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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:182:The nightmare we deserve.]] |
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| 4 | ''Demon Hunter'' is a 2016 {{Irish|Media}} {{action|Genre}} {{horror film|s}}. |
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| 6 | Taryn Barker is a woman whose twelve-year-old sister was brutally raped and murdered. When the police did nothing to find the perp, she made a deal with a dark sorcerer to kill him, only to flee when he tried to claim her soul. |
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| 8 | She takes up DemonSlaying, but is eventually caught by the detective who failed her so long ago. When the demons capture the detective's daughter, the two have to stop them from killing her. |
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| 10 | Not to be confused with [[Film/DemonHunter the 2005 film]]. |
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| 13 | !!This film contains examples of: |
| 14 | * ActionPrologue: Taryn killing a demon with a penchant for torturing women. |
| 15 | * AerosolFlamethrower: Taryn uses one on some demons during the climax. |
| 16 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Taryn decides to continue demon hunting after killing Falstaff.]] |
| 17 | * ArchEnemy: Taryn Barker has Escharin Falstaff, an EvilSorcerer who has laid claim to her soul. |
| 18 | * TheAtoner: Taryn took up demon hunting when one of them killed her sister while she was supposed to be watching her. |
| 19 | * BigBad: Escharin Falstaff, the EvilSorcerer who set Barker on her path of vengeance and now plots to claim her soul. |
| 20 | * JobTitle |
| 21 | * KarmaHoudini: Nothing ever does happen to whoever raped and killed Taryn's sister. He's forgotten about as soon as the demonic conspiracy who are the real baddies show up. |
| 22 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Taryn opens the film by brutally murdering a demon masquerading as a well-known businessman, and is not one minute later arrested. [[spoiler:She never is cleared of any wrongdoing.]] |
| 23 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: These are gray, sharp-toothed humanoids who used to be human until BlackMagic made them into what they are today. They have SuperStrength an arm-blades, and can shapeshifter to blend in with humanity. They can only be killed by decapitation and burial on holy ground, but will come back the second their head is removed from the grave. |
| 24 | * TheSociopath: Escharin Falstaff, a centuries-old EvilSorcerer who believes that God has abandoned the world, and uses that nihilism to convince hurting people to join his cult with the praise of revenge, only to enslave them. When one rebels, he considers it such an affront that he starts killing one person a day to draw her out. |
| 25 | * StrawNihilist: Falstaff believes that nothing on Earth matters as God simply takes it back, and offers to give people a fleeting pleasure in exchange for their souls. |
| 26 | * WasOnceAMan: Demons used to be humans, until they were turned by dark magic, either willingly or forced on them by others. |
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