History Film / TheByeByeMan

** The Bye Bye Man was once an Albino living in 1920s who became a serial killer after years of torment for [[AlbinosAreFreaks his pail skin]], over the years he went blind an created a seeing eye dog, named Gloomsinger, out of the corpses of his victims and eventually he developed a psychic power to tell when someone was talking/thinking about him which he used to target new victims.

* {{Sadist}}: The Bye Bye Man doesn't kill his victims immediatly. He loves to psychologically torture'em first with horrid visions and slowly driving'em to madness. When finally some of 'em decide to kill themselves he's always present to watch the scene for his own satisfaction.

* WouldHurtAChild: Mrs. Watkins [[spoiler:murders her own children]] due to the Bye Bye Man's influence. Also at the climax [[spoiler: The Bye Bye Man shows Elliot an image of his brother and his little niece dead implying he will target'em as well.]]

* AteHisGun: Redmon attempts this at the end of his rampage, but he's used up all the shells in his shotgun. Undaunted, he chugs some cleaning solution from under the sink.

* WouldHurtAChild: Mrs. Watkins [[spoiler:murders her own children]] due to the Bye Bye Man's influence.

* LeanAndMean: The Bye Bye Man is quite tall and thin.

** [[spoiler:As Elliot has been cornered by the Bye Bye Man in the house's entrance, he has been putting some effort to resist saying the name of the horror in front of him (because in doing so, Virgil and Alice would be the next victims if they hear it from outside). The Bye Bye Man then uses his power to influence Elliot into saying the name and almost succeeds... but Elliot managed to resist it at a last second, before he tragically shot himself in the head.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:When Virgil and Alice are driving away from the house, Alice reveals that she found the writing with the Bye Bye Man's name on it, seemingly setting up that she and her dad would be his next victims...only to reveal that she has no idea what it said because she couldn't read it in the dark.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Bye Bye Man's name is meant to be this InUniverse.

* TheScottishTrope: Don't say "The Bye Bye Man" or think it or else he will appear.

* DaylightHorror: The initial scene is a flashback of a previous victim desperately trying to stop the Bye Bye Man's resurgence by murdering everyone who might have heard the name. It's set in broad daylight, with a very washed-out filter that brightens it more.

* SlenderManStandIn: The Bye Bye Man shares a few similarities to the Slender Man, being a pale, LeanAndMean entity in dark attire who specifically goes after people who find out about his legend.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: The Bye Bye Man never speaks, and shows very little in the way of personality. We never lean what exactly he is either. He's more a force of evil than a character.

''The Bye Bye Man'' is a 2017 supernatural horror film which was based on [[AdaptationExpansion a chapter in a horror novel]] entitled "The Bridge to Body Island" by Robert Damon Schneck. In the film, three college students rent a house on campus that seems to contain a dark secret. When one of the protagonists discovers writing underneath a nightstand, it releases a great evil who drives people to madness by the mere utterance of his name.

* SpeakOfTheDevil: Saying or even thinking of the Bye Bye Man's name gives him the power to affect your perception of reality. His name being written in the drawer of a nightstand seems to be sufficient for him to cause small disturbances to get Elliot to find and read his name hidden within.

%%* TheCorrupter: The Bye Bye Man.
* CurseRelay: The curse works like this, as saying or mentioning The Bye Bye Man's name will put that curse into effect for the unfortunate victims involved. Causing them to experience disturbing hallucinations and make the victim kill others in what they think is self-defense of their family or friends attacking them. The only way to avoid it is to either not to hear the name at all, kill the ones who have heard it to keep the name from spreading, and/or commit suicide to stop the hallucinations completely to render the being powerless.

%%* TheDragon: The BBM's hellish dog.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

%%* JumpScare

* MadnessMantra: "Don't say it, don't think it…"
%%* MindRape: The BBM's specialty.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Early in the movie, there's a FreezeFrameBonus of a wallpaper in the house with the pattern of a fish giving a blowjob to a fisherman. The movie is rated PG-13.

* YourCheatingHeart: Elliot believes this to be the case between John and Sasha, but he eventually realizes that the Bye Bye Man is just messing with him.

%%* AntagonistTitle

%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Guess who.

%%* BlackBestFriend: John to Elliot.

* ForTheEvulz: This is the Bye Bye Man's primary reason for doing what he does.

* ChekhovsGun: Elliot pitches the nightstand into the nearby creek in anger. At the end of the film, his nephew tells her father that she found it and saw some writing in it. [[spoiler:It's then subverted when she laughs and says it was too dark for her to read.]]

* IcyBlueEyes: The Bye Bye Man's eyes occasionaly glow like this.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Subverted in the scene where Elliot first sees the Bye Bye Man standing in the corner then walk towards him when he points it out to Sasha. [[spoiler: This scene happens much later.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Elliot believes this to be the case between John and Sasha.

* TheDreaded: The Bye Bye Man is so feared in fact, that people try to avoid using his name in conversation.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends with John telling Detective Shaw the BBM's name, thus implying that the horror will start all over again.]]
%%* DrivenToSuicide: The fate of most of the Bye Bye Man's victims.

%%* {{Hellhound}}: The Bye Bye Man's dog.

''The Bye Bye Man'' is a 2017 supernatural horror film which was based on [[AdaptationExpansion a chapter in a horror novel]] entitled "The Bridge to Body Island" by Robert Damon Schneck. In the film, three college students rent a house on campus that seems to contain a dark secret. When one of the protagonists discovers writing underneath a nightshade, it releases a great evil who drives people to madness by the mere utterance of his name.