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Angel Heart (1987)
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For the manga and anime series of this name, see Angel Heart.Angel Heart is a 1987 Religious Horror neo-noir film directed by Alan Parker, starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling and Lisa Bonet. The film is based on the 1978 novel Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg.Set in 1955, Harry Angel (Rourke), a New York private detective, is hired by a mysterious client (De Niro) who seeks to find a man named Johnny Favorite. This search leads him to New Orleans, deep in the heart of its voodoo district. What starts off as a simple missing person's case soon escalates into multiple murders and the supernatural.Upon release, the movie was controversial due to a sex scene with Lisa Bonet, which resulted in her being kicked off The Cosby Show. The scene had to be edited down for the film to get an R rating for its theatrical release; video releases restored the scene to its full length.Angel Heart was also the primary inspiration for the 1993 video game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, and listed as a partial inspiration for the 2003 video game Silent Hill 3's visual design.This movie depends on a massive Twist Ending, so a lot of the examples are spoiler-tagged. Highlight at your own risk. | |
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Fall Guy | |
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Fall Guy: Harry initially accuses Louis of murdering all of his witnesses to lay the blame on Harry. Louis chuckles that all of the murders were by Harry's hand — guided by him, of course. | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes: At the end when Cypher/Satan is telling the truth to Harry/Johnny, for a brief shot, his eyes change to yellow, at the point when he says that his soul belongs to him. A scene later, a baby is also seen with the same yellow eyes. | |
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I Am a Humanitarian: Johnny ate Harry's heart while it was still beating. Squick. | |
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Rage Against the Reflection | |
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Rage Against the Reflection: After having sex with Epiphany, Harry punches his hotel room mirror, cracking it. Something he'd probably wanted to do all film, since there's tomato in there. | |
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Trailers Always Spoil: The film's trailer alone cannot go 30 seconds without giving away important plot elements. | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy: Played with. Johnny/Harry kills several people under Satan's influence, but it's left deliberately vague whether the Devil is directly compelling him to commit the murders or if he's allowing Johnny Favorite's vile personality some freedom to indulge in these acts and Johnny is keeping Harry from finding out the truth about himself. | |
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Twist Ending | |
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Twist Ending: Harry Angel is Johnny Favorite. Every time Harry becomes the murderous Johnny, it's indicated by a fan stopping and rotating backwards, and the sound of a beating heart. | |
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Scare Chord | |
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Scare Chord: The soundtrack literally screams when Ethan's boiled corpse is found in the gumbo kettle. | |
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Visual Pun | |
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Visual Pun: In one scene, Cyphre is eating an egg, and salts it. He spills some salt carelessly; Harry, without thinking, invokedpicks some up and throws it over his left shoulder. | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death: Every. Single. Murder. Dr. Fowler is the only one to receive a quick death, and even then, it's hardly a clean one. | |
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Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit | |
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Inverted with Ethan Krusemark. He's s a workout junkie in the book who is described many times as good-looking, but in the film, he's a Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit. | |
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Deal with the Devil | |
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Deal with the Devil: Johnny Favorite selling his soul for stardom and then trying to get out of it by sacrificing an innocent man caused the whole plot. | |
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The Hedonist | |
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The Hedonist: Johnny Favourite. The whole plot was set off by his desire for fame, fortune and a chance to enjoy all the pleasures the world has to offer. | |
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Ironic Name | |
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Ironic Name: Epiphany. Shame she had to be the victim of her father's. | |
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Fat and Skinny | |
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Fat and Skinny: The two New Orleans policemen investigating Harry Angel - Detective Sterne is a very large, obese man who does all of the talking, his partner, Detective Deimos, is thin and quiet. | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog: It turns out that Harry himself had been hired by the devil to condemn himself to hell. | |
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Uncertain Doom | |
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Uncertain Doom: The real Harry Angel's soul is in Hell, but is it stuck there because of Johnny's actions? Will he be liberated when Johnny's soul is captured? | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Johnny Favorite to Epiphany. Her son's father isn't around either, but it's because she doesn't know who he is. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: Johnny Favorite's real name is Liebling, which is commonly used in German for "sweetheart" or "darling" (or angel), but its secondary meaning is "favorite". | |
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The Dreaded | |
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The Dreaded: Johnny Favourite. Everyone who knows Favourite is clearly terrified of his hedonistic evil. | |
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Trespassing to Talk | |
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Trespassing to Talk: Harry is snooping around Dr. Fowler house when the owner arrives. Harry decides to stick around and wait in the dark of the kitchen to surprise Fowler as he reaches for the morphine in the fridge. | |
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Beard of Evil | |
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Beard of Evil: The sinister Louis Cyphre sports a neat-looking beard. | |
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The Bad Guy Wins | |
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The Bad Guy Wins: The bad guy is running around killing off everybody Harry Angel interviews, and each one gets him in further trouble with the police. Harry Angel is desperately trying to clear his name and get the heck out of this madness. Unfortunately that's complicated when it turns out he is Johnny Favorite, the man he's been searching for the whole time. To make things worse, it turns out there was an even bigger bad guy- the Devil- who orchestrated the entire movie. Literally, after Johnny Favorite tried to cheat the Devil of the soul he owed him, he suffered an injury in World War II that gave him amnesia, allowing him to take over the memories of the man he tried to steal his soul from. Then the Devil let him fall into a false sense of security, only for it all to come crashing down around him twelve years later when he literally hired Favorite to find out who he really was, commit a series of sins that included rape and the murder of all the people who helped him in his efforts to get out of his deal- and in the process condemn himself to Hell, thus fulfilling his debt. There's a reason why the tagline was "Harry Angel is searching for the truth. Pray he doesn't find it". | |
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Tomato in the Mirror | |
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Tomato in the Mirror: Harold Angel is Johnny Favorite's assumed identity. Literally, since every time he looks in the mirror, he gets strange feelings. He even breaks a mirror at one point after seeing his reflection. This is actually pointed about by Louis. | |
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The Killer in Me | |
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The Killer in Me: Harry Angel is Johnny Favorite and committed all the murders himself, albeit under Cyphre's influence. | |
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Phallic Weapon | |
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Phallic Weapon: Epiphany is killed by gunshot. The shot in question comes from a gun stuffed into her nether regions. We thankfully don't get to see the murder, only the aftermath. | |
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Defective Detective | |
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Defective Detective: Harry's office is in a run-down state. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: It's debatable how much sympathy Louis feels towards Harry, but he calls the original Harry "that poor boy" whose heart was ripped out and eaten by Johnny. | |
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Beat Still, My Heart | |
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Beat Still, My Heart: Margaret, in a scene that is actually an in-universe Call-Back to what happened to the real Harry Angel. The scene is punctuated by a little girl tap dancing in the rain, mimicking a heartbeat. | |
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Awful Truth | |
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Awful Truth: See everything spoiled out. | |
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Split Personality | |
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Split Personality: Harry and Johnny, due to a combination of Amnesiac Dissonance and Your Soul Is Mine!. | |
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Face Death with Dignity | |
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Face Death with Dignity: Upon realizing there's no escape from Gruesome Gertie, Harry calmly accepts his eternal damnation. | |
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Child of Two Worlds | |
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Child of Two Worlds: Epiphany is this, having been born from a love affair between her black mother and her white father. It's worst when her illegitimate father is also suspect Johnny Favorite. | |
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Amnesiac Liar | |
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Amnesiac Liar: A variant. After Johnny Favorite took over Harry Angel's soul and got Identity Amnesia during the war, Harry's identity took hold of Johnny and convinced him to be Harry rather than Johnny. | |
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Ambiguous Ending | |
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Ambiguous Ending: Was Harry Angel ever present in the film? Or was it simply Johnny Favorite believing he was Harry Angel? If he was, then when Johnny's soul is taken (rightfully) to Hell, did Harry's soul go with him? | |
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Have We Met? | |
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Have We Met?: When Harold Angel visits his new client Mr. Cyphre, the latter notes that Angel somehow looks familiar, but Angel doesn't think they've met before. It turns out that Cyphre is actually Satan. He has a contract on Angel's soul, and was just messing with the amnesiac Angel. | |
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Becoming the Mask | |
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Becoming the Mask: Johnny Favorite lives on borrowed time by stealing Harry Angel's soul and identity. It works so well that he believes that he is "Harry Angel", and only becomes Johnny again during his memory blackouts when he commits grisly murders. | |
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Teen Pregnancy | |
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Teen Pregnancy: Epiphany had her son at age 16. Harry comments that it's kind of young to have a kid; she replies it's old enough. | |
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Sexy Soaked Shirt | |
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Lisa has a Sexy Soaked Shirt scene, plus nudity during her sex scenes. | |
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The Stinger | |
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The Stinger: "Harry?" "Johnny?" | |
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Door-Closes Ending | |
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Door-Closes Ending: Inverted. The film ends with a door opening, but the situation couldn't be more sinister. | |
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Gory Discretion Shot | |
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Gory Discretion Shot: Thankfully, we never see the Groin Attack on Toots. Or Epiphany. | |
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Wham Shot | |
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Wham Shot: All of the murders performed by Johnny Favorite after Harry interviews them. Louis Cypher finally showing his Game Face after teasing Harry about his identity ("If I had cloven hooves and a tail, would you be more convinced?") | |
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| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_4e7f703c | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_506bf16a | type |
Sex Signals Death | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_506bf16a | comment |
Sex Signals Death: When Epiphany has sex with Angel, he starts strangling her. She is later murdered by the possessed Angel, who is revealed to be Johhny Favorite—who is also, by the way, HER FATHER—with a gun to her vagina. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_506bf16a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_506bf16a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_506bf16a | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_50cc01e1 | type |
Do Not Call Me "Paul" | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_50cc01e1 | comment |
Do Not Call Me "Paul": Harry during the climax demands Louis stop calling him "Johnny". | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_50cc01e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_50cc01e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_50cc01e1 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5319eefb | type |
Book Safe | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5319eefb | comment |
Book Safe: Dr. Fowler keeps the bullets for his revolver hidden in a fake bible. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5319eefb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5319eefb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5319eefb | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_537dd8fe | type |
Affably Evil | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_537dd8fe | comment |
Affably Evil: The Krusemarks. In fact, you wouldn't guess Margaret was a devil worshiper or evil at first or even second glance. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_537dd8fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_537dd8fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_537dd8fe | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5456f857 | type |
Too Important to Walk | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5456f857 | comment |
Too Important to Walk: During a parade, the shady pastor John is being carried around in a sedan chair. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5456f857 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5456f857 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5456f857 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_557838d1 | type |
Adaptational Attractiveness | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: In the book, Harry Angel is described as being slightly overweight with a black mustache and graying hair. Mickey Rourke on the other hand... Inverted with Ethan Krusemark. He's s a workout junkie in the book who is described many times as good-looking, but in the film, he's a Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_557838d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_557838d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_557838d1 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5670cddb | type |
Troubled Backstory Flashback | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5670cddb | comment |
Troubled Backstory Flashback: Harry's amnesia loosens up which leads to him having multiple flashbacks to the Tickertape Parade on the fateful night in New York. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5670cddb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5670cddb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5670cddb | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_596f675a | type |
Smoking Is Cool | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_596f675a | comment |
Smoking Is Cool: Played absolutely straight by Harry Angel. He even lights his matches in a badass way (striking it against a dead man's shoe!) Averted by Margaret, who tells Johnny not to light up in her apartment. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_596f675a | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_596f675a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_596f675a | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_59fe174d | type |
Devil, but No God | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_59fe174d | comment |
Devil, but No God: There's no mention of God or any other deity who could intervene to stop The Devil. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_59fe174d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_59fe174d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_59fe174d | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bc2106 | type |
Your Costume Needs Work | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bc2106 | comment |
Your Costume Needs Work: Harry's first reaction to Louis claiming to be the Devil, saying that it might fool superstitious people like Margaret and Toots, but he wouldn't buy it. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bc2106 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bc2106 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bc2106 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bca5a56 | type |
Surprise Incest | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bca5a56 | comment |
Surprise Incest: Harry has sex with Epiphany, who's Johnny's daughter. Turns out, Harry is Johnny. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bca5a56 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bca5a56 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5bca5a56 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5beef860 | type |
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5beef860 | comment |
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Harry's "thing" with chickens. After knowing the twist ending, it's possible that Harry is afraid of chickens because the blood of a dead chicken was used when Johnny Favorite traded places with him. Also, eggs are the symbol of the soul. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5beef860 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5beef860 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5beef860 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5c9503db | type |
Classy Cane | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5c9503db | comment |
Classy Cane: The mysterious client sports one. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5c9503db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5c9503db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5c9503db | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5ce2c9c6 | type |
Suddenly Shouting | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5ce2c9c6 | comment |
Suddenly Shouting: Harry tends to do this as he becomes more and more unhinged, such as exploding at Ethan, "THAT'S A CROCK OF SHIT! YOU'RE THE DEVIL WORSHIPPER!" | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5ce2c9c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5ce2c9c6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5ce2c9c6 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5d88876d | type |
Chocolate Baby | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5d88876d | comment |
Chocolate Baby: After The Reveal, people find it hard to believe that the light-skinned mixed-raced African American Epiphany is the illegitimate daughter of Johnny Favorite, due to her father being white. And nobody believes Angel when he tells them otherwise. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5d88876d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_5d88876d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_5d88876d | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_606244c2 | type |
Parental Incest | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_606244c2 | comment |
Parental Incest: Doubling as Surprise Incest. Epiphany has sex with Angel, who is later revealed to be her father. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_606244c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_606244c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_606244c2 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_616c4844 | type |
Getting the Boot | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_616c4844 | comment |
Getting the Boot: In Louisiana, Harry gets thrown from the pub into a pile of trash after pestering Toots Sweet for too long. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_616c4844 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_616c4844 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_616c4844 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_62f9d08e | type |
Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_62f9d08e | comment |
Freeze-Frame Bonus: During the infamous sex scene, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of Winesap getting murdered. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_62f9d08e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_62f9d08e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_62f9d08e | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_63c6a75c | type |
Evil Lawyer Joke | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_63c6a75c | comment |
Evil Lawyer Joke: After informing Harry that Winesap met an unfortunate end due to a "nasty accident", Louis / Lucifer jokes that "one less attorney" in the world doesn't really matter, even though there has been nothing to suggest that Winesap is corrupt or evil in any way or knew who his client really was. He just wanted to clean up all the loose ends, denying Harry / Johnny anyone who can corroborate his story. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_63c6a75c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_63c6a75c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_63c6a75c | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_65c0f3fa | type |
Dance of Romance | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_65c0f3fa | comment |
Dance of Romance: Harry Angel and Epiphany share one in his hotel room together, set to Lavern Baker's "Soul On Fire". | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_65c0f3fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_65c0f3fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_65c0f3fa | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Aside from the Louis Cyphre pun, Louis' last name is a homonym for cipher, a secret or code. Also, "Harold Angel" puns the song "Hark, the herald angels sing"— as in, "Pay attention, Harry used to be the singer." Johnny Favorite's real name was Jonathan Liebling. Jonathan means "God's gift" and Liebling means "favorite". The law firm Cyphere hires is Winesap and MacIntosh. Considering who Cyphere is, it's pretty appropriate for him to associate with apples. Epiphany is central to Harry discovering the truth. Her mother, Evangeline, is named after the title character in the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Like her namesake, she died waiting for Johnny to return. This is noted by a few characters in the film. The smaller and quieter detective investigating Harry Angel is named Deimos. In Greek mythology, Deimos was the god of terror. While the detective himself is mild-mannered and less than terrifying, the circumstances under which he and his partner arrest Harry are certainly terrifying. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bda9a30 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bf93fc7 | type |
FanService | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bf93fc7 | comment |
Fanservice: Lisa has a Sexy Soaked Shirt scene, plus nudity during her sex scenes. Harry's girlfriend/Girl Friday, who appears in one sequence to give him info on Johnny Favorite...which they discuss amid having her undress while sitting in bed with him. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bf93fc7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bf93fc7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_6bf93fc7 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Toots Sweet, as in tout de suite, French for basically "do it fast!" | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6d7026fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_6d7026fa | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6e8b95dc | type |
The Teaser | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6e8b95dc | comment |
The Teaser: The opening scene reveals a corpse in an alley. It sets up the tone of the movie but has no relevance for the actual plot. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6e8b95dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_6e8b95dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_6e8b95dc | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72246a54 | type |
Game Face | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72246a54 | comment |
Louis Cypher finally showing his Game Face after teasing Harry about his identity ("If I had cloven hooves and a tail, would you be more convinced?") | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72246a54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72246a54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_72246a54 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72d31973 | type |
Surreal Horror | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72d31973 | comment |
Surreal Horror: Some places in the movie get rather like this, especially the infamous sex scene. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72d31973 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_72d31973 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_72d31973 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_733ca2f8 | type |
Noble Bigot with a Badge | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_733ca2f8 | comment |
Noble Bigot with a Badge: Det. Sterne. While he initially comes off as a vile racist, referring to blacks as "jigaboos" and fully supporting segregation, he does care about Epiphany and her orphaned kid. He gives hints about being a Beleaguered Bureaucrat as well. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_733ca2f8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_733ca2f8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_733ca2f8 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7374ab13 | type |
Once More, with Clarity | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7374ab13 | comment |
Once More, with Clarity: After Harry's true identity is revealed, we get flashbacks to his earlier encounters with the murder victims but this time we see how Harry actually murders them. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7374ab13 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7374ab13 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_7374ab13 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_73fbe27d | type |
It's the Journey That Counts | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_73fbe27d | comment |
It's the Journey That Counts: A rather dark variation. The Devil could have just claimed Johnny's soul right there and then, but he forced him to recognize he really wasn't Harry, remember when he did to sell his soul, and engineer it so Johnny was good and executed so there was no escape from paying his debt. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_73fbe27d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_73fbe27d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_73fbe27d | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7458a1a4 | type |
Southern Gothic Satan | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7458a1a4 | comment |
Southern Gothic Satan: The Trope Namer for Louis Cypher, who is well-dressed, urbane, polite, and considers self-damning souls to be the most fun to collect. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7458a1a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7458a1a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_7458a1a4 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_77c9a628 | type |
Your Soul Is Mine! | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_77c9a628 | comment |
Your Soul Is Mine!: Turns out that Johnny Favorite did this rather gruesomely to the completely innocent Harry Angel to try and get out of his Deal with the Devil. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_77c9a628 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_77c9a628 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_77c9a628 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_792bb47a | type |
Heroic Bastard | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_792bb47a | comment |
Heroic Bastard: Epiphany was conceived from a love affair her mother had with an engaged man, who was Johnny Favorite. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_792bb47a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_792bb47a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_792bb47a | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7a32312a | type |
Rain of Blood | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7a32312a | comment |
Rain of Blood: This literally happens during the surreal, disturbing sex scene between Harry and Epiphany, as the rain leaking through the roof of Harry's fleabag apartment first increases to an unrealistic amount, and then turns to blood. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7a32312a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7a32312a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_7a32312a | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c0bfb83 | type |
Obviously Evil | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c0bfb83 | comment |
Obviously Evil: Even when you can't tell who Louis is, the man is delighting in his own evilness. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c0bfb83 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c0bfb83 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c0bfb83 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c58fe32 | type |
Louis Cypher | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c58fe32 | comment |
Louis Cypher: Played perfectly straight. Satan's appearance is under the pseudonym Louis Cyphre, The Trope Namer. Lampshaded by Harry. With another lampshade piled on by Louis right after. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c58fe32 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c58fe32 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_7c58fe32 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_801415e6 | type |
Hand of Glory | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_801415e6 | comment |
Hand of Glory: While searching Madame Krusemark's home, Harry finds one that she kept in a box, a hint of the Dark Magic that she and Johnny practiced. Ethan is in loving awe of her possession of it. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_801415e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_801415e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_801415e6 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Gerald Orange (Paster John). | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_823c6e3e | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8404a0f3 | type |
Amnesiac Dissonance | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8404a0f3 | comment |
Amnesiac Dissonance: Harry discovers that the evil murderer that he was hired to find was himself, and not only that, he also found out that he had had sex with his daughter. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8404a0f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8404a0f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_8404a0f3 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_856a425a | type |
TheFifties | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_856a425a | comment |
The '50s: The opening title card informs the viewer that the film takes place in 1955. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_856a425a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_856a425a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_856a425a | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_864aa9 | type |
Hellevator | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_864aa9 | comment |
Hellevator: At the very end of the film, Harry Angel (aka Johnny Favorite) takes a ride on one of these. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_864aa9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_864aa9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_864aa9 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87646020 | type |
Memory Gambit | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87646020 | comment |
Memory Gambit: Johnny's plan to use Harry Angel's soul was derailed by his shellshock-induced amnesia. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87646020 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87646020 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_87646020 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87ede6fc | type |
That Man Is Dead | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87ede6fc | comment |
That Man Is Dead: Ethan tells Harry about Johnny, "As far as I'm concerned, that dance band scumbag is dead." Margaret tells Harry that Johnny is dead, and if he isn't, he's dead to her. Turns out both were just expressing wishful thinking. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87ede6fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_87ede6fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_87ede6fc | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_890d4ef2 | type |
Humiliation Conga | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_890d4ef2 | comment |
Humiliation Conga: Harry, the main character, gets the crap kicked out of him in basically every scene. And that's just the beginning of his torture. Subverted in that Harry was killing all of the witnesses while in his Johnny persona. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_890d4ef2 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_890d4ef2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_890d4ef2 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8947140b | type |
Significant Reference Date | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8947140b | comment |
Significant Reference Date: In the movie, Johnny Favorite's birthday is the same as director Alan Parker's (February 14) which coincidentally is also ValentinesDay. In the book, it's June 2, the same as the birthday of author William Hjortsberg. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8947140b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8947140b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_8947140b | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_898ff050 | comment |
Villain Protagonist: Since Harry is Johnny, he turns out to be this. He was an occultist who cut out a young man's heart to escape his Deal with the Devil. When he finally takes the elevator ride down to Hell he seems to fully accept his punishment. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_898ff050 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_898ff050 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_898ff050 | |
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Cold Ham | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_89fb838b | comment |
Cold Ham: DeNiro is obviously having a wonderful time with the role. At any moment you expect him to giggle. Note that he manages to ham it up without speaking all that loudly; he remains quite soft-spoken and calm throughout the film, but his enjoyment is just streaming from his body language. A prime example is when Harry talks about Toots' messy Groin Attack in blunt terms. Louis chastises him for using such language in a church, but he's obviously enjoying the sacrilege. Many other characters enjoy this, such as Dann Florek (Herman Winesap) and Stocker Fontelieu (Ethan Krusmark): | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_89fb838b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Angel Heart (1987) / int_89fb838b | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8d0785d5 | type |
Didn't Think This Through | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8d0785d5 | comment |
Didn't Think This Through: Johnny Favorite's plan. In a setting where the only options for an afterlife are Heaven and Hell, what good did he think it would do him to murder the original Harry Angel and use his soul as a disguise? Did he think he would get into Heaven? | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8d0785d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_8d0785d5 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8e0ceeaa | type |
Identity Denial | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8e0ceeaa | comment |
Identity Denial: "I know who I am!" He doesn't at first. But seconds later he stares into the mirror and repeats the phrase in grief. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8e0ceeaa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_8e0ceeaa | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: Considering how many of the murder victims were in some way part of Johnny Favorite's Deal with the Devil scheme, it's hard to feel sorry for some of them (especially the Krusemarks, who helped Favorite murder the real Harry Angel to steal his soul). The major exception is Epiphany, whose supernatural rites seem to be pretty harmless and did nothing to deserve getting raped to death with a loaded gun by her own father. Played with in the case of Johnny Favorite. As he's a vicious murderer, his most deserved punishment is being dragged to hell. However this happens when he's still in the Harry Angel persona, who's a much better man than him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Angel Heart (1987) / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9584d9d3 | type |
HeartBeatSoundtrack | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9584d9d3 | comment |
Heart Beat Soundtrack: A heartbeat plays during the film's background music whenever Harry Angel has nightmares or Johnny Favorite does something bad. | |
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1.0 | |
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Angel Heart (1987) / int_9584d9d3 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_95a18ad7 | type |
Devil in Disguise | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_95a18ad7 | comment |
Devil in Disguise: The Devil poses as a human businessman named Louis Cypher to lead a man to his doom who previously made a Deal with the Devil before trying to screw him over. At the end, when the man discovers the truth but is still very much in denial, Mephistopheles suggests he could just turn into a Big Red Devil if that's what it takes to convince him. He doesn't, instead settling for some spooky yellow eyes for a few seconds. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_95a18ad7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Angel Heart (1987) / int_95a18ad7 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_95b7c400 | type |
Faux Affably Evil | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_95b7c400 | comment |
Faux Affably Evil: Louis at first appears to simply be Affably Evil, but as his manner barely changes even as he becomes increasingly malevolent, he falls into this. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_95b7c400 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_95b7c400 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_967856d8 | type |
Hired to Hunt Yourself | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_967856d8 | comment |
Hired to Hunt Yourself: Harry unwittingly is doing this. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Angel Heart (1987) / int_967856d8 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_96a33f11 | type |
Riddle for the Ages | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_96a33f11 | comment |
Riddle for the Ages: What were the original terms of the contract that Cyphre signed with Johnny Favorite? How did Louis Cyphre find Harry Angel and did he know who he was from the start or was he waiting to find out once Harry figured out who he was? | |
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1.0 | |
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| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_96a33f11 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_977a6ec0 | type |
Girl Friday | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_977a6ec0 | comment |
Harry's girlfriend/Girl Friday, who appears in one sequence to give him info on Johnny Favorite...which they discuss amid having her undress while sitting in bed with him. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_977a6ec0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_977a6ec0 | |
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Rewatch Bonus | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_97926168 | comment |
Rewatch Bonus: This is a very sad movie from the beginning if you know where it's going. | |
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1.0 | |
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Angel Heart (1987) / int_97926168 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: When Harry finds Margaret's heart, you hear Epiphany's screams from later in the film. Many of the images in Harry's nightmares are in fact Johnny's memories of the events of Harry's death, or images of Hell. Several of the soon-to-be-dead characters are seen beside ice: Fowler has his icebox; Margaret passes an ice wagon before boarding the tram; Ethan is seen surrounded by ice during his exposition dump. During an initial meeting with Cyphre when being told that Johnny Favorite was posted overseas and seriously injured before he could fulfill his contract, Harry says that he also was drafted and sent to Europe where he was soon seriously injured. Cyphre asking Harry "Haven't we met before?..." The fact that someone very strongly suggested to be Satan in his introduction - the nails, the pentagram on the ring, the beard, the freaking name Lou Cyphre - with all his omnipotency suddenly needs a private eye to track a certain person. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Angel Heart (1987) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9da6354b | type |
Reality Has No Subtitles | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9da6354b | comment |
Reality Has No Subtitles: Margaret and her maid have a short conversation in French. Basically, Margaret asks the maid to make some tea, and the maid asks if Margaret wants to use the good China. Margaret says "no". | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_9da6354b | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9e447c8c | type |
Suspiciously Apropos Music | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9e447c8c | comment |
Suspiciously Apropos Music: During the sex scene with Epiphany, La Vern Barker's "Soul on Fire" is on the radio, starting with "Tom, Dick and Harry..." — then starts in with "setting my soul on fire." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_9e447c8c | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: The tune to "Girl of My Dreams" (In-Universe sung by Johnny Favorite but in reality, Glen Gray) keeps haunting Harry - it's the only notes he knows how to play on a piano. Even Epiphany sings it in the bathtub at one point. That's because it was Johnny Favorite's most popular song. It makes sense Epiphany's mother would sing it to her. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_9f6fb586 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_9f6fb586 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a3673c4c | type |
It Gets Easier | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a3673c4c | comment |
It Gets Easier: Inverted. Harry goes from being invoked"Angst? What Angst?" about Fowler's grisly murder (even callously lighting his match with the dead man's shoe!), and gets increasingly paranoid and frightened with each successive murder, til he's full-on (deserved) Wangst at The Reveal. | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a3673c4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_a3673c4c | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a392f00d | type |
Occult Law Firm | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a392f00d | comment |
Occult Law Firm: Winesap and MacIntosh. Rule of Symbolism - both names are types of apples, alluding to the biblical story of the devil manipulating Eve to eat the Forbidden Fruit. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_a392f00d | |
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Double-Meaning Title | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a4905771 | comment |
Double-Meaning Title: The title refers to the beating heart belonging to the original Harold Angel that Johnny Favorite stole, but the meaning is also more literal in that the movie deals with an actual angel—just not a very good one. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_a4905771 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a7055a94 | type |
Classical Anti-Hero | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a7055a94 | comment |
Classical Anti-Hero: Mixed with Anti-Hero. Harry is a well-meaning PI who uses methods that skirt the law or even break it. He is a genuine Nice Guy who has one Fatal Flaw. That flaw being having the soul of an evil man trying to escape the Devil. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_a7055a94 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a99f4468 | type |
Bigot with a Badge | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_a99f4468 | comment |
Bigot with a Badge: As would be typical for most police officers in the 1950s South, Detective Sterne isn't shy about expressing his racial views. He seems to despise Harry Angel at least as much for having a black girl in his bed as for being a prime suspect in a murder case. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_a99f4468 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_aaa35901 | type |
My Card | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_aaa35901 | comment |
My Card: Harry hands out notes with his address to Epiphany and Toots Sweet ... in case they remembered anything. | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_aaa35901 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_aaa35901 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ac09dc0f | type |
Alas, Poor Villain | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ac09dc0f | comment |
Alas, Poor Villain: Johnny Favorite may be an evil S.O.B., but the Harry Angel persona seems like a pretty decent guy. Too bad they're both going to Hell... | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ac09dc0f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_ac09dc0f | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: When viewing the montage of people he killed as Johnny, when he sees, finally, Epiphany, you can see the "Oh, no!" form on his face. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_ad1db87c | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Epiphany, whose shirts are almost always see-through. | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b032e4ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_b032e4ed | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b034d333 | type |
Film Noir | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b034d333 | comment |
Film Noir: One of the few examples of noir crossing over with horror. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b034d333 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b034d333 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_b034d333 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b486877f | type |
Squick | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_b486877f | comment |
One of the advertised draws of this movie was a naked Lisa Bonet. The actual scene had more to do with invokedsquick than fantasy. About half of the sequence is a pretty straightforward sex scene, it's the second half where things get really creepy as blood starts pouring down the walls and shots of violence are shown intermittently. There's also the revelation later on that Epiphany was really Harold's daughter, further adding to the squickiness. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_b486877f | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bb99411d | type |
It's Always Mardi Gras in New Orleans | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bb99411d | comment |
It's Always Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Averted. The film takes place in New Orleans during a festival but it's a voodoo festival. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bb99411d | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bb99411d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_bb99411d | |
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Sexophone | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_be6b0200 | comment |
Sexophone: Taking place in the neo-noir 1950s, the film's soundtrack consists of this. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_be6b0200 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bef696dd | type |
Mind Screw | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bef696dd | comment |
Mind Screw: Neither the murders nor Harry Angel's reaction to them make much sense (nor do Harry's fragmented memories and dreams of Time's Square and various Church scenes) until after the reveal that "Harry Angel" is Johnny Favorite living on borrowed time thanks to co-opting the real Harry Angel's soul through Satanic rituals. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_bef696dd | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bf1255fa | type |
Really Gets Around | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bf1255fa | comment |
Really Gets Around: Implied with Epiphany's mother Evangeline when questioned by Harry Angel and whether or not she had a favorite boyfriend i.e Johnny Favorite. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_bf1255fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_bf1255fa | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c0d32460 | type |
Sexy Secretary | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c0d32460 | comment |
Sexy Secretary: Harry's girlfriend Connie. Also the Hospital Hottie/secretary at the asylum. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c0d32460 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c0d32460 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_c0d32460 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c3bafbce | type |
Satan | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c3bafbce | comment |
Satan: Makes an appearance. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c3bafbce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c3bafbce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_c3bafbce | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c4240537 | type |
Moral Event Horizon | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c4240537 | comment |
Moral Event Horizon: In-Universe. Cyphre tells Harry "You were doomed from the moment you slit that young boy in half", which implies that until that point, Johnny could have backed out of his deal and avoided Hell. But once he committed the sin of murder, he was damned regardless. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c4240537 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c4240537 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_c4240537 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c5249b29 | type |
Nice Guy | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c5249b29 | comment |
Nice Guy: Harry's default mode. It turns out to be a mask, as he's actually the most evil person in the film, being a cannibalistic occultist, incestuous rapist and multiple murderer. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c5249b29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c5249b29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_c5249b29 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c660bc15 | type |
Fan Disservice | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c660bc15 | comment |
Fan Disservice: One of the advertised draws of this movie was a naked Lisa Bonet. The actual scene had more to do with invokedsquick than fantasy. About half of the sequence is a pretty straightforward sex scene, it's the second half where things get really creepy as blood starts pouring down the walls and shots of violence are shown intermittently. There's also the revelation later on that Epiphany was really Harold's daughter, further adding to the squickiness. Epiphany at the Voodoo ritual does an erotic dance with her breasts showing, but since she's covered in chicken blood during the dance, it's not meant to be appealing. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c660bc15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c660bc15 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_c660bc15 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Several to Oedipus the King. Some more obvious than others. The entire story is basically a replay of the play's plot, particularly the detective who ultimately solves his own crime, and learns that you cannot escape fate. Cyphre's line, "How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise," is a line from the play. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_c75df49a | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ca803bc0 | type |
Anachronistic Clue | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ca803bc0 | comment |
Anachronistic Clue: Harry Angel spots a document as forged because it had been completed in ballpoint pen, which weren't available in the US until after World War II. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ca803bc0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_ca803bc0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_ca803bc0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cc39902e | type |
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cc39902e | comment |
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Johnny Favourite. He's frequently described as being quite handsome with a wonderful singing voice. Now, if only people would see the true Favourite... | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cc39902e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cc39902e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_cc39902e | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd01a310 | type |
LampShade | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd01a310 | comment |
With another lampshade piled on by Louis right after. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd01a310 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd01a310 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd01a310 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd3703a2 | type |
Genre Mashup | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd3703a2 | comment |
Genre Mashup: Religious Horror and neo-noir. One early trailer even characterized it as a blend of The Exorcist and Chinatown. It also throws some erotic thriller and Psychological Horror elements in for good measure. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd3703a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd3703a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_cd3703a2 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cdfe12c3 | type |
Nothing Is Scarier | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cdfe12c3 | comment |
Nothing Is Scarier: This was a movie that managed to make a man biting into a hard-boiled egg seem terrifying. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cdfe12c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_cdfe12c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_cdfe12c3 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_d332bf54 | type |
Lampshaded | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_d332bf54 | comment |
Lampshaded by Harry. | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_d332bf54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_d332bf54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) | hasFeature |
Angel Heart (1987) / int_d332bf54 | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_d8085f48 | type |
Hollywood Voodoo | |
| Angel Heart (1987) / int_d8085f48 | comment |
Hollywood Voodoo: Subverted. Epiphany is seen taking part in a voodoo ritual where she douses herself with chicken blood, but her beliefs are shown to be pretty much harmless. While Det. Sterne claims they 86 each other twice a week, Epiphany firmly states they don't murder anyone. The villain himself however is a Hollywood Satanist. Harry sarcastically comments that the chicken will die anyway as food; Epiphany snaps back that worshiping a man brutally murdered and stuck on a cross isn't exactly wholesome imagery either. | |
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Religious Horror: The film has some really creepy religious elements. It turns out at the end that the entire plot was orchestrated by Satan himself, who hired Johnny Favorite to condemn himself to Hell. | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys. Johnny Favorite was a real ladies' man. Subverted with Epiphany's mother however, who according to her daughter eventually realized what a monster Favorite was. | |
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The Grunting Orgasm | |
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The Grunting Orgasm: Harry Angel lets out a few grunts after having sex with Epiphany. | |
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Black Jezebel Stereotype | |
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Black Jezebel Stereotype: Epiphany Proudfoot (played by Lisa Bonet) whose sex scene is so graphic that the film almost earned an X rating. Her entire plot involvement is having sex with the hero who turned out to be her father and then get raped and killed. | |
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Male Gaze | |
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Male Gaze: Angel watches a nurse's derriere as she walks away. | |
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What Is Evil? | |
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What Is Evil?: Ethan invokes the trope during his argument with Harry. | |
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Hollywood Satanism | |
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Hollywood Satanism: Played straight, complete with human sacrifice and cannibalism. The Krusemarks themselves are Affably Evil. | |
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Moe Greene Special | |
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Moe Greene Special: Dr. Fowler is shot directly through the eye. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: In a profound case of Nothing Is Scarier: Epiphany also dies from such an attack, a rare female version that proves equally horrifying. Essentially, she was raped to death using a gun shoved into her vagina and eventually fired. By her own possessed father, no less. | |
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Insult Backfire | |
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Insult Backfire: Lucifer's reaction when Harry figures him out and calls him on the obvious pun deriving from his earthly pseudonym. | |
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Evil-Detecting Dog | |
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Evil-Detecting Dog: Dogs seem to really not like Harold Angel, because they sense who he really, unknowingly is. | |
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