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-->'''Brian:''' Is she ''dead''!?
-->'''Aylmer:''' ''(Cracking up)'' Well, of '''course''' she's dead! Ha, are you kidding?

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-->'''Brian:''' Is she ''dead''!?
-->'''Aylmer:'''
''dead''!?\\
'''Aylmer:'''
''(Cracking up)'' Well, of '''course''' she's dead! Ha, are you kidding?



* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:By the time Aylmer leaves his head, the old man looks as dead as any of his other victims. It turns out he's just alive enough to kill Aylmer and ''then'' die. [[{{FiveSecondForeshadowing}} Foreshadowed by Aylmer a few seconds earlier]], when he said he was "not done yet" eating his brains after Brian told him it was time to leave]].

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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:By the time Aylmer leaves his head, the old man looks as dead as any of his other victims. It turns out he's just alive enough to kill Aylmer and ''then'' die. [[{{FiveSecondForeshadowing}} [[FiveSecondForeshadowing Foreshadowed by Aylmer a few seconds earlier]], when he said he was "not done yet" eating his brains after Brian told him it was time to leave]].
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* GoingColdTurkey: Brian attempts this towards the end of the film. It doesn't take. According to Aylmer, his fluid alters a person's body chemistry in a way that makes it impossible.

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* GoingColdTurkey: Subverted. Brian attempts this towards the end of the film. It doesn't take. According film, but according to Aylmer, his fluid alters a person's body chemistry in a way that makes it impossible.impossible. After enduring hours of agonizing pain and horrific hallucinations, Brian breaks and begs Aylmer for another hit... after he feeds him, of course.
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* TrappedInVillainy: After his attempt to break away from Aylmer fails, Brian gives up and resigns himself to being his slave and accomplice.

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* TrappedInVillainy: After his attempt to break away from Aylmer fails, Brian gives up realizes too late he's stuck with Aylmer. He attempts to go cold turkey after their first murders, but Aylmer's juice has altered his body's chemistry to the point he's incapable of getting off the stuff, no matter how hard he tries. Eventually, Brian breaks and resigns himself to being becomes his slave and accomplice.reluctant accomplice just to make the pain stop.
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-->'''Brian:''' ''Elmer?'' You named it ''Elmer?!''

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-->'''Brian:''' ''Elmer?'' You fucking named it ''Elmer?!''
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* RealismInducedHorror: A man's life and mental health disintegrate while his loved ones are helpless to save him. You could take out Aylmer and replace him with any number of recreational drugs or mental conditions which could do the same thing.
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* RealismInducedHorror: A man's life and mental health are destroyed due to while his loved ones are helpless to save him. You could take out Aylmer and replace him with any number of recreational drugs or mental conditions which could do the same thing.

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* RealismInducedHorror: A man's life and mental health are destroyed due to disintegrate while his loved ones are helpless to save him. You could take out Aylmer and replace him with any number of recreational drugs or mental conditions which could do the same thing.

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