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  • Catharsis Factor: After he spends the entire movie as a murderous psychopath making Lucas' life a living hell, seeing Jenke be electrocuted (again) and then filled with lead is extremely satisfying.
  • Complete Monster: Max Jenke is known as "Meat Cleaver" because of his fondness for said weapon. In the movie's beginning, Jenke kidnaps a little girl. When Detective Lucas McCarthy tries to stop him, Jenke kills his partner by chopping off both his arms and letting him die of blood loss. He uses the girl as a Human Shield promising to let her go if McCarthy drops the gun, but even after McCarthy does so, Jenke beheads her anyway and throws the head to McCarthy just for kicks. After being captured, Jenke is condemned to the electric chair, but instead of dying, he becomes a powerful spiritual being bent on taking revenge on McCarthy by stalking him and his family. Jenke kills the boyfriend of Bonnie, McCarthy's daughter, and pins the crime on McCarthy. While McCarthy is detained, Jenke sexually assaults both Donna, McCarthy's wife, and Bonnie, and severely wounds the young son Scott. Jenke later taunts McCarthy that Bonnie was even better than Donna. During the climax, Jenke drags both McCarthy and Donna in his dimension with the intention of making Donna watch while he humiliates and later kills her husband.
  • Narm Charm: Brion James is so over-the-top as Max Jenke that it's hard not to grin and even laugh at his antics. He just gets off on being evil.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Scott McCarthy is played by Nog.

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