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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Derek’s physical abuse of Madison is what caused Gabriel’s previously dormant brain to “wake up”, resulting in not only his death, but several others.]]
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* IfICantHaveYou: Gabriel is very possessive of Madison[[spoiler:, to the point that he tried to kill Sydney back when she was still in the womb. He pretty much outright states this to Sydney when he attempts to finish the job in the climax]].
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* IfICantHaveYou: Gabriel is very possessive of Madison[[spoiler:, to the point that he tried to force her to kill Sydney back when she was still in the womb. He pretty much outright states this to Sydney when he attempts to finish the job in the climax]].
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* IfICantHaveYou: Gabriel is very possessive of Madison[[spoiler:, to the point that he tried to kill Sydney back when she was still in the womb. He pretty much outright states this to Sydney when he attempts to finish the job in the climax]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hints at Gabriel's true nature are scattered before TheReveal; in particular, when he picks up [[spoiler: the trophy to kill Dr. Weaver, his hands, and the fact that they're oriented backwards, are center-frame.]]
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* {{Leitmotif}}: A cover of Pixies "Where is My Mind" represents Gabriel.
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* PsychoElectro: Gabriel can weaponize his KillTheLights power, including [[spoiler: causing a guard's pacemaker to explode.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Dr. Weaving conflates parasitic twins (where an embryo does not fully separate into twins, but rather than developing into conjoined twins, one half maintains dominant development over the other) and teratomas (a type of tumor composed of diverse tissue types, such as hair, teeth, muscle and bone). While there is ''some'' belief that fetus in fetu teratomas ''might'' represent a form of parasitic twin, that is not accepted medical fact, and even ''if'' one were to accept that [[spoiler:Gabriel is a parasitic twin teratoma]], that is a ''far'' cry from being a [[spoiler:fully sapient conjoined twin that can survive the surgery that was meant to remove him.]] To say nothing of the fact that [[spoiler:pushing Gabriel's face, which retains enough skull that he still has ''teeth'', into Madison's cranium and sealing it back up, would probably have a negative prognosis for Madison in the long term at least.]]
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** Madison's husband Derek, who dies first [[spoiler:and is indirectly responsible for all the deaths in the movie]].
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** [[spoiler: It is also implied that the doctors are shady but that turns out to not be the case.]]
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* {{Giallo}}: Has elements of one: Striking visual palette with lots of red, [[PoliceAreUseless the police being mostly incompetent]], lots of graphic violence with the killer using an usually sharp object against their victims, a helpless female protagonist tortured on both fronts by the main antagonist, tons of MoodLighting, Gabriel using a ConspicuousTrenchcoat as part of his outfit - many of the tropes are here through and through.
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* {{Giallo}}: Has elements of one: Striking visual palette with lots of red, [[PoliceAreUseless the police being mostly incompetent]], lots of graphic violence with the killer using an usually sharp and gaudy object against their victims, a helpless female protagonist tortured on both fronts by the main antagonist, tons of MoodLighting, Gabriel using a ConspicuousTrenchcoat as part of his outfit outfit, the protagonist having visions of the murderer, an old abandoned building hiding terrible secrets - many of the tropes are here through and through.
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:When Sydney and her mom watch the video of Emily as a child in the hospital, the camera pans over to behind Emily, revealing Gabriel’s true nature as a parasitic twin.]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:When Sydney and her mom Jeanne watch the video of Emily Madison as a child in the hospital, the camera pans over to behind Emily, Madison, revealing Gabriel’s true nature as a parasitic twin.]]
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* TheDeterminator: Gabriel, [[spoiler:or more precisely Madison while controlled by Gabriel’s brain]].
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** In an even more horrific sense, there's [[spoiler:Gabriel himself. What remains of his twisted face emerge ''through a split in the back of Madison's skull, along with a good portion of her brain.'' His face itself is merely a snarling, misshapen mouth and eyes that are set at haphazard angles.]]
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** There are similar hints that [[spoiler: Gabriel is some sort of Demonic spawn. Madison and Gabriel were the result of rape, but no indication of who the father is. Both Madison and her birth mother describe him as "the Devil" and "unholy," respectively. His ability to manipulate electricity, extreme strength, and murderous vendetta set him up as some kind of [[Film:TheOmen Damian Thorne-esque]] Antichrist that shares a psychic link with his twin.]]
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** There are similar hints that [[spoiler: Gabriel is some sort of Demonic spawn. Madison and Gabriel were the result of rape, but no indication of who the father is. Both Madison and her birth mother describe him as "the Devil" and "unholy," respectively. His ability to manipulate electricity, extreme strength, and murderous vendetta set him up as some kind of [[Film:TheOmen Damian Thorne-esque]] Antichrist that shares a psychic link with his twin.]]
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* ConfusionFu: What Gabriel's fighting style looks like. [[spoiler:Considering he's operating a human body ''backwards'' with extreme efficiency, any sort of movement, whether traversal or combat, is so unsettling and downright antithetical to how a human being moves that no one can counter him.]]
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->''"It's time to cut out the cancer."''
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* IronicEcho: "It's time to cut out the cancer." Said by Dr. Weaver in the prologue [[spoiler:in reference to removing as much of Gabriel from Madison as possible]], then repeated by Gabriel to Dr. Weaver over the phone before he kills her.
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* TheDeterminator: Gabriel, [[spoiler:or more precisely Madison while controlled by Gabriel’s brain]].
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* RedHerring: Throughout the movie there are many hints that [[spoiler:Gabriel is a formerly conjoined twin of Madison who survived the surgery and is now a separate person, or alternatively a ghost {{Poltergeist}} following Madison. Neither proves to be true, as all that is left of Gabriel is a part of his brain in Madison’s head, and the injury in the beginning of the movie enabled him to [[EnemyWithin control]] her.]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: All that was left of Gabriel after the surgery was a part of his brain conjoined with Madison. In the end it is revealed that Madison has been unknowingly controlled by Gabriel’s brain for much of the movie.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Madison's husband Derek, who dies first [[spoiler:and is indirectly responsible for all the deaths in the movie]].
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** The women who assault Madison in the prison cell.
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** The women who assault Madison in the prison cell.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The woman with the mullet in the prison cell shoves at least two women into Gabriel’s rampage path to save her skin, so when she is the last one left, Gabriel uses her as a human shield as a guard shoots at him.]]
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* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Gabriel [[spoiler:fails to kill Detective Shaw twice in the middle of the movie, despite attacking by surprise one time, but is able to easily slaughter roomfuls of cops and prisoners by the movie's climax.]]
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* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Gabriel [[spoiler:fails to kill Detective Shaw twice in the middle of the movie, despite attacking by surprise one time, but is able to easily slaughter roomfuls of cops and prisoners by the movie's climax.]]
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:When Sydney and her mom watch the video of Emily as a child in the hospital, the camera pans over to behind Emily, revealing Gabriel’s true nature as a parasitic twin.]]
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:When Sydney and her mom watch the video of Emily as a child in the hospital, the camera pans over to behind Emily, revealing Gabriel’s true nature as a parasitic twin.]]
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Gabriel's [[spoiler:sharpened trophy blade is sharp enough to cut off a man's arm, though it helps that he has some measure of SuperStrength.]]
* BadassLongcoat: Gabriel acquires himself a longcoat early in the movie and wears it whenever he's murdering about.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:A very short one occurs at the very end of the movie. Madison manages to easily defeat Gabriel and seal him back deep in her mind.]]
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:A very short one occurs at the very end of the movie. Madison manages to easily defeat Gabriel and seal him back deep in her mind.]]
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* BodyHorror: Everything about Gabriel is ''rife'' with it. To wit; [[spoiler:he's a vestigial twin, albeit a ''very'' fully-formed one, coming out of his sister's back, complete with a face and arms. It goes further even after most of his phyiscal body is destroyed, as he grotesquely contorts his sibling's limbs whenever he's using them]].
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* BodyHorror: Everything about Gabriel is ''rife'' with it. To wit; [[spoiler:he's a vestigial twin, albeit a ''very'' fully-formed one, coming out of his sister's back, complete with a face and arms. It goes further even after most of his phyiscal physical body is destroyed, as he grotesquely contorts his sibling's limbs whenever he's using them]].
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Madison used to be one back when she interacted with Gabriel, but that apparently receded when her adoptive mother gave her a sister to play with, meaning that Gabriel was no longer needed.]]
* KillTheLights: A sign that Gabriel is around or manifesting is the lights flickering repeatedly.
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* ShutUpHannibal: During the finale, Gabriel claims that [[spoiler:being rejected by his mother]] made him a monster. Madison swiftly shuts him down by pointing out that he ''always'' had a monstrous personality.
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* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Gabriel [[spoiler:fails to kill Detective Shaw twice in the middle of the movie, despite attacking by surprise one time, but is able to easily slaughter roomfuls of cops and prisoners by the movie's climax.]]
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Gabriel [[spoiler:fails to kill Detective Shaw twice in the middle of the movie, despite attacking by surprise one time, but is able to easily slaughter roomfuls of cops and prisoners by the movie's climax.]]
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* BeneathTheEarth: Gabriel maneuvers around town using the Seattle Underground.
* BodyHorror: Everything about Gabriel is ''rife'' with it. To wit; [[spoiler:he's a vestigial twin, albeit a ''very'' fully-formed one, coming out of his sister's back, complete with a face and arms. It goes further even after most of his phyiscal body is destroyed, as he grotesquely contorts his sibling's limbs whenever he's using them]].
* BullyingADragon: A group of holding cell prisoners beat and harass Madison after she enters police company, unaware that [[spoiler:she has a homicidal monster dwelling inside her body. Cue a massacre.]]
* BodyHorror: Everything about Gabriel is ''rife'' with it. To wit; [[spoiler:he's a vestigial twin, albeit a ''very'' fully-formed one, coming out of his sister's back, complete with a face and arms. It goes further even after most of his phyiscal body is destroyed, as he grotesquely contorts his sibling's limbs whenever he's using them]].
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* FacialHorror: The death of [[spoiler:Dr. Fields]], who gets stabbed in the face repeatedly until it resembles a bloody crater.
* KnifeNut: Gabriel uses a blade [[spoiler:made from a sharpened trophy.]]]]
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* PoliceAreUseless: So useless, in fact, that [[spoiler:Gabriel annihilates almost every single officer in the station]].
* ShutUpHannibal: During the finale, Gabriel claims that [[spoiler:being rejected by his mother]] made him a monster. Madison swiftly shuts him down by pointing out that he ''always'' had a monstrous personality.
* FacialHorror: The death of [[spoiler:Dr. Fields]], who gets stabbed in the face repeatedly until it resembles a bloody crater.
* KnifeNut: Gabriel uses a blade [[spoiler:made from a sharpened trophy.
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* PoliceAreUseless: So useless, in fact, that [[spoiler:Gabriel annihilates almost every single officer in the station]].
* ShutUpHannibal: During the finale, Gabriel claims that [[spoiler:being rejected by his mother]] made him a monster. Madison swiftly shuts him down by pointing out that he ''always'' had a monstrous personality.
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Following the brutal murder of her abusive spouse, Madison (Annabelle Wallis) (Creator/AnnabelleWallis) begins to have ghastly dreams of further homicides. But these murders are also real, seemingly committed by a being called Gabriel with whom she shares a strange connection...
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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczt0fhawDs Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafvL1ElRlA Trailer 2]].
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* AssholeVictim: Madison's husband Derek, who dies first [[spoiler:and is indirectly responsible for all the deaths in the movie]].
* ElectronicTelepathy: One of Gabriel's abilities.
* KnifeNut: Gabriel uses a blade [[spoiler:made from a sharpened trophy.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Madison's husband Derek, who dies first [[spoiler:and is indirectly responsible for all the deaths in the movie]].
* ElectronicTelepathy: One of Gabriel's abilities.
* KnifeNut: Gabriel uses a blade [[spoiler:made from a sharpened trophy.]]
