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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: After Balkan and Telford both die trying to summon the devil, the Girl disappears, leaving Corso with a clue leading him to the Ceniza brothers. Corso finds the true ninth engraving at the Cenizas' shop, and the film suddenly transitions to a shot of Corso approaching the Chateau seen in the engraving, accompanied by a bright light before the credits roll.]]
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* FanDisservice: The Girl's face [[spoiler: morphing disturbingly into that of an sinister old man several times, all during sex with Corso outside the burning castle. Before revealing herself entirely to being The Devil]].
** The entire scene where Liana Telfer seduces Corso is this, as the very unsettling music plays out as Liana gropes Corso, aggressively kisses him and tries to kill him when refuses to tell her where the book is.
* FanService: Corso gets a few shirtless scenes in the film. The Girl bares it all in one particular scene [[spoiler: before her NightmareFuel-inducing reveal as The Devil.]]
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** The entire scene where Liana Telfer seduces Corso is this, as the very unsettling music plays out as Liana gropes Corso, aggressively kisses him and tries to kill him when refuses to tell her where the book is.
* FanService: Corso gets a few shirtless scenes in the film. The Girl bares it all in one particular scene [[spoiler: before her NightmareFuel-inducing reveal as The Devil.]]
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* FanDisservice: The Girl's face [[spoiler: morphing disturbingly into that of an sinister old man several times, all times during sex with Corso outside the burning castle. Before revealing herself entirely to being be The Devil]].
** The entire scene where Liana Telfer seduces Corso is this, as the very unsettling music plays out as Liana gropes Corso, aggressivelykisses kissing him and then tries to kill him when refuses to tell her where the book is.
* FanService: Corso gets a few shirtless scenes in the film. The Girl bares it all in one particular scene [[spoiler:before during her NightmareFuel-inducing reveal as The Devil.]]
*ForbiddenFruit ForbiddenFruit: The titular book can unlock the nine gates of Hell and grant whomever activates the ritual properly with extraordinary power. Sooner or later, everyone ([[spoiler: including Corso]]) wants to get ahold of the book despite its evil.
** The entire scene where Liana Telfer seduces Corso is this, as the very unsettling music plays out as Liana gropes Corso, aggressively
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** Everyone searching to worship The Devil when it turns out [[spoiler: The Girl protecting Corso is The Devil.]]
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The Cezina brothers, with their performer ActingForTwo.
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* CoolOldGuy: Fargas is a very gracious host despite his impoverished nature, collects the old books simply because he likes them rather than out of any satanic beliefs and lets Corso look at his copy without qualms.
* CoolOldLady: Baroness Kessler, a witty, highly knowledgable multiple amputee who is imposed and receptive when Corso explains his theory while being stern at the idea of just helping Balkan.
* CoolOldLady: Baroness Kessler, a witty, highly knowledgable multiple amputee who is imposed and receptive when Corso explains his theory while being stern at the idea of just helping Balkan.
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* FriendlessBackground: Balkan and Corso both have few friends due to their shady natures, and aren't terribly upset by this.
--> '''Balkan:''' Our relationships have always been strictly commercial, and that's the way i like it.
--> '''Balkan:''' Our relationships have always been strictly commercial, and that's the way i like it.
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* HypocriticalHumor: A colleague calling Corso thoroughly unscrupulous after being beaten to a collection.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: The last of the engravings in "The Ninth Gate" is hidden in what, in hindsight, is an extremely obvious spot. "If this is a forgery or a copy with missing pages restored, it's the work of a master," says the master bookbinder.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: The last of the engravings in "The Ninth Gate" is hidden in what, in hindsight, is an extremely obvious spot. "If [[spoiler:"If this is a forgery or a copy with missing pages restored, it's the work of a master," says the master bookbinder.]]
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* WhamShot: After recovering the last true page of the book, Corso looks upon the page depicting "The Beast" [[spoiler: showing The Girl outside the exact same burning castle next to a three-headed dragon.]]
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* WhamShot: After recovering the last true page of the book, Corso looks upon the page depicting "The Beast" [[spoiler: showing The Girl outside the exact same burning castle next to riding a three-headed seven-headed dragon.]]
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** Despite the varied creepiness and various attempts to invoke the supernatural [[spoiler: The Girl]] is the only character who ever displays actual powers.
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* BikerBabe: The Girl hitches a ride on her motorcycle in a few scenes and often rescues Corso on one or transports him to specific locations.
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** The Girl saving Corso from his attackers and [[spoiler: with such questionable and possibly inhumane fighting skills. And The Reveal her reveal where she descends... descends...To the point where the audience questioned their own eyes. “Did she fly or just slide down the railing?"railing?"]]
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* PowerFloats: [[spoiler: The Girl]] saving Corso from his attackers. And again, when Corso is trying to stop Balkan from killing Telfer for the book.
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* SexyDiscretionShot: As Liana seduces Corso, the camera zooms in on the serpent tattoo on her thigh and then cuts to black. By the next scene, Liana and Corso are both sweaty and exhausted and she demands to know where the book is.
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* SmoochOfVictory: [[spoiler: The Girl plants a kiss on Corso, followed with them having sex outside the burning castle in order for him to gain immortal power.]]
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* WhamShot: After recovering the last true page of the book, Corso looks upon the page depicting "The Beast" [[spoiler: showing The Girl outside the exact same burning castle next to a three-headed dragon.]]
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* IfItsYouItsOkay: Seems to be the resolution with Corso and The Girl, [[spoiler: who still pursues her even after learning she is truly the Devil.]]
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** The entire scene where Liana Telfer seduces Corso is this, as the very unsettling music plays out as Liana gropes Corso, aggressively kisses him and tries to kill him when refuses to tell her where the book is.
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* TheVamp: Liana, who is willing to seduce Corso just to get the book.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nearly everyone Corso has come in contact with regarding the book has turned up dead. Even as Corso's own knowledge and curiosity of the book deepens, people attempting to steal the book are trying to kill him as well.
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* MasterForger: {{Double Subver|sion}}ted when [[AntiHero Corso]] has to investigate whether a copy of an extremely rare book (which, according to legend, will allow [[TomeOfEldritchLore the person who deciphers it to summon The Devil]]) is legitimate or a forgery. When he discusses the possibility of it being a forgery with the [[CreepyTwins Ceniza twins]] (a pair of master bookbinders that once owned that copy of the book), the twins dismiss the possibility of it being a fake. They explain that to make a forgery that would fool the experts a forger would need to use all the materials and characteristics that were in use during the 17[[superscript:th]] century when the book was first printed, including unique inks, paper, leather, typeface, watermarks, etc., which are all extremely difficult to get in the late 20[[superscript:th]] century. In the end the book turn out to be legitimate, [[spoiler:but a single critical page has been replaced with a fake to throw off the people trying to decipher the puzzle of the book. And who better to do that than a certain pair of master bookbinders who had the book in their possession for years?]]
-->'''Ceniza Brother''': If this is a forgery or a copy with missing pages restored, [[{{Foreshadowing}} it's the work of a master]].
-->'''Ceniza Brother''': If this is a forgery or a copy with missing pages restored, [[{{Foreshadowing}} it's the work of a master]].
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* ColourCodedEyes: Corso remarks on the Girl's green eyes, and even calls her "Green Eyes" when she neglects to give her name to him
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** The Ceniza brothers mention to Corso that forging that type of book (or restoring torn out pages) would take a master bookbinder with great eye for detail. They are both master bookbinders and have enough eye for detail to see the different signatures on the engravings. [[spoiler: We later find out that they stole one of the real engravings and put a forgery in its place.]]
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Even after fighting off two of [[spoiler: Liana Telfer's henchmen]], Corso and The Girl manage to walk away alive with just a bloody nose, a concussion, scratches and some broken glasses.
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* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Corso has to suffer through this, all because of the book he is carrying.
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* ForeShadowing: When Corso meets [[spoiler: The Girl]] again and she accompanies him on his journey, he asks her if she's his guardian angel. She tells him, "Of sorts...".
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* NothingIsScarier: Mostly the theme fitting into some parts of the film. In one scene, Corso is almost crushed by a construction site railing and nothing is even there. In contrast to almost everything trying to kill Corso, we almost never get to see who or what is after him. Then when Corso checks on the bookshop to look for Bernie, Corso is shocked by what he finds and then it shows Bernie's death entirely. Then there's the MindScrew ending...
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In the ensuing struggle for the book, [[spoiler: Liana Telfer gets strangled to death by Balkan with the pentagram from her necklace piercing into her throat as she chokes to death.]]
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* BikerBabe: The Girl hitches a ride on her motorcycle in a few scenes and often rescues Corso on one or transports him to specific locations.
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* CreepyChild: The little girl staring at Corso while he's leaving from the airport qualifies as this.
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* BloodyHandprint: After rescuing Corso, The Girl leaves this upon Corso's face (in the eerie shape of a trident) after wiping her nose and stares at Corso. He is [[BloodSplatteredInnocents visibly shaken after this]] and demands to know what's going on.
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* BloodyHandprint: After rescuing Corso, The the Girl leaves this upon Corso's face (in the eerie shape of a trident) after wiping her nose and stares at Corso. He is [[BloodSplatteredInnocents visibly shaken after this]] and demands to know what's going on.
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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Corso's infatuation with The Girl, who is a tall foreign woman with long blonde hair and striking green eyes (which tend to glow from time to time)... ''And who can blame him''?
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* UnusualEuphemism: At one point, Liana tells Corso "Don't fuck with me!," to which he responds, "I thought I just did." The TV Edit edit changes "fuck" to "mess" "mess", making Corso's response unintentionally bizarre.
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* TitleDrop: Even though "''The Nine Gates etc...''" are often referred to, you need to wait for the end, to hear Balkan mention "unlocking ''Film/{{The ''The Ninth Gate}}''" Gate''" during his ceremony.
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* FanDisservice: The Girl's face [[spoiler: morphing disturbingly into that image of an sinister old man several times before revealing herself to be The Devil all during sex with Corso outside the burning castle]].
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* FanDisservice: The Girl's [[spoiler: face morphing disturbingly morphing several times before revealing herself to be The Devil during sex with Corso outside the burning castle]].
