Nine Gates, but after meeting Corso she turned her attention to him instead.
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, including Corso having a very Luciferian appearance with a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance of the LCF initials). When [[spoiler:Balkan]] is seen laying out the engravings and reciting the words for the ritual, Corso appears overhead and lampshades "what were you expecting, an apparition?" The ending also show that [[spoiler:in the engravings of the book, Corso is represented by a seven-headed dragon with the Girl on top of him, just like the seven-headed Beast in the Book of Revelation is ridden by the Whore of Babylon, and Lucifer/Satan is often associated with serpent and dragon imagery.]]
** The Girl: who ''is'' she, and what is her reason for helping Corso? The most common interpretation is that she is Lucifer/the Devil/Satan, but it's also a popular theory that she's instead an agent of the Devil such as the Whore of Babylon, given that the final engraving shows her riding atop a dragon. A ''seven-headed'' dragon, i.e. Satan in his apocalyptic final form. Other theories are that she's Lilith, the mother of demons, she's a succubus who is corrupting Corso to take his soul and condemn him to Hell, or she's a witch who successfully performed the ritual of the Nine Gates in the past and has chosen Corso to join her in sharing power and immortality. It's also speculated that she's actually a ''benevolent'' force -- under the theory that by the end of the film Corso has escaped the Nine Gates, the Girl would be his guardian who protected him during in his investigation and guided him to redemption. This theory is bolstered by how Corso refers to her as a "guardian angel", and in the novel she actually claims to be a fallen angel. It's also speculated that, regardless of identity, she was initially looking to Balkan as the one to discover the secret of the Nine Gates, but after meeting Corso she turned her attention to him instead.
** The Girl: who ''is'' she, and what is her reason for helping Corso? The most common interpretation is that she is Lucifer/the Devil/Satan, but it's also a popular theory that she's instead an agent of the Devil such as the Whore of Babylon, given that the final engraving shows her riding atop a dragon. A ''seven-headed'' dragon, i.e. Satan in his apocalyptic final form. Other theories are that she's Lilith, the mother of demons, she's a succubus who is corrupting Corso to take his soul and condemn him to Hell, or she's a witch who successfully performed the ritual of the Nine Gates in the past and has chosen Corso to join her in sharing power and immortality. It's also speculated that she's actually a ''benevolent'' force -- under the theory that by the end of the film Corso has escaped the Nine Gates, the Girl would be his guardian who protected him during in his investigation and guided him to redemption. This theory is bolstered by how Corso refers to her as a "guardian angel", and in the novel she actually claims to be a fallen angel. It's also speculated that, regardless of identity, she was initially looking to Balkan as the one to discover the secret of the Nine Gates, but after meeting Corso she turned her attention to him instead.
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, including Corso having a very Luciferian appearance with a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance of the LCF initials). When [[spoiler:Balkan]] is seen laying out the engravings and reciting the words for the ritual, Corso appears overhead and lampshades "what were you expecting, an apparition?" The ending also show shows that [[spoiler:in the engravings of the book, Corso is represented by a seven-headed dragon with the Girl on top of him, just like the seven-headed Beast in fitting with the Book of Revelation is ridden by that mentions a seven-headed Beast (also described as a dragon) with the Whore of Babylon, Babylon riding on top of it, and Lucifer/Satan a widely-held interpretation of this imagery is often associated with serpent and dragon imagery.that the Beast is Lucifer/Satan.]]
** The Girl: who ''is'' she, and what is her reason for helping Corso? The most common interpretation is that she is Lucifer/the Devil/Satan, but it's also a popular theory that she's instead an agent of the Devil such as the Whore of Babylon, given that the final engraving showsher [[spoiler:her riding atop a dragon. A ''seven-headed'' seven-headed dragon, i.e. Satan the description of the Beast in his apocalyptic final form. the Book of Revelation that the Whore of Babylon rides]]. Other theories are that she's Lilith, the mother of demons, demons; she's a succubus who is corrupting Corso to take his soul and condemn him to Hell, Hell; or she's a witch who successfully performed the ritual of the Nine Gates in the past and has chosen Corso to join her in sharing power and immortality. It's also speculated that she's actually a ''benevolent'' force -- under the theory that by the end of the film Corso has escaped the Nine Gates, the Girl would be his guardian who protected him during in his investigation and guided him to redemption. This theory is bolstered by how Corso refers to her as a "guardian angel", and in the novel she actually claims to be a fallen angel. It's also speculated that, regardless of identity, she was initially looking to Balkan as the one to discover the secret of the Nine Gates, but after meeting Corso she turned her attention to him instead.
** The Girl: who ''is'' she, and what is her reason for helping Corso? The most common interpretation is that she is Lucifer/the Devil/Satan, but it's also a popular theory that she's instead an agent of the Devil such as the Whore of Babylon, given that the final engraving shows
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, including Corso having a very Luciferian appearance with a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance of the LCF initials). When [[spoiler:Balkan]] is seen laying out the engravings and reciting the words for the ritual, Corso appears overhead and lampshades "what were you expecting, an apparition?" The ending also show that [[spoiler:in the engravings of the book, Corso is represented by a seven-headed dragon with the Girl on top of him, just like the Beast of the Book of Revelation is ridden by the Whore of Babylon, and Lucifer/Satan is often associated with serpent and dragon imagery.]]
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, including Corso having a very Luciferian appearance with a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance of the LCF initials). When [[spoiler:Balkan]] is seen laying out the engravings and reciting the words for the ritual, Corso appears overhead and lampshades "what were you expecting, an apparition?" The ending also show that [[spoiler:in the engravings of the book, Corso is represented by a seven-headed dragon with the Girl on top of him, just like the seven-headed Beast of in the Book of Revelation is ridden by the Whore of Babylon, and Lucifer/Satan is often associated with serpent and dragon imagery.]]
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, such as Corso having a very Luciferian appearance, such as wearing a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance of the LCF initials). When Balkan tries and (seemingly) fails to summon the Devil, Corso shows up. The ending twist all but states that Corso is represented as a 7-headed dragon in the final illustration with the Girl riding the beast after the Girl has sex with him the previous night. Going with this interpretation, the ending with the FadeToWhite signifies Corso ascending to Heaven.
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** One theory states that Corso ''is'' Lucifer himself, and the film is about him [[AngelUnaware reawakening and rediscovering his true nature]]. Several clues pointing to this are scattered throughout the film, such as including Corso having a very Luciferian appearance, such as wearing appearance with a goatee (Goat = the beast), and his name in the book is not "Dean Corso", but [[LouisCyphre Lucas Corso]] (even within the film, the Ceniza brothers point out the signifcance of the LCF initials). When Balkan tries [[spoiler:Balkan]] is seen laying out the engravings and (seemingly) fails to summon reciting the Devil, words for the ritual, Corso shows up. appears overhead and lampshades "what were you expecting, an apparition?" The ending twist all but states also show that [[spoiler:in the engravings of the book, Corso is represented as by a 7-headed seven-headed dragon in the final illustration with the Girl riding on top of him, just like the beast after Beast of the Girl has sex Book of Revelation is ridden by the Whore of Babylon, and Lucifer/Satan is often associated with him the previous night. Going with this interpretation, the ending with the FadeToWhite signifies Corso ascending to Heaven.serpent and dragon imagery.]]
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* HomegrownHero: An American bookseller travels around Europe to discover a [[AncientConspiracy Lucifer-raising cult]]. In the novel, he's presumably Spanish, though his last name is Italian.
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* GeniusBonus: Many locations in the movie are common features of the Occult and Medieval conspiracy stories, including Toledo, Sintra, and the "Cathar country" in the south of France (the burning castle is Puivert, a former Cathar fortress).
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* GeniusBonus: Many locations in the movie are common features of have a long history related to the Occult and Medieval conspiracy stories, including such as Venice, Toledo, Sintra, and the "Cathar country" in the south of France (the burning castle is Puivert, a former Cathar fortress).
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Everyone remembers the [[DoubleEntendre climax]] where [[spoiler:Corso and the Girl have sex, with Emmanuelle Seigner's bare breasts and butt on full display and Johnny Depp shirtless beneath her.]]
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** Everyone remembers the [[DoubleEntendre climax]] where[[spoiler:Corso Corso and the Girl have sex, with Emmanuelle Seigner's bare breasts and butt on full display and Johnny Depp shirtless beneath her.]]her.
** And those who don't were probably mesmerized by the preceding fully nude back shot of Lena Olin.
** Everyone remembers the [[DoubleEntendre climax]] where
** And those who don't were probably mesmerized by the preceding fully nude back shot of Lena Olin.
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** In a rather serious movie, [[spoiler: Corso finds the Devil reading ''How To Win Friends And Influence People''.]]
** After Boris Balkan reads the riot act to the Satan worshippers, who stand around stunned...cue one perfectly executed BOO! from Frank Langella to clear the room in terror.
* GeniusBonus: Many locations in the movie are common features of the Occult and Medieval conspiracy theories, including Toledo, Sintra, and the "Cathar country" in the south of France (the burning castle is Puivert, a former Cathar fortress).
** After Boris Balkan reads the riot act to the Satan worshippers, who stand around stunned...cue one perfectly executed BOO! from Frank Langella to clear the room in terror.
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** In a rather serious movie, [[spoiler: Corso finds the Devil [[spoiler:the Devil]] reading ''How To Win Friends And Influence People''.]]
''Literature/HowToWinFriendsAndInfluencePeople''.
** After Boris Balkan reads the riot act to the Satan worshippers, who stand around stunned... cue one perfectly executed BOO! from Frank Langella to clear the room in terror.
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** After Boris Balkan reads the riot act to the Satan worshippers, who stand around stunned... cue one perfectly executed BOO! from Frank Langella to clear the room in terror.
* GeniusBonus: Many locations in the movie are common features of the Occult and Medieval conspiracy
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* GeniusBonus: Many locations in the movie are common features of the Occult and Medieval conspiracy theories, including Toledo, Sintra, and the "Cathar country" in the south of France (the burning castle is Puivert, a former Cathar fortress).
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* HomegrownHero: An American bookseller travels around Europe to discover a [[AncientConspiracy Lucifer-raising cult]]?
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* HomegrownHero: An American bookseller travels around Europe to discover a [[AncientConspiracy Lucifer-raisingcult]]?cult]]. In the novel, he's presumably Spanish, though his last name is Italian.
* HomegrownHero: An American bookseller travels around Europe to discover a [[AncientConspiracy Lucifer-raising
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