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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} You cannot fight a gun with a rosary.]]'']] |
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| 4 | ''Kisapmata'' is a 1981 Filipino PsychologicalHorror film written and directed by Mike de Leon. It stars Vic Silayan, Charo Santos, Charito Solis, and Jay Ilagan. |
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| 7 | !!''Kisapmata'' provides examples of: |
| 8 | * TheAlcoholic: Dadong is constantly drinking and often encourages Noel to drink too. |
| 9 | * BigBad: Dadong is the domineering and abusive patriarch of the Carandang family. He controls the entire household with an iron first and his abuse is the focus of the entire film. It is eventually revealed that Dadong [[spoiler:raped his daughter Mila and is the reason why she is pregnant in the first place]]. |
| 10 | * BookEnds: The film begins with a shot of the house's exterior at night and ends on the very same exterior at night. |
| 11 | * DownerEnding: The film ends with [[TheProtagonist Mila]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Noel]] attempting to escape [[BigBad Dadong]]'s abusive household once and for all. They fetch their belongings from one of the bedrooms only to be stopped by Dadong, who, after failing to convince Mila to stay, proceeds to [[spoiler:[[PaterFamilicide murder his wife, Mila, Noel, and then himself.]]]] |
| 12 | * FatBastard: Dadong is on the heavy side, likely stemming from [[TheAlcoholic his constant drinking]]; and is also a scumbag of a person who [[DomesticAbuse beats his wife]] and worst of all, [[spoiler:[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]] his [[ParentalIncest own daughter]]]]. |
| 13 | * PaterFamilicide: Dadong [[spoiler:kills his wife, his daughter, his son-in-law, and then [[MurderSuicide himself]] in the film's ending]]. |
| 14 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the middle of the night, Mila and Dely converse at the bottom of the stairs while Dadong is sleeping. It is here where Mila reveals that [[spoiler:[[ParentalIncest Dadong raped her]] and is the reason she is pregnant.]] |
| 15 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: Mila is noticably taller than her husband Noel. This is discussed InUniverse by Dadong, who uses that observation to mock Noel. |
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