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• Acceptable Targets - Some have theorized that Hayley is just a sociopathic sadist who looks for socially acceptable targets, like pedophiles.
  • Word of God has confirmed this.
  • Some believe that the writers view pedophiles and hebephiles as Acceptable Targets and were playing this trope straight.
• Alternate Character Interpretation - Both characters are subject to this, more so Hayley.
  • A lot of people seem to think Hayley was molested or otherwise abused, driving her to seek revenge on men like the one who hurt her, which does change things up a bit.
• Draco in Leather Pants: Similar to Sarah Connor, Hayley is seen by some as a righteous figure and paragon for feminism when in reality she's a sick and demented girl who tracks down child molesters so she has someone she can torture to death.
• Just Here for Godzilla: That torture scene.
• Magnificent Bastard: Hayley Stark.
• Mind Game Ship: Hayley and Jeff's entire interaction with each other.
• Misaimed Fandom - The ambiguity of the film strikes again.
• Moral Event Horizon - Jeff crosses it offscreen in the backstory by virtue of being a predatory hebephile, Hayley during the castration scene. Neither character is a good person at all.
• Narrowed It Down to The Guy I Recognize: Surprisingly subverted. Sandra Oh, despite appearing in several famous movies and shows (including a starring role in Grey's Anatomy) has been placed in a OneSceneWonder role as an extra; despite being very suspicious of Hayley, she disappears for the rest of the plot (besides Jeff using her suspicion to try and make Hayley paranoid) acting as a human RedHerring of sorts.