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* TheAllegedCar: Frank's "pus-yellow" Volvo junker.
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* TheAllegedCar: Frank's "pus-yellow" Volvo junker.544.
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I think Outlaw Couple is the proper use here, rather than Unholy Matrimony. Also, was Patricia released 5 or 6 years before the film takes place? I can't remember.
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* NearDeathClairvoyance: Frank got his powers from a nearly lethal car accident.
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* NearDeathClairvoyance: Frank got his powers from a nearly lethal car accident. [[spoiler:In the film's epilogue, Lucy reveals that what she went through helping stop Johnny and Patrician has given her the same ability.
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Frank's plan to confront the ghostly Reaper involves deliberate flat-lining in order to fight as a ghost. Both times, he's thankfully able to revive before it becomes permanent.]]
* NotSoPhonyPsychic: Frank uses his abilities to perform fake exorcisms.
* NotSoPhonyPsychic: Frank uses his abilities to perform fake exorcisms.
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Frank's plan to confront the ghostly Reaper involves deliberate flat-lining in order to fight as a ghost. Both times, With Lucy's help he's thankfully able to revive before it becomes permanent.]] [[spoiler:Then, at the film's end, he is strangled to death by Patricia, which he uses to finally defeat the two mad killers, but is revived, presumably with the aid of quick medical attention from Lucy.]]
* NotSoPhonyPsychic: Frank uses his very real abilities to perform fake exorcisms.
* NotSoPhonyPsychic: Frank uses his very real abilities to perform fake exorcisms.
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* OffWithHisHead: Patricia kills [[spoiler:Dammers]] this way. With a [[YourHeadASplode shotgun]], no less.
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* OffWithHisHead: Patricia [[spoiler:Patricia]] kills [[spoiler:Dammers]] this way. With a [[YourHeadASplode shotgun]], no less.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: These ghosts are about as traditional as they get.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: These ghosts are about as traditional as they get. They're the spirits of dead people that, either deliberately or accidentally, didn't pass on to the afterlife but instead remain behind on Earth. They can manipulate the physical world to an extent, but are invisible and inaudiable to anyone other than children and the psychic, and can be intangible to just about everyone.
* OutlawCouple: Johnny Bartlett and Patricia Bradley were a [[MayDecemberRomance young man and a teen girl]] who went on a killing spree in Fairweather Sanitorium in 1964 that claimed the lives of twelve people, for no reason other than the thrill of the killing. Whilst Johnny was executed on the electric chair, Patricia was spared that fate due to a combination of her age, gender, and the lack of evidence as to if she had actively participated in the killings. [[spoiler:The film's climax reveals Patricia was completely in on everything, and that when she was released from jail into her mother's care several years before the events of the film, she used OuijaBoards and Johnny's ashes to summon his spirit from Hell so he could resume killing. The two are shown to be equally insane and also strongly in love, to the point Johnny voluntarily follow's Frank into the passageway to the afterlife to try and rescue Patricia's soul. Which results in the psycho couple both being sent to Hell.]]
* OutlawCouple: Johnny Bartlett and Patricia Bradley were a [[MayDecemberRomance young man and a teen girl]] who went on a killing spree in Fairweather Sanitorium in 1964 that claimed the lives of twelve people, for no reason other than the thrill of the killing. Whilst Johnny was executed on the electric chair, Patricia was spared that fate due to a combination of her age, gender, and the lack of evidence as to if she had actively participated in the killings. [[spoiler:The film's climax reveals Patricia was completely in on everything, and that when she was released from jail into her mother's care several years before the events of the film, she used OuijaBoards and Johnny's ashes to summon his spirit from Hell so he could resume killing. The two are shown to be equally insane and also strongly in love, to the point Johnny voluntarily follow's Frank into the passageway to the afterlife to try and rescue Patricia's soul. Which results in the psycho couple both being sent to Hell.]]
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* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler:Johnny and Patricia.]]
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* JustForPun:
-->'''The Judge:''' They don't call me the "Hanging Judge" for nothing!
-->'''The Judge:''' They don't call me the "Hanging Judge" for nothing!
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** Less directly, Magda can be seen as a variation of [[Franchise/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]], considering that she condemns Frank's actions even before he starts trying to be a better person.
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** Less directly, Magda can be seen as a variation of [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]], considering that she condemns Frank's actions even before he starts trying to be a better person.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Ray tells Lucy to steer clear of the Bradleys because they give him the creeps. His intuition was right on the money on thus one.
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* TheAllegedCar: Frank's "pus-yellow" junker.
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* TheAllegedCar: Frank's "pus-yellow" Volvo junker.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Milton Dammers is a a {{deconstruction}} of the AgentMulder, in that his decision to pursue any and all "odd" cases the FBI tosses at him (mostly to get him out of their hair, it's implied) ended with him being driven pretty much insane, scarred, and unable to determine what is actually useful when it comes to analyzing the details of a supernatural case (notice that when he tells Lucy about what happened to Frank's wife, he gets caught up on numerology after telling how many blades Frank bought, for example), hence his assumption that Frank is a killer psychic. [[Series/TheXFiles The real Mulder]] would have at least pretended to believe Frank's story of a killer ghost if that would lead to BluffingTheMurderer or arresting him harmlessly, but Milton actually keeps deliberately trying to piss Frank off.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Milton Dammers is a a {{deconstruction}} of the AgentMulder, in that his decision to pursue any and all "odd" cases the FBI tosses at him (mostly to get him out of their hair, it's implied) ended with him being driven pretty much insane, scarred, and unable to determine what is actually useful when it comes to analyzing the details of a supernatural case (notice that when he tells Lucy about what happened to Frank's wife, he gets caught up on numerology after telling how many blades Frank bought, for example), hence his assumption that Frank is a killer psychic. [[Series/TheXFiles The real Mulder]] would have at least pretended to believe Frank's story of a killer ghost if that would lead to BluffingTheMurderer or arresting him harmlessly, but Milton actually keeps deliberately trying to piss Frank off.
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''The Frighteners'' is [[TheNineties 1996]] horror/comedy film from Creator/PeterJackson, who would go on to direct ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''[[Film/KingKong2005 King Kong]]'', and ''Film/TheHobbit Film Trilogy''.
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''The Frighteners'' is a [[TheNineties 1996]] horror/comedy film from Creator/PeterJackson, who would go on to direct ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''[[Film/KingKong2005 King Kong]]'', and ''Film/TheHobbit Film Trilogy''.
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A [[TheNineties 1996]] horror/comedy film from Creator/PeterJackson, who would go on to direct ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''[[Film/KingKong2005 King Kong]]'', and ''Film/TheHobbit Film Trilogy''.
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A [[TheNineties 1996]] horror/comedy film from Creator/PeterJackson, who would go on to direct ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' (2001–03), ''[[Film/KingKong2005 King Kong]]'' (2005), and ''Film/TheHobbit Film Trilogy'' (2012–14).
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A [[TheNineties 1996]] horror/comedy film from Creator/PeterJackson, who would go on to direct ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' (2001–03), ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''[[Film/KingKong2005 King Kong]]'' (2005), Kong]]'', and ''Film/TheHobbit Film Trilogy'' (2012–14).
Trilogy''.
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* ResurrectedMurderer: TheGrimReaper that is killing people turns out to be the ghost of an executed serial killer named Johnny Bartlett. His equally deranged girlfriend used {{Ouija Board}}s to summon him back from {{Hell}}, and now he's continuing his quest to [[BodyCountCompetition become the most prolific murderer in history]].
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** Ray is a temperamental fitness nut who doesn't appreciate his wife and never bothers to hide how much he dislikes Frank. He even lost all of Lucy's savings ($16,000) on a bad investment. At his funeral, the preacher seems to be straining to say good things about him.
*** Slightly subverted when, after his death at the hands of the BigBad, he at least tries to protect his wife from said BigBad. Of course, it doesn't end very well...
*** Slightly subverted when, after his death at the hands of the BigBad, he at least tries to protect his wife from said BigBad. Of course, it doesn't end very well...
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** Ray is a temperamental fitness nut who doesn't appreciate his wife and never bothers to hide how much he dislikes Frank. He even lost all of Lucy's savings ($16,000) on a bad investment. At his funeral, the preacher seems to be straining to say good things about him.
*** Slightlyhim. This is slightly subverted when, after his death at the hands of the BigBad, he at least tries to protect his wife from said BigBad. Of course, it doesn't end very well...
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** And [[spoiler:Dammers, who gets his head blown off by Patricia]].
** Can't forget [[spoiler:Patricia Bradley and Johnny Bartlett themselves]]. That trip to {{Hell}} looks rather horrifying, but it's ''certainly'' well-earned.
** Can't forget [[spoiler:Patricia Bradley and Johnny Bartlett themselves]]. That trip to {{Hell}} looks rather horrifying, but it's ''certainly'' well-earned.
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* HateSink: Johnny Bartlett and Patricia Bradley are the deranged [[SerialKiller serial killing]] couple who back in 1964 brutally shot and killed 12 people in a hospital together before Bartlett was executed and Patricia was painted as an innocent victim. With Patricia performing a curse years later that brings back Bartlett's ghost, the two kill at least a couple dozen more people by means of Bartlett reaching into their chests and stopping their hearts—including Frank Bannister's wife Deborah and Dr. Lucy Lynskey's husband Ray—with the intent of breaking every serial killer record in the book and then past that indefinitely. Patricia also kills her own mother who was trying to keep her in check with Bartlett also holding Lucy down while Patricia nearly kills her with an ax—shortly after she's killed Milton Dammers and brutalized Frank who then promptly sends them both to Hell.
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* HateSink: Johnny Bartlett and Patricia Bradley are the deranged [[SerialKiller serial killing]] couple who back in 1964 brutally shot and killed 12 people in a hospital together before Bartlett was executed and Patricia was painted as an innocent victim. With Patricia performing a curse years later that brings back Bartlett's ghost, the two kill at least a couple dozen more people by means of Bartlett reaching into their chests and stopping their hearts—including Frank Bannister's wife Deborah and Dr. Lucy Lynskey's husband Ray—with the intent of breaking every serial killer record in the book and then past that indefinitely. Patricia also kills her own mother who was trying to keep her in check with Bartlett also holding Lucy down while Patricia nearly kills her with an ax—shortly after she's killed Milton Dammers and brutalized Frank who then promptly sends them both to Hell.
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** [[spoiler:Bartlett and Patricia of Charles Starkweather and Carli Ann Fugate]].
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** [[spoiler:Bartlett and Patricia of Charles Starkweather and Carli Ann Fugate]].Fugate. A clear case of ExpyCoexistence since Bartlett mentions Starkweather several times and seems the most proud of beating his bodycount]].
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* GenreSavvy: As someone who has been part of many supernaturally-themed investigations and read a lot of lore, [[AgentMulder Dammers]] instantly figures out that [[spoiler:the ash urn Frank is running around with at the climax contains the mortal remains of Johnny Bartlett and they must be taken to holy ground to exorcise the ghost]]. [[BaitAndSwitch Subverted]] [[WrongGenreSavvy immediately]] after when [[spoiler:Dammers opens the urn and spills the ashes (letting Johnny out again) because he wants to piss off ([[InspectorJavert and kill]]) Frank]].
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* GenreSavvy: As someone who has been part of many supernaturally-themed investigations and read a lot of lore, [[AgentMulder Dammers]] instantly figures out that [[spoiler:the ash urn Frank is running around with at the climax contains the mortal remains of Johnny Bartlett and that Frank believes they must be taken to holy ground to exorcise the ghost]]. [[BaitAndSwitch Subverted]] [[WrongGenreSavvy immediately]] after when [[spoiler:Dammers opens the urn and spills the ashes (letting Johnny out again) because he wants to piss off ([[InspectorJavert and kill]]) Frank]].
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* CreepyOrderly: Johnny Bartlett decides to start his murder spree in the hospital where he works, and decides to make the doctor trying to order him around his first victim. Being played by Creator/JakeBusey adds several layers to the creepiness.
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* OrderliesAreCreepy: Johnny Bartlett decides to start his murder spree in the hospital where he works, and decides to make the doctor trying to order him around his first victim. Being played by Creator/JakeBusey adds several layers to the creepiness.
