History YMMV / Revival

* NightmareFuel:
** Go ahead, get a fancy picture of yourself taken by the nice carny. [[spoiler: Enjoy getting driven mad by the power of an EldritchAbomination.]]
** While they attend the revival, Hugh has a panic attack when the "prismatics" are triggered, making him see every other human being as ant monsters. [[spoiler:This foreshadows the horrific revelation of how every human soul is herded by those ant monsters to serve the Great Old Ones]].
** There's also Jamie's nightmare, wherein he sees his deceased family members gathered around the dinner table with a rotting birthday cake for him. They all appear as they died (such as Claire having a busted, bloodied skull), and there is a malignant presence behind the scene. [[spoiler:This presence turns out to be "Mother", an EldritchAbomination that has human souls gathered for slavery]].
** In the climax, [[spoiler:Jacobs resurrects Mary Fay from the dead, using her as the final experiment to see what lies beyond death. Mary Fay's corpse is possessed by "Mother", revealing herself to be a horrific entity bearing human faces. And then there are the numerous suicides and murders she prompts when Jamie defies her]].
** [[spoiler:Everybody who dies will end up in the Null, enslaved by horrible, ant-like monsters, for all eternity. ''No death, no light, no rest.'']]

* TrueArtIsAngsty: The ending to this novel is often described by fans as one of the best endings to a Stephen King novel yet. It is also arguably one of, if not ''the'', most [[CosmicHorror disturbing]] [[DownerEnding and nightmarish]] endings he's written.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: The ending to this novel is often described by fans as one of the best endings to a Stephen King novel yet. It is also arguably one of the most [[CosmicHorror disturbing]] [[DownerEnding and nightmarish]] endings he's written.

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** [[AdaptationalVillainy Hastur]], from ''The King in Yellow'', the [[CainAndAbel envious and hateful half-brother of Cthulhu]], is portrayed as an [[SmugSnake arrogant but weak god]] who thinks he's entitled to the world. Seemingly killed when humanity fought back against him, Hastur seeks out Cthulhu's daughter Cthylla, planning to kill her and prevent Cthulhu from interfering with his plans; to that end he wipes out a civilization of Deep Ones trying to protect her. Recovering in Royal Woods, Hastur forcibly twists and mutates helpless victims into his slaves, often [[BadBoss killing them at the smallest slight]]. Hastur plans on spreading his sign across the world to force this fate onto everyone, and recruits Dr. Moist into his plans, needlessly slaughtering his staff. Hastur arranges to have Lisa Loud kidnapped to have her create a device that would broadcast his sign around the world, and tries to [[DrivenToMadness drive her mad]] by revealing his face. When the broadcast begins, that alone causes mass death and destruction; the second part of his plan is to torture Nyarlathotep's daughter Mia into ushering in the pantheon to [[OmnicidalManiac tear the universe apart]].

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* MoralEventHorizon: [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Ed Holt]] loses all remaining sympathy when he [[spoiler:shoots Ham Fischer in the head when he says that [[EveryoneHasStandards kidnapping Officer Dana Cypress is too far]]]]. Before, he was irritating but technically following the law, but afterwards that is not the case.

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** The aforementioned [[AdaptationalVillainy Hastur]], from ''The King in Yellow'', the [[CainAndAbel envious and hateful half-brother of Cthulhu]], is portrayed as an [[SmugSnake arrogant but weak god]] who thinks he's entitled to the world. Seemingly killed when humanity fought back against him, Hastur seeks out Cthulhu's daughter Cthylla, planning to kill her and prevent Cthulhu from interfering with his plans; to that end he wipes out a civilization of Deep Ones trying to protect her. Recovering in Royal Woods, Hastur forcibly twists and mutates helpless victims into his slaves, often [[BadBoss killing them at the smallest slight]]. Hastur plans on spreading his sign across the world to force this fate onto everyone, and recruits Dr. Moist into his plans, needlessly slaughtering his staff. Hastur arranges to have Lisa Loud kidnapped to have her create a device that would broadcast his sign around the world, and tries to [[DrivenToMadness drive her mad]] by revealing his face. When the broadcast begins, that alone causes mass death and destruction; the second part of his plan is to torture Nyarlathotep's daughter Mia into ushering in the pantheon to [[OmnicidalManiac tear the universe apart]].

** The aforementioned [[AdaptationalVillainy Hastur]], from ''The King in Yellow'', the [[CainAndAbel envious and hateful half-brother of Cthulhu]], is portrayed as an arrogant but weak god who thinks he's entitled to the world. Seemingly killed when humanity fought back against him, Hastur seeks out Cthulhu's daughter Cthylla, planning to kill her and prevent Cthulhu from interfering with his plans; to that end he wipes out a civilization of Deep Ones trying to protect her. Recovering in Royal Woods, Hastur forcibly twists and mutates helpless victims into his slaves, often [[BadBoss killing them at the smallest slight]]. Hastur plans on spreading his sign across the world to force this fate onto everyone, and recruits Dr. Moist into his plans, needlessly slaughtering his staff. Hastur arranges to have Lisa Loud kidnapped to have her create a device that would broadcast his sign around the world, and tries to [[DrivenToMadness drive her mad]] by revealing his face. When the broadcast begins, that alone causes mass death and destruction; the second part of his plan is to torture Nyarlathotep's daughter Mia into ushering in the pantheon to [[OmnicidalManiac tear the universe apart]].

** [[AdaptationalVillainy Yog-Sothoth]] is one of the highest-ranking and seemingly omnipotent Outer Gods, who looks down on everyone and sees Nyarlathotep's attempted apocalypse as the time to take the universe back from lesser beings. Yog-Sothoth decides to pick up where Nyarlathotep left off by attempting to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the world]] before being banished, during which he attempts to kill the Loud siblings by erasing them, from youngest to oldest. Returning in the sequel, Yog-Sothoth takes the form of a female humanoid and kills Cthylla by ripping the reincarnated Cthulhu out of her womb. From there Cthulhu--essentially reduced to an innocent child--is raised by Yog-Sothoth to face Hastur; these [[TrainingFromHell methods]] include having the infant Cthulhu constantly attacked and mutilated by monstrosities, always stopping short of death; as well as forcing him to slaughter the loyal, sapient Deep Ones, who raised him as family. Teaming up with the Louds to stop Hastur, when the latter is defeated, Yog-Sothoth reveals his true intentions is to use Cthulhu as a weapon and bring about a new apocalypse of his own.

** The aforementioned [[AdaptationalVillainy Hastur]], from ''The King in Yellow'', the [[CainAndAbel envious and hateful half-brother of Cthulhu]], is portrayed as an arrogant but weak god who thinks he's entitled to the world. Seemingly killed when humanity fought back against him, Hastur seeks out Cthulhu's daughter Cthylla, planning to kill her and prevent Cthulhu from interfering with his plans; to that end he wipes out a civilization of Deep Ones trying to protect her. Recovering in Royal Wood, Hastur forcibly twists and mutates helpless victims into his slaves, often [[BadBoss killing them at the smallest slight]]. Hastur plans on spreading his sign across the world to force this fate onto everyone, and recruits Dr. Moist into his plans, needlessly slaughtering his staff. Hastur arranges to have Lisa Loud kidnapped to have her create a device that would broadcast his sign around the world, and tries to [[DrivenToMadness drive her mad]] by revealing his face. When the broadcast begins, that alone causes mass death and destruction; the second part of his plan is to torture Nyarlathotep's daughter Mia into ushering in the pantheon to [[OmnicidalManiac tear the universe apart]].

* CompleteMonster: "[[BigBad Maya Lottie]]", aka [[EldritchAbomination Nyarlathotep]], is the most active and personable of the Outer Gods. Having grown bored with the usual games he plays on mankind, he decides to [[OmnicidalManiac bring an end to existence]] to give the world a final curtain call. Previously driving an entire town to madness and death, Nyarlathotep devours the family of Patrick Stark, taking the form and alias of his daughter Maya to spite and enslave him. He starts by [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals killing the Loud family dog]], and gives Lana the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]] to resurrect him, having her invoke the Old Ones. Attacking the Loud family, Nyarlathotep sets his army onto Royal Woods, killing hundreds alone; drives both Loud parents out of their minds; forcibly takes Leni and Lola's souls to bargain with the Louds, flinging them into space-time; he then summons the pantheon onto the world, slaughtering thousands of people. Nyarlathotep [[DealWithTheDevil makes a deal with Lincoln]] to call things off if the latter could save his sisters' souls, [[ILied not intending to hold his end of the deal]] if Lincoln wins; he tries to cheat when Lincoln starts to win, summoning Cthulhu to kill the Loud sisters, and forced the Louds into a final confrontation. As he dies, Nyarlathotep's life flashes before their eyes, revealing [[HistoricalRapSheet the great atrocities he was involved in throughout history]].

* CompleteMonster: "[[BigBad Maya Lottie]]", aka [[EldritchAbomination Nyarlathotep]], is the most active and personable of the Outer Gods. Having grown bored with the usual games he plays on mankind, he decides to [[OmnicidalManiac bring an end to existence]] to give the world a final curtain call. Previously driving an entire town to madness and death, Nyaralthotep devours the family of Patrick Stark, taking the form and alias of his daughter Maya to spite and enslave him. He starts by [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals killing the Loud family dog]], and gives Lana the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]] to resurrect him, having her invoke the Old Ones. Attacking the Loud family, Nyarlathotep sets his army onto Royal Woods, killing hundreds alone; drives both Loud parents out of their minds; forcibly takes Leni and Lola's souls to bargain with the Louds, flinging them into space-time; he then summons the pantheon onto the world, slaughtering thousands of people. Nyarlathotep [[DealWithTheDevil makes a deal with Lincoln]] to call things off if the latter could save his sisters' souls, [[ILied not intending to hold his end of the deal]] if Lincoln wins; he tries to cheat when Lincoln starts to win, summoning Cthulhu to kill the Loud sisters, and forced the Louds into a final confrontation. As he dies, Nyarlathotep's life flashes before their eyes, revealing [[HistoricalRapSheet the great atrocities he was involved in throughout history]].

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** The death of Jamie's sister, Claire. She got into a bad relationship with an abusive monster, and managed to escape him-only for the abuser to attack her at a school and kill them both in a murder-suicide.

** In the climax, [[spoiler:Jacobs resurrects Mary Fay from the dead, using her as the final experiment to see what lies beyond death. Mary Kay's corpse is possessed by "Mother", revealing herself to be a horrific entity bearing human faces. And then there are the numerous suicides and murders she prompts when Jamie defies her]].

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:During the climax, "Mother" comes through the resurrected Mary Fay and tries to break Jamie. He defies her and fires at Fay's corpse, cutting off "Mother" before she can enter the world. However, this is then [[NightmareFuel horrifically subverted]] when Jamie's act of defiance prompts "Mother" to drive several of the people Jacobs "healed" to murder and suicides.]]

** There are also the deaths of Patsy and Morrie, which drive Jacobs over the DespairEventHorizon.

* NightmareFuel: While they attend the revival, Hugh has a panic attack when the "prismatics" are triggered, making him see every other human being as ant monsters. [[spoiler:This foreshadows the horrific revelation of how every human soul is herded by those ant monsters to serve the Great Old Ones]].

* {{Tearjerker}}: The death of Jamie's sister, Claire. She got into a bad relationship with an abusive monster, and managed to escape him-only for the abuser to attack her at a school and kill them both in a murder-suicide.

** [[spoiler:There's also the revelation that everyone after death is forcefully abducted and forced to slave away for "Mother" and other monsters by vicious antlike beasts.]]

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:During the climax, "Mother" comes through the resurrected Mary Fay and tries to break Jamie. He defies her and fires at Fay's corpse, cutting off "Mother" before she can enter the world. However, this is then [[NightmareFuel horrifically subverted]] when Jamie's act of defiance prompts "Mother" to provoke several of the people Jacobs "healed" into committing murders and suicides.]]

** There's also the deaths of Patsy and Morrie, which drive Jacobs over the DespairEventHorizon.

* MoralEventHorizon: Jacobs crosses this with the various experiments performed on those he "healed". In-verse, Jamie believes he's crossed this line when a boy he healed later becomes insane and commits suicide.