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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Do you see the sin?"'']] |
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4 | ''See No Evil'' is a 2006 SlasherMovie starring Glenn Jacobs (aka Wrestling/{{Kane}}) of Wrestling/{{WWE}} fame and Creator/RachaelTaylor. |
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6 | The film opens with two officers busting inside SerialKiller Jacob Goodnight's (Kane) home, saving one of his victims and lodging a bullet into his head. Cut to some time later, the surviving cop Williams (Steven Vidler) is now working in a juvenile prison and has been tasked to take some delinquents to clean up the old Blackwell hotel. Unbeknownst to them, Jacob has taken residence there and starts killing them off. |
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8 | On August 6, 2013, Creator/WWEStudios announced ''Film/SeeNoEvil2'', with Kane reprising his role as Jacob Goodnight and [[Film/AmericanMary the Soska sisters]] directing. |
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10 | Not to be confused with the 1971 thriller of the same name starring Creator/MiaFarrow. |
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12 | !!This film has examples of: |
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14 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: Jacob catches Richie by his foot. Later, Michael struck Jacob's leg with an axe. |
15 | * AlphaBitch: Zoe, a kleptomaniac that always prefers to talk on her phone, no matter how rude it is. |
16 | * AnArmAndALeg: Williams loses his hand in the opening when Jacob cuts it off. He has [[ArtificialLimbs an artificial replacement]] now. |
17 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Jacob has flies and their maggots squirming inside the bullet hole in the back of his head, yet has no problem operating. |
18 | %% * BaldOfEvil: Wouldn't be Kane without it. |
19 | * BarrierBustingBlow: Ty punches a wall and bugs immediately pour out. |
20 | * BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. Ty and Christine are the only black characters and get a lot of the focus. While Ty [[spoiler:does die, he is pretty much the last victim]] and Christine [[spoiler:ends up being one of the two [[FinalGirl Final Girls]] along with Kira]]. |
21 | * BigDamnHeroes: Michael in the climax. [[spoiler:He suddenly storms in to save the remaining survivors and manages to kill Jacob with Christine's help]]. |
22 | %% * BloodyHandprint: Two are seen in Jacob's home in the opening. |
23 | * ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Christine knocks Jacob through an open window with a chair. |
24 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Zoe getting her cellphone forced down her throat. |
25 | * DeathByIrony: Melissa is established as a friend to all animals. She is eaten by stray dogs later on, one of them being the one she fed earlier. |
26 | ** Similarly, Zoe's CruelAndUnusualDeath, as she was practically glued to her cell phone. |
27 | * DecoyProtagonist: Williams dies soon after the cast realizes that Jacob is in the hotel, and the focus changes to the {{Delinquents}} with [[FinalGirl Christine]] getting the most attention. |
28 | * DestinationDefenestration: Jacob drops Melissa through a window. |
29 | * DevelopingDoomedCharacters: The first twenty minutes or so after the opening is basically 20 minutes with {{Jerkass}}es. |
30 | * DopeSlap: Williams gives one to Michael for his {{Jerkass}} behavior. |
31 | * DrivenToVillainy: Jacob is the way he is because his mother raised him to be a "[[TheScourgeOfGod Hand of God]]" against sinners. |
32 | * ElevatorActionSequence: Jacob uses a NeckLift to bash Hannah's brains on to the elevator roof. |
33 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Averted, Jacob hated and feared his mother [[spoiler:but he breaks down after accidentally killing her]]. |
34 | * EvilMatriarch: Jacob's mother has raised him to be the "Hand of God" by caging him and taunting him about sex. [[spoiler:As Margaret, she apparently has continued to feed Jacob victims by directing people to the abandoned hotel]]. |
35 | * EyeScream: Jacob tends to remove his victims' eyes. He ends up getting one of his own stabbed out during the climax. |
36 | * {{Fetish}}: Jacob seems to have a thing for religious symbols. He even spares anybody that has religious tattoos on their body. |
37 | * FliesEqualsEvil: Flies have made home in Jacob's skull and one always appears before he attacks. |
38 | * FlippingTheBird: Kira shows the finger to Zoe in the prison bus. |
39 | * FinalGirl: There are [[spoiler:two final girls (Kira and Christine) and a final guy (Micheal), but Christine fits the trope better than Kira]]. |
40 | %% * GranolaGirl: Melissa, it's even lampshaded. |
41 | * GrossUpCloseUp: We get a close up into an empty eye socket. |
42 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jacob uses Ty's own taser against him. |
43 | * HooksAndCrooks: Jacob's secondary weapon, crossed with ChainPain. |
44 | * HopeSpot: [[spoiler:When Margaret appears into Jacob's lair, it seems that Kira is saved. It's revealed then that Margaret has orchestrated the whole thing]]. |
45 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How [[spoiler:Margaret]] is killed. [[spoiler:She]] is thrown toward and skewered by two metal bars in the wall. |
46 | * {{Jerkass}}: Michael. To summarize his character, a scene has him throwing an empty can at a stray dog for kicks. |
47 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Most of the teens, especially Kira, Christine and Tye. |
48 | %%* MasterOfUnlocking: Ty. |
49 | * MirrorScare: Jacob gives one to Russell and Melissa before he starts chasing them. |
50 | * NeckLift: During the final confrontation, Jacob lifts both Kira and Christine by their throats and starts tightening his grip. |
51 | * NeverRecycleABuilding: The Blackwell hotel has been unused for over three decades. |
52 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: At times you could hear the Aussie accents of the performers, since the film was film in the LandDownunder and used performers from around there. |
53 | * PsychoticSmirk: Jacob lets out one when he finds Zoe hiding in the closet. And another one before he releases the rope that lets Melissa fall out the window. |
54 | * RainOfBlood: Hannah's blood drips on Christine when she enters the elevator. |
55 | * RedRightHand: The bullet hole in the back of Jacob's head, which has flies squirming inside it. |
56 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:Margaret is Jacob's mother and has deliberately brought Williams and the juveniles into the hotel for him to kill]]. |
57 | * SassyBlackWoman: Christine grew up in a rough household and pretty much came out cynical. |
58 | %%* SayMyName |
59 | %%* ScreamingWoman |
60 | * ShowerScene: Kira has one, which is done to show off her tattoos. |
61 | * SuperStrength: Jacob has enough strength to throw people around and grasp two victims by their necks with one arm each. |
62 | * SoundtrackDissonance: Jacob has a record playing Christian music in the opening as the police search his home that just screams "serial killer house". |
63 | * SecretPath: The hotel is filled with these. |
64 | * TrophyRoom: Jacob stashes his collected eyeballs into one of the upper hotel rooms. |
65 | * UnwillingSuspension: Melissa ends up this way and painfully as one of her arms hits the ground and breaks. |
66 | * VillainousBSOD: Jacob hits his [=BSOD=] when [[spoiler:he kills his mother]]. |
67 | * WouldHitAGirl: Michael used to be abusive to Kira but [[spoiler: ends up being the hero in the end]]. |
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