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• Designated Evil: Esther's mercy-killing of the accidentally, mortally wounded bird, is presented as a cruel/heinous act.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Heh, a dysfunctional couple named John and Kate.
• Jerkass Woobie: Danny.
• Paranoia Fuel
• Squick: When Esther tries to seduce John in a cocktail dress.
  • Esther breaking her own arm, especially as the bone very visibly pops out. The fact that it's the only scene where she shows any real weakness or pain somehow makes it worse.
  • The entirety of Kate's Nightmare Sequence.
• The Woobie: Both Kate and Max definitely qualify.

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Psychotic homewrecker, or abused, mentally broken girl who just wants to be genuinely loved for once?
• Hilarious in Hindsight: An episode of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist had Dr. Katz and his son humorously discuss horror movies where the killers were midgets. Titles (to the best of my memory) included "I'm Short, But You're Dead" and "Don't Step On My Toes, Or I'll Kill You!"
• Unfortunate Implications: The line "It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own." did not go down well with some adoption agencies, even though it's coming out of the mouth of the very manipulative Esther.