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* [[Death by Sex]] -- {{spoiler|Epiphany is murdered by the possessed Angel, who is revealed to be Johhny Favorite, with a gun to her vagina.}}
* [[Eye Scream]]: Dr. Fowler is shot directly through the eye.
* [[Fan Disservice]] -- One—One of the advertised draws of this movie was a naked Lisa Bonet. The actual scene had more to do with [[Squick]] than fantasy.
** About half of the sequence is a pretty straightforward sex scene, it's the second half where things get really creepy. Thank goodness for rewinding!
** Reminded this troper of ''[[The Wicker Man]]''--the—the ORIGINAL!--of "Willow's song". Which is also made of equal parts hard-on and stark horror.
** Not to mention that Lisa had a [[Wet Sari Scene]] earlier as well.
* [[Fan Service]]: Connie. Yowza.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Thankfully, we never see the [[Groin Attack]] on Toots. {{spoiler|Or Epiphany.}}
* [[Hellevator]] -- Mickey—Mickey Rourke takes a ride down to Hell in an elevator.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Law and Order|Captain Cragen]] or an ancestor as the lawyer representing Cyphre.
* [[Hollywood Voodoo]] -- However—However, has nothing to do with Satan or Satanism.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Harry, the main character, gets the crap kicked out of him in basically every scene. {{spoiler|And that's just the beginning of his torture.}}
** {{spoiler|Subverted in that Harry was killing all of the witnesses while in his Johnny persona.}}
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* [[Louis Cypher]] -- {{spoiler|Satan's appearance is under the pseudonym Louis Cyphre}} The [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Male Gaze]]: Angel watches a nurse's derriere as she walks away.
* [[Film Noir|Neo Noir]] -- One—One of the few examples of noir crossing over with horror.
* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]]: Det. Sterne. While he initially comes off as a vile racist, he does care about Epiphany and her orphaned kid. He gives hints about being a [[Beleaguered Bureaucrat]] as well.
* [[Obviously Evil]] / [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Even when you can't tell who Louis is, the man is delighting in his own evilness.
* [[Occult Law Firm]] -- Winesap—Winesap and MacIntosh.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Lisa Bonet was using this film as an opportunity to get away from her [[Contractual Purity]].
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: Averted with Dr. Fowler. Skull, blood and brain a-plenty on the pillow.
* [[Satan]] -- Makes—Makes an appearance.
* [[Sexy Secretary]]: Connie again. Obviously, Harry notices.
* [[The Stinger]]: "Harry?" "Johnny?"
* [[Surreal Horror]] -- Some—Some places in the movie get rather like this, especially the infamous sex scene.
* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: During the sex scene with Epiphany, "Honeymoon Blues" is on the radio ("Tom, Dick and Harry...") Then La Vern Baker's "Soul on Fire" takes over.
* [[The Big Easy]] -- The—The movie ends up in a stereotypical New Orleans.
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]] -- {{spoiler|Mickey Rourke}} Literally, since every time he looks in the mirror, he gets strange feelings.
** Actually pointed about by {{spoiler|Louis.}}
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{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Harry Angel'''}}: "I know who I am!"}}
** {{spoiler|Every time Harry becomes the murderous Johnny, it's indicated by a fan stopping and rotating backwards.}}
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]] -- Harry—Harry's "thing" with chickens. {{spoiler|After knowing the twist ending, it's [[Fridge Brilliance|possible]] that Harry is afraid of chickens because the blood of a dead chicken was used when Johnny Favorite traded places with him.}}
 
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