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Film: See No Evil

"Do you see the sin?"

See No Evil is a 2006 Slasher Movie starring Glenn Jacobs (Kane) of WWE fame.

The film opens with two officers busting inside Serial Killer Jacob Goodnight's home, saving one his victims and lodging a bullet into his head. Cut to some time later, the surviving cop Williams 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.

Tropes in this film:

Agony of the Feet: Jacob catches Richie by his foot. Later Michael strucks Jacob's leg with an axe.
An Arm and a Leg: Williams loses his hand in the opening when Jacob cuts it off. He has an artificial replacement now.
An Axe to Grind: Jacob's primary weapon.
Bald of Evil: Wouldn't be Kane without it.
Barrier-Busting Blow
Big Damn Heroes: Michael in the climax.
Bloody Handprint: Two are seen in Jacob's home in the opening.
Chairman of the Brawl: Christine knocks Jacob through an open window with a chair.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Zoe getting her cellphone forced down her throat.
A Date with Rosie Palms: Jacob has such moment when he is staring at caged Kira. Before things can escalate, Ty diverts his attention.
Death by Irony: Melissa is established as a friend to all animals. She is later on eaten by stray dogs, one of them being the one she fed earlier.
Decoy Protagonist: Williams.
Delinquents: Our main cast.
Destination Defenestration: Jacob drops Melissa through a window.
Dope Slap: Williams gives one to Michael.
Driven to Villainy: Jacob is the way he is because his mother raised him to be a "Hand of God" against sinners.
Elevator Action Sequence: Jacobs uses Neck Lift to bash Hannah's brains on to the elevator roof.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Averted, Jacob hated and feared his mother.
Evil Matriarch
Eye Scream: Jacob tends to remove his victims eyes.
Fetish: Jacob seems to have a thing for religious symbols.
Flies Equals Evil: Flies have made home in Jacob's skull and one always appears before he attacks.
Flipping the Bird: Kira shows the finger to Zoe in the prison bus.
Gross-Up Close-Up: We get a close up into an empty eye socket.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Jacob uses Ty's own taser against him.
Hooks and Crooks: Jacob's secondary weapon, crossed with Chain Pain.
Hope Spot: When Margaret appears into Jacob's lair, it seems that Kira is saved. It's revealed then that Margaret has orchestrated the whole thing.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Jerkass: Michael.
Master of Unlocking: Ty.
Mirror Scare: Jacob gives one to Russell and Melissa before he starts chasing them.
Neck Lift: During the final confrontation, Jacob lifts both Kira and Christine by their throats and starts tightening his grip.
Never Recycle a Building: The Blackwell hotel has been unused for over three decades.
Psychotic Smirk: Jacob lets out one when he finds Zoe hiding in the closet.
Rain of Blood: Hannah's blood drips on Christine when she enters the elevator.
Red Right Hand: The bullet hole in the back of Jacob's head.
The Reveal: Margaret is Jacob's mother and has deliberately brought Williams and the juveniles into the hotel for him to kill.
Say My Name
Screaming Woman
Shower Scene: Kira has one.
Soundtrack Dissonance: Jacob has a record playing Christian music in the opening.
Secret Path: The hotel is filled with these.
Trophy Room: Jacob stashes his collected eyeballs into one of the upper hotel rooms.
Unwilling Suspension
Villainous BSOD: Jacob hits his BSOD when he kills his mother.
The Voiceless: Jacob.