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* On a very similar note, the [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] from ''TwilightEyes'': not quite reptile, not quite canine things with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom luminous]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], capable of VoluntaryShapeshifting to blend perfectly into human society, that basically ''feed'' on human misery. They're not just going to kill you, no, they're going to kill your loved ones first and [[ForcedToWatch force you to watch]], then they're going to kill you, [[ColdBloodedTorture very very slowly]], all the while drinking in your fear and anguish. Their backstory ([[spoiler:genetically engineered [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] made by {{Precursors}}; they [[GoneHorriblyRight did]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters their]] [[ApocalypseHow job]] [[PrecursorKillers well]]]]) makes it even worse.
* The plot of ''FalseMemory'' in general, and its villain in particular. The premise is ParanoiaFuel on its own -- how easy could it be, for you to be brainwashed and have no idea? The protagonists are regularly [[MindRape mind raped]], and for a long time have ''no idea'', only figuring it out when too many small things cease adding up. And the BigBad is someone an authority figure people ought to be able to trust. Not only is he screwing with people's minds, he does it for his [[ForTheEvulz own entertainment]]. One of the characters is a happy, successful real estate agent until she sells him his house. He decides she's beautiful and that he wants to [[{{Squick}} keep her]], so he implants agoraphobia in her mind and slowly destroys her psyche over the course of eighteen months. He also regularly hypnotizes and rapes her, leaving her with no memory of the assault but with...[[{{Squick}} evidence]], leading her to believe she really is losing her mind. [[spoiler:When she finally figures out it's him, and looks like she'll be able to get her life back, he catches on and [[DrivenToSuicide drives her to suicide.]]]] And he was doing this to people for two decades before he paid for it, destroying dozens of lives just because he could.
* The plot of ''FalseMemory'' in general, and its villain in particular. The premise is ParanoiaFuel on its own -- how easy could it be, for you to be brainwashed and have no idea? The protagonists are regularly [[MindRape mind raped]], and for a long time have ''no idea'', only figuring it out when too many small things cease adding up. And the BigBad is someone an authority figure people ought to be able to trust. Not only is he screwing with people's minds, he does it for his [[ForTheEvulz own entertainment]]. One of the characters is a happy, successful real estate agent until she sells him his house. He decides she's beautiful and that he wants to [[{{Squick}} keep her]], so he implants agoraphobia in her mind and slowly destroys her psyche over the course of eighteen months. He also regularly hypnotizes and rapes her, leaving her with no memory of the assault but with...[[{{Squick}} evidence]], leading her to believe she really is losing her mind. [[spoiler:When she finally figures out it's him, and looks like she'll be able to get her life back, he catches on and [[DrivenToSuicide drives her to suicide.]]]] And he was doing this to people for two decades before he paid for it, destroying dozens of lives just because he could.
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* The plot of ''FalseMemory'' in general, and its villain in particular. The premise is ParanoiaFuel on its own -- how easy could it be, for you to be brainwashed and have no idea? The protagonists are regularly [[MindRape mind raped]], and for a long time have ''no idea'', only figuring it out when too many small things cease adding up. And the BigBad is someone an authority figure people ought to be able to trust. Not only is he screwing with people's minds, he does it for his [[ForTheEvulz own entertainment]]. One of the characters is a happy, successful real estate agent until she sells him his house. He decides she's beautiful and that he wants to [[{{Squick}} keep her]], so he implants agoraphobia in her mind and slowly destroys her psyche over the course of eighteen months. He also regularly hypnotizes and rapes her, leaving her with no memory of the assault but with...[[{{Squick}} evidence]], leading her to believe she really is losing her mind. [[spoiler:When she finally figures out it's him, and looks like she'll be able to get her life back, he catches on and [[DrivenToSuicide drives her to suicide.]]]] And he was doing this to people for two decades before he paid for it, destroying dozens of lives just because he could.
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* The ''bodachs'' from the Odd Thomas books. The idea that these shadowy creatures appear at scenes of violence and death is bad enough, but then you learn that they show up because watching people in torment is ''exciting''. Not only is someone coming after you with a chainsaw, but there are ''things'' watching it happen and cheering it on because they feed off your fear. Yeesh.
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* The short story "We Three" from the ''Strange Highways'' anthology. It's about three children (two boys and a girl) with immense psychic powers. The military tries to keep a watch over them, so [[spoiler:they decide to kill everyone on the planet with a thought. Afterwards, they enjoy the empty planet for a while, with the girl deciding that they're the "new breed", [[EvolutionaryLevels superior to the older version of humanity]]. The boys get the girl pregnant (thankfully glossed over by Koontz), and then they sense that the child growing within the girl is [[FetusTerrible already aware, and way more powerful than they are]]. When the boys ask if it's male or female, the girl replies that it seems to be both, and while she denies it, the boys realize that the fact that the fetus is asexual means that in spite of being the "new breed" all three of them are now expendable.]]
* The ''bodachs'' from the Odd Thomas books. The idea that these shadowy creatures appear at scenes of violence and death is bad enough, but then you learn that they show up because watching people in torment is ''exciting''. Not only is someone coming after you with a chainsaw, but there are ''things'' watching it happen and cheering it on because they feed off your fear. Yeesh.
* On a very similar note, the [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] from ''TwilightEyes'': not quite reptile, not quite canine things with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom luminous]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], capable of VoluntaryShapeshifting to blend perfectly into human society, that basically ''feed'' on human misery. They're not just going to kill you, no, they're going to kill your loved ones first and [[ForcedToWatch force you to watch]], then they're going to kill you, [[ColdBloodedTorture very very slowly]], all the while drinking in your fear and anguish. Their backstory ([[spoiler:genetically engineered [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] made by {{Precursors}}; they [[GoneHorriblyRight did]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters their]] [[ApocalypseHow job]] [[PrecursorKillers well]]]]) makes it even worse.
* The plot of ''FalseMemory'' in general, and its villain in particular. The premise is ParanoiaFuel on its own -- how easy could it be, for you to be brainwashed and have no idea? The protagonists are regularly [[MindRape mind raped]], and for a long time have ''no idea'', only figuring it out when too many small things cease adding up. And the BigBad is someone an authority figure people ought to be able to trust. Not only is he screwing with people's minds, he does it for his [[ForTheEvulz own entertainment]]. One of the characters is a happy, successful real estate agent until she sells him his house. He decides she's beautiful and that he wants to [[{{Squick}} keep her]], so he implants agoraphobia in her mind and slowly destroys her psyche over the course of eighteen months. He also regularly hypnotizes and rapes her, leaving her with no memory of the assault but with...[[{{Squick}} evidence]], leading her to believe she really is losing her mind. [[spoiler:When she finally figures out it's him, and looks like she'll be able to get her life back, he catches on and [[DrivenToSuicide drives her to suicide.]]]] And he was doing this to people for two decades before he paid for it, destroying dozens of lives just because he could.
* The short story "We Three" from the ''Strange Highways'' anthology. It's about three children (two boys and a girl) with immense psychic powers. The military tries to keep a watch over them, so [[spoiler:they decide to kill everyone on the planet with a thought. Afterwards, they enjoy the empty planet for a while, with the girl deciding that they're the "new breed", [[EvolutionaryLevels superior to the older version of humanity]]. The boys get the girl pregnant (thankfully glossed over by Koontz), and then they sense that the child growing within the girl is [[FetusTerrible already aware, and way more powerful than they are]]. When the boys ask if it's male or female, the girl replies that it seems to be both, and while she denies it, the boys realize that the fact that the fetus is asexual means that in spite of being the "new breed" all three of them are now expendable.]]
* The ''bodachs'' from the Odd Thomas books. The idea that these shadowy creatures appear at scenes of violence and death is bad enough, but then you learn that they show up because watching people in torment is ''exciting''. Not only is someone coming after you with a chainsaw, but there are ''things'' watching it happen and cheering it on because they feed off your fear. Yeesh.
* On a very similar note, the [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] from ''TwilightEyes'': not quite reptile, not quite canine things with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom luminous]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], capable of VoluntaryShapeshifting to blend perfectly into human society, that basically ''feed'' on human misery. They're not just going to kill you, no, they're going to kill your loved ones first and [[ForcedToWatch force you to watch]], then they're going to kill you, [[ColdBloodedTorture very very slowly]], all the while drinking in your fear and anguish. Their backstory ([[spoiler:genetically engineered [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] made by {{Precursors}}; they [[GoneHorriblyRight did]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters their]] [[ApocalypseHow job]] [[PrecursorKillers well]]]]) makes it even worse.
* The plot of ''FalseMemory'' in general, and its villain in particular. The premise is ParanoiaFuel on its own -- how easy could it be, for you to be brainwashed and have no idea? The protagonists are regularly [[MindRape mind raped]], and for a long time have ''no idea'', only figuring it out when too many small things cease adding up. And the BigBad is someone an authority figure people ought to be able to trust. Not only is he screwing with people's minds, he does it for his [[ForTheEvulz own entertainment]]. One of the characters is a happy, successful real estate agent until she sells him his house. He decides she's beautiful and that he wants to [[{{Squick}} keep her]], so he implants agoraphobia in her mind and slowly destroys her psyche over the course of eighteen months. He also regularly hypnotizes and rapes her, leaving her with no memory of the assault but with...[[{{Squick}} evidence]], leading her to believe she really is losing her mind. [[spoiler:When she finally figures out it's him, and looks like she'll be able to get her life back, he catches on and [[DrivenToSuicide drives her to suicide.]]]] And he was doing this to people for two decades before he paid for it, destroying dozens of lives just because he could.