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** As awesome as a duel with chainsaws is, the film also shows [[RealityEnsues how impractical they are as weapons.]]

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** As awesome as a duel with chainsaws is, the film also shows [[RealityEnsues how impractical they are as weapons.]]



* RealityEnsues:
** [[ChainsawGood Chainsaws]] are awesome, but they're designed for forestry and construction work - they're [[AwesomeButImpractical not actually very efficient weapons]].
** [[DefiantCaptive Laughing]] at a maniacal cult leader who's already murdered at least three people is not going to end well. Than again, he has you hostage, so you're fucked either way.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** [[ChainsawGood Chainsaws]] are awesome, but they're designed for forestry and construction work - they're [[AwesomeButImpractical not actually very efficient weapons]].
** [[DefiantCaptive Laughing]] at a maniacal cult leader who's already murdered at least three people is not going to end well. Than again, he has you hostage, so [[DefiantToTheEnd you're fucked either way]].
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* SwordAndSorcery: A rare, perhaps only, contemporary take on the genre. A man who lives in the wilds, forges his own axe to and wields a crossbow, wears animal hide(A leather vest here), and fights a cult with a dark lord as their leader.

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* SwordAndSorcery: A rare, perhaps only, contemporary take on the genre. A man who lives in the wilds, forges his own axe to and axe, wields a crossbow, wears animal hide(A hide (a leather vest here), and fights a cult with a dark lord as their leader.
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* SwordAndSorcery: A rare, perhaps only, contemporary take on the genre. A man who lives in the wilds, forges his own axe to and wields a crossbow, wears animal hide(A leather vest here), and fights a cult with a dark lord as their leader. How is this NOT Sword and Sorcery?

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* SwordAndSorcery: A rare, perhaps only, contemporary take on the genre. A man who lives in the wilds, forges his own axe to and wields a crossbow, wears animal hide(A leather vest here), and fights a cult with a dark lord as their leader. How is this NOT Sword and Sorcery?
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* SwordandSorcery: A rare, perhaps only, contemporary take on the genre. A man who lives in the wilds, forges his own axe to and wields a crossbow, wears animal hide(A leather vest here), and fights a cult with a dark lord as their leader. How is this NOT Sword and Sorcery?

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* SwordandSorcery: SwordAndSorcery: A rare, perhaps only, contemporary take on the genre. A man who lives in the wilds, forges his own axe to and wields a crossbow, wears animal hide(A leather vest here), and fights a cult with a dark lord as their leader. How is this NOT Sword and Sorcery?
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** Red gets a touch of it when he's been imprisoned by the Black Skulls. When Sis starts harassing him, Red just begs "No... please... don't." However, [[InvokedTrope it turns out to be a trick]] to goad the Skull into bullying him enough that a loose pipe breaks off and Red can beat the monster with it.

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** Red gets a touch of it when he's been imprisoned by the Black Skulls. When Sis starts harassing him, Red he just begs "No... please... don't." for mercy. However, [[InvokedTrope it turns out to be a trick]] to goad the Skull into bullying him enough that a loose pipe breaks off and Red he can beat the monster with it.



* PreMortemOneLiner: Just before [[spoiler:crushing Jeremiah Sand's head between his hands, after he insists that he carries "God's gift" in his heart:]]
-->'''Red:''' ''[[AGodAmI I'M YOUR GOD NOW]].''

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* PreMortemOneLiner: Just before [[spoiler:crushing Jeremiah Sand's head between his hands, after he weakly insists that he carries "God's gift" in his heart:]]
-->'''Red:''' ''[[AGodAmI '''''[[AGodAmI I'M YOUR GOD NOW]].''NOW.]]'''''
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* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: Jeremiah sexually covets Mandy, and when she rejects him he burns her alive in rage]].

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* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: Jeremiah sexually covets Mandy, and when she rejects him him, he burns her alive in rage]].



* ManOnFire: Skratch goes up in flames.

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* ManOnFire: Skratch goes up in flames.flames after Red pushes him against a burning car.



* PreMortemOneLiner: Just before [[spoiler:crushing Jeremiah Sand's head between his hands, after he cries out that he carries "God's gift" in his heart:]]

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* PreMortemOneLiner: Just before [[spoiler:crushing Jeremiah Sand's head between his hands, after he cries out insists that he carries "God's gift" in his heart:]]



* RussianRoulette: Jeremiah forces Lucy, as a show of devotion, to kneel in front of Red and play a round of Russian roulette.

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* RussianRoulette: Jeremiah forces Lucy, as a show of devotion, to kneel in front of Red and play a round of Russian roulette.roulette; to Red's horror, she goes through on pulling the trigger, but the chamber is empty.



* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: A partial example when Red literally ''squeezes'' Jeremiah's brains out]].

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* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: A YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:A partial example when Red finishes Jeremiah off by literally ''squeezes'' Jeremiah's ''squeezing'' his brains out]].-- and one of his eyes -- out with his bare hands]].

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* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Skratch and Sister Marlene get their heads chopped off by Red.]]



* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Skratch and Sister Marlene get their heads chopped off by Red.]]

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* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Skratch and Sister Marlene get their heads chopped off by Red.]]OnscreenChapterTitles: The film has three, each given title cards reminiscent of heavy metal covers:
->1. The Shadow Mountains\\
2. Children of the New Dawn\\
3. Mandy

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** [[spoiler:The title character is trapped in a bag and burned alive until only ash remains.]]

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** [[spoiler:The title character is trapped in a sleeping bag and burned alive until only ash remains.]]



--->"[[Music/NeilYoung Better to]] ''[[KickTheDog burn out]]'' than [[KilledMidSentence fade]]--"

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--->"[[Music/NeilYoung Better to]] --->"Better to ''[[KickTheDog burn out]]'' than [[KilledMidSentence fade]]--"



* FaceRevealingTurn: The first of Red's three {{Nightmare Sequence}}s about Mandy starts on her nude with her back turned...only to turn and reveal a rotting, melting face.
* FanDisservice: Red's nightmares about Mandy show her completely nude in animated form with a perfect hourglass figure, the eroticism of which will likely pale in comparison to the evil in her face.



** In one of the animated {{Nightmare Sequence}}s Red is having, Mandy turns around and her face melts.

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** In one of the animated {{Nightmare Sequence}}s Red is having, Red's nightmares, Mandy turns around and her face melts.


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* NightmareSequence: Red has [[RuleOfThree three]] following [[spoiler:Mandy's death]], all distinct from the rest of the film in that they're [[ArtShift animated]].
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''Mandy'' is a 2018 action horror film directed by Creator/PanosCosmatos of ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow'' and starring Creator/NicolasCage, Andrea Riseborough, and Creator/LinusRoache.

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''Mandy'' is a 2018 psychedelic action horror film directed by Creator/PanosCosmatos of ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow'' and starring Creator/NicolasCage, Andrea Riseborough, and Creator/LinusRoache.
Creator/LinusRoache.

The film was co-written by Cosmatos from a story he conceived, and co-produced by Creator/ElijahWood through his [=SpectreVision=] company. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January of that year before getting a theatrical release in mid-September.



It is one of the last films scored by composer Music/JohannJohannsson (''Film/{{Sicario}}'', ''Film/{{Arrival}}'', ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]'') before his death.

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It ''Mandy'' is one of the last films scored by composer Music/JohannJohannsson (''Film/{{Sicario}}'', ''Film/{{Arrival}}'', ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]'') mother!]]''), its premiere occurring under a month before his death.death. The film is dedicated to him.



** Red gets a touch of it when he's been imprisoned by the Black Skulls. When Sis starts harassing him, Red just begs "No... please... don't". [[InvokedTrope It was a trick]] to goad the Skull into bullying him enough that a loose pipe breaks off and Red can beat the monster with it.

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** Red gets a touch of it when he's been imprisoned by the Black Skulls. When Sis starts harassing him, Red just begs "No... please... don't". don't." However, [[InvokedTrope It was it turns out to be a trick]] to goad the Skull into bullying him enough that a loose pipe breaks off and Red can beat the monster with it.



* CouldntFindALighter: Done with [[spoiler:''Skratch's flaming skull'']].

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* CouldntFindALighter: Done by Red with [[spoiler:''Skratch's flaming skull'']].



** [[spoiler:The title character]] is burned alive until only ash remains.

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** [[spoiler:The title character]] character is trapped in a bag and burned alive until only ash remains.]]



** Red stabs [[spoiler:Brother Swan]] through the ''mouth'' and he dies choking on and vomiting up his own blood.
** Red later crushes [[spoiler:Jeremiah]]'s skull with his bare hands. [[YourHeadAsplode Slowly.]]

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** Red stabs [[spoiler:Brother Swan]] [[spoiler:stabs Brother Swan through the ''mouth'' ''mouth'', and he dies choking on and vomiting up his own blood.
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** Red later crushes [[spoiler:Jeremiah]]'s [[spoiler:crushes Jeremiah's skull with his bare hands. [[YourHeadAsplode Slowly.]]]]]]



--->"Better to ''[[KickTheDog burn out]]'' than [[KilledMidSentence fade]]--"

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--->"Better to --->"[[Music/NeilYoung Better to]] ''[[KickTheDog burn out]]'' than [[KilledMidSentence fade]]--"



* ForcedToWatch: Red is forced to see [[spoiler: his wife burning alive to ashes while]] tied and gagged up by the cult.

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* ForcedToWatch: Red is forced to see [[spoiler: his wife burning alive to ashes while]] ashes]] while tied and gagged up by the cult.



* FourIsDeath: There are four members of the Black Skulls; Skratch, Sis, Scabs and Fuck Pig.

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* FourIsDeath: There are four members of the Black Skulls; Skulls: Skratch, Sis, Scabs and Fuck Pig.



* GenreShift: While it never lets up on its surreal, disturbing tone, the film can be argued to consist of two halves: its bleaker, more horror-inspired first half in which Red and Mandy are targeted and abducted by the cult, and its more energetic, action-filled second half in which Red embarks on his quest for vengeance. The montage of Red gearing up for his journey is even followed by the main title of the film appearing over halfway through the runtime, as if the action is the true essence of the movie, and everything prior was merely a prologue.



* KillItWithFire: Happens multiple times in the film. [[spoiler:Mandy, regrettably, is the first example. Red pays it back, however: after killing Marlene and Jeremiah, he douses the corpses with gasoline and starts a fire that burns the Children's church down.]]

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* KillItWithFire: Happens multiple times in the film. film.
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[[spoiler:Mandy, regrettably, is the first example. Red example.]]
** [[spoiler:Red
pays it back, however: after killing Marlene and Jeremiah, he douses the corpses with gasoline and starts a fire that burns the Children's church down.]]



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Red's epic sobbing, screaming FreakOut in the bathroom.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Red's epic sobbing, screaming FreakOut in the bathroom.bathroom plays out in one take.



* MaleFrontalNudity: [[spoiler: Jeremiah pulls his dick out while attempting to seduce Mandy. She is [[TeenyWeenie less than impressed]]]].

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* MaleFrontalNudity: [[spoiler: Jeremiah pulls undoes his dick out robe while attempting to seduce Mandy. She Mandy, revealing he's got nothing on underneath. We see everything as she does, and she is [[TeenyWeenie less than impressed]]]].



* NeverTrustATrailer: A slight example. The trailer gives the impression that Red's violent rampage happens very early on, when actually there's a full hour of buildup before then.

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* NeverTrustATrailer: A slight example. The trailer gives the impression that Red's violent rampage happens very early on, when actually there's actually a full hour of buildup before then.



* PreMortemOneLiner: Just before [[spoiler:crushing Jeremiah Sand's head between his hands:]]

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* PreMortemOneLiner: Just before [[spoiler:crushing Jeremiah Sand's head between his hands:]]hands, after he cries out that he carries "God's gift" in his heart:]]



** Brother Swan tells Red "It's better to burn out than to fade away", which is either a ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', a Music/NeilYoung or a Music/DefLeppard reference.

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** Brother Swan tells Red "It's better to burn out than to fade away", which is either a reference to ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', a Music/NeilYoung or a Music/DefLeppard reference.Music/DefLeppard.



* SilentCredits: Music is used powerfully throughout the movie but the closing credits run almost in silence, only some ambient sounds can be heard.

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* SilentCredits: Music is used powerfully throughout the movie movie, but the closing credits run almost in silence, only some with nothing more than quiet ambient sounds can be heard.sounds.


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* SlasherSmile: The final close shot of Red we see in the film is of him with a maniacal grin pasted on his blood-soaked face.

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-->'''Jeremiah:''' ''[to his reflection]'' They were wrong, and you were right... You are not separate from all that is, so all that is, is yours.

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-->'''Jeremiah:''' ''[to Mandy, quoting his reflection]'' They vision]'' "They were wrong, and you were right... You are not separate from all that is, so all that is, is yours."
-->''[later, to his own reflection]'' Never doubt yourself.

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* CaptainErsatz: An [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]], drug-addicted musician who may have powers from the Devil and who abducts the film's heroine. Are we talking about Jeremiah Sand or Mok from ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule''?



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The main villain of the movie is a burnt-out musician who tries to regain his former glory through occultism and abducting a nice rock and roll girl believing it will help him regain what he had. Wait, are we talking about Jeremiah Sand.... or UsefulNotes/CharlesManson?

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: The main villain of the movie is a burnt-out musician who tries to regain his former glory through occultism and abducting a nice rock and roll girl believing it will help him regain what he had. Wait, are we talking about Jeremiah Sand.... or UsefulNotes/CharlesManson?
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There is Gorn, just not a huge amount.


* {{Gorn}}: Actually, if anything, [[SubvertedTrope subverted.]] While ''Mandy'' is an '''incredibly''' violent movie, it notably almost never lingers for very long on the actual carnage, with the worst details often being difficult to make out through the psychedelic cinematography.

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* {{Gorn}}: Actually, if anything, [[SubvertedTrope subverted.]] {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While ''Mandy'' is an '''incredibly''' violent movie, it notably almost never lingers for very long on the actual carnage, with the worst details often being difficult to make out through the psychedelic cinematography.
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* {{Gorn}}: Primarily featured in the second half of the movie when Red goes on his rampage. He's even slathered in gore pretty early on as well.

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* {{Gorn}}: Primarily featured in Actually, if anything, [[SubvertedTrope subverted.]] While ''Mandy'' is an '''incredibly''' violent movie, it notably almost never lingers for very long on the second half of actual carnage, with the movie when Red goes on his rampage. He's even slathered in gore pretty early on as well.worst details often being difficult to make out through the psychedelic cinematography.
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* FantasyAmericana: It's essentially a gritty HeroicFantasy story set in the Pacific Northwest in the 80's, complete with a BarbarianHero, an EvilSorcerer BigBad, and inhuman {{Mooks}}.

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* FantasyAmericana: It's essentially a gritty HeroicFantasy story set in the Pacific Northwest in the 80's, '80s California, complete with a BarbarianHero, an EvilSorcerer BigBad, and inhuman {{Mooks}}.
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* EldritchAbomination: The way Jeremiah describes his god (implied to be Satan in disguise) sounds like this. He apparently casts [[LightIsNotGood a radiant light]] and has control over the entire world.

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* EldritchAbomination: The way Jeremiah describes his god god, the Pale Knight (implied to be Satan in disguise) disguise), sounds like this. He apparently casts [[LightIsNotGood a radiant light]] and has control over the entire world.
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* BlatantLies: In his song "The Amulet of the Weeping Maze", Jeremiah refers to himself as a "[[{{Narcissist}} righteous man whose heart was full of love]]". Which he's done nothing to prove is true at all up to that point, or past it, for that matter.

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* BlatantLies: In his song "The Amulet of the Weeping Maze", Jeremiah refers to himself as a "[[{{Narcissist}} righteous man whose heart was full of love]]". Which he's done love]]" -- an assertion which he does absolutely nothing to prove is true at all up to that point, or past it, for that matter.prove.



* CaptainErsatz: An [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]], drug-addicted musician who may have powers from the Devil and who abducts the film's heroine. Are we talking about Jeremiah Sand or Mok from WesternAnimation/RockAndRule?

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* CaptainErsatz: An [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]], drug-addicted musician who may have powers from the Devil and who abducts the film's heroine. Are we talking about Jeremiah Sand or Mok from WesternAnimation/RockAndRule?''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule''?



** The introductions of two "mystical" objects in the Children's possession -- the Horn of Abraxas and the Tainted Knife -- are accompanied by flashes of an ugly greenish-yellow.

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** The introductions of two "mystical" objects in the Children's possession -- the Horn of Abraxas and the Tainted Knife Blade -- are accompanied by flashes of an ugly greenish-yellow.



* DontLookAtMe: When Mandy laughs at Jeremiah, after screaming futilely at her to shut up, he then screams at his cult members: "Don't you ''fucking'' look at me!".

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* DontLookAtMe: When Mandy laughs at Jeremiah, after screaming futilely at her to shut up, he then screams at his cult members: "Don't you ''fucking'' look at me!".me!"



--> "'''[[spoiler:SHE IS STILL BURNING.]]'''"

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--> ---> "'''[[spoiler:SHE IS STILL BURNING.]]'''"
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Though his harem consists mainly of women, Jeremiah's conversations with Brother Swan give this vibe. There's also his ... unexpected offer to Red at the end.
-->'''Jeremiah:''' I'll blow you, man! ''I'll suck your fucking dick!''

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* DealWithTheDevil: Jeremiah chronicles his encounter with an unnamed "him", a being of radiant light who helped him achieve his status as a cult leader. From the way he describes the encounter, it sounds an awful lot like this trope.



* EldritchAbomination: The way Jeremiah describes his god (implied to be Satan in disguise) sounds like this. He apparently casts [[LightIsNotGood a radiant light]] and has control over the entire world.



* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:Skratch]] does this as Red prepares to behead him.

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* EvilGloating: EvilGloating:
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Red knocks [[spoiler:Sis into a seemingly bottomless pit, but she gets out later and comes after him with a shotgun]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Red kills all the cultists and avenges his wife's death, but Mandy is still gone and it seems to be that Red has traveled to some [[GainaxEnding bizarre alien hell]] in the process. That, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or his mind is broken from what he's gone through]].]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Red kills all the cultists and avenges his wife's death, but Mandy is still gone dead and it seems to be that Red has traveled to some [[GainaxEnding bizarre alien hell]] in the process. That, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or his mind is broken from what he's gone through]].]]
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* AffablyEvil: The Chemist, who’s friendly, helpful, and sympathetic towards Red, and is heavily implied to have been the drug manufacturer who made the Black Skulls into what they are.
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* BlackBestFriend: Caruthers, to Red. Whether or not they are actually best friends is debatable, as Caruthers implies they've not seen each other in a long time. But Red apparently trusts him enough to let him hold onto his weaponry, and Caruthers respects him enough to keep it in top condition and to fashion custom ammunition for it.
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** Red lighting his cigarette on Skratch's burning head is probably one to a scene in ''Film/ManiacCop3BadgeOfSilence'', where the protagonist uses a burning arm to do the same thing.
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** The chainsaw duel is similar to a scene in ''Film/PhantasmII'' which also involves a battle between a hero with a small chainsaw and a {{Mook}} with a bigger one.
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* BaitAndSwitch: An early shot shows what appears to be some kind of pitch-black spiky EvilTowerOfOminousness rising into a cold green sky, until it slowly topples over and the camera pans to show it's just a tree Red's cut down as part of his lumberjack work.

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The Sociopath does NOT mean "bad person does bad things because they're bad".


* TheSociopath: Jeremiah Sand, a rich man who killed his parents for their inheritance, and now goes around founding cults to cater to his will. He believes that he's chosen by God to own the world, and can destroy anybody who stands between him and his desires, and he treats even his own followers like shit.


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* SquishyWizard: Assuming that Jeremiah is actually the sorcerer that he claims to be (which he very well could be, if the dagger Brother Swan shows to Red is what he says it is), he deflates whenever he encounters a physical threat.
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[[AC:For the best reading experience, play the music from [[https://youtu.be/PKZEBhRX-TU?t=2138 this clip]] while reading on.]]

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The main villain of the movie is a burnt-out musician who tries to regain his former glory through occultism and abducting a nice rock and roll girl believing it will help him regain what he had. Wait, are we talking about Jeremiah Sand.... or Charles Manson?

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The main villain of the movie is a burnt-out musician who tries to regain his former glory through occultism and abducting a nice rock and roll girl believing it will help him regain what he had. Wait, are we talking about Jeremiah Sand.... or Charles Manson? UsefulNotes/CharlesManson?
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* PsychopathicManchild: Jeremiah Sand. For all his claims of being a prophet who can lead his children to a better future, Sand is a petty and entitled man who flips his shit if he isn’t given immediately what he wants.

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* PsychopathicManchild: Jeremiah Sand. For all his claims of being a prophet who can lead his children to a better future, Sand is a petty and entitled man who flips his shit if he isn’t isn't given immediately what he wants.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: Red’s loss of his wife fuels his rage-filled rampage against the cult.

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* HeartbrokenBadass: Red’s Red's loss of his wife fuels his rage-filled rampage against the cult.

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