Session 9/YMMV
- Alternate Character Interpretation: Some are left with the impression that Gordon was not really Axe Crazy, but instead suffering from a case of Demonic Possession.
- This theory is supported by some deleted scenes, which show that the Simon "personality" is actually a murderous demonic entity which hops from victim to victim, preying upon their weakness as a way in ("I live in the weak and the wounded"), and then using their bodies to commit murders.
- However, it works just as well as a metaphor as it does literally. The movie leaves it ambiguous.
- This theory is supported by some deleted scenes, which show that the Simon "personality" is actually a murderous demonic entity which hops from victim to victim, preying upon their weakness as a way in ("I live in the weak and the wounded"), and then using their bodies to commit murders.
- Complete Monster: Simon, whether he's merely an alternate personality or you subscribe to the theory that he's a demon possessing people and forcing them to kill.
- Hell Is That Noise: Simon's voice.
- Nightmare Fuel:
- What Are You Doing Here? and Simon take the cake.
- Hank walking through the Abandoned Hospital at night, happily stealing stuff. Then he starts hearing strange noises behind him, and something steps into the corridor...
- 'DO IT, GORDON."
- Narm: Hey... *points* Fuck youuu!
- Tear Jerker: Gordon's final phone call to his wife.
- The Woobie: Jeff, who sees one of the cruelest uses of Chekhov's Gun that this Troper has ever seen.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Gordon