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* AxCrazy: She puppeteers Dianna and goes around killing Taryn's friends (including Niki's friends that were invited for her birthday) one by one during the climax of the film. Bonus points for her weapon of choice being an axe.

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* AxCrazy: She puppeteers Dianna and goes around killing Taryn's friends (including Niki's friends that were invited for her birthday) a lot of the characters one by one during the climax of the film. Bonus points for her weapon of choice being an axe.
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* AxCrazy: She puppeteers Dianna and goes around killing Taryn's friends one by one during the climax of the film. Bonus points for her weapon of choice being an axe.

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* AxCrazy: She puppeteers Dianna and goes around killing Taryn's friends (including Niki's friends that were invited for her birthday) one by one during the climax of the film. Bonus points for her weapon of choice being an axe.
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* AxCrazy: She puppeteers Dianna and goes around killing Taryn's friends one by one during the climax of the film. Bonus points for her weapon of choice being an axe.
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* AnkleDrag: Jenna gets dragged into a dark room by [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden Lizzie Borden's ghost]] and that's the last we see of her.
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* DemonicPossession: Lizzie was the victim of this ''and'' the perpetrator. She's in possession of Dianna for most of the film and then possesses Taryn at the end.
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The ghost of the [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden infamous woman]] who allegedly murdered her parents with an axe.

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The ghost of the [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden infamous woman]] who allegedly murdered her parents with an axe.axe in 1892.
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[[folder: Lizzie Borden]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Nicole Holland
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The ghost of the [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden infamous woman]] who allegedly murdered her parents with an axe.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: She has red eyes when she gets possessed by the spirit of Lizzie Borden at the end.
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* DemonicPossession: [[DownerEnding The movie ends with her getting possessed]] by [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden Lizzie Borden's]] spirit and staying in the Borden house for good, with her last line being "I'm home now."
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He presents himself as an easygoing cop, but let's all of Taryn's friends die (which includes encouraging Scott to commit suicide) and causes her to get [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden Lizzie Borden's]] spirit at the end.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He presents himself as an easygoing cop, but he let's all of Taryn's friends die (which includes encouraging Scott to commit suicide) and just to bring her back to the Borden house. In the end, he causes her Taryn to get [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden Lizzie Borden's]] spirit at the end.spirit.
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[[folder: Officer Alvarez]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Nicholas Talone
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He presents himself as an easygoing cop, but let's all of Taryn's friends die (which includes encouraging Scott to commit suicide) and causes her to get [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden Lizzie Borden's]] spirit at the end.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Taryn's father abandoned her as a child after the death of her birth mother and her grandparents. Soon, she was found by the cops and adopted by Michael's family.

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* ParentalAbandonment: After Taryn's biological mother committed suicide, her father abandoned her as a child after the death of her birth mother and her grandparents.her. Soon, she was found by the cops and adopted by Michael's family.
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* [[FlatCharacter Flat Characters]]: The viewer doesn't learn much about them or their personalities before they get killed (or, in Taryn's case, [[DemonicPossession possessed]]) and most of them have no importance to the plot. The only important character is Taryn, but even she has a lack of discernable traits besides it being mentioned that she doesn't like her brother's girlfriend (which is only brought up once).
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I had it wrong. Taryn's parents and grandparents died when she was an infant, not a toddler. That's why she didn't remember.


* TraumaInducedAmnesia: As a toddler, Taryn witnessed her mother kill her grandparents (under the possession of UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden) and commit suicide right in front of her. Afterwards, her father abandoned her and she was adopted by Michael's family. It's implied that the trauma caused her to forget about her old childhood home and her original family.
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* AdoptionAngst: Technically. The situation isn't him angsting over ''himself'' being adopted, but his sister, Taryn being adopted. When Michael finds out, he's in disbelief over the fact that Taryn is not his "real" sister (even though she is his sister, regardless of them being blood-related or not).
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish sibling to Taryn's responsible sibling. He brushes off Taryn's concerns and tells her not to "ruin everything" with her worrying.
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* FlatCharacter: Despite being a part of the main group, Jenna is just kinda ''there'' and her presence doesn't really add anything. She also has the least amount of lines.

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* FlatCharacter: Despite being a part of the main group, Jenna is just kinda ''there'' and the only thing we know about her presence doesn't really add anything.comes from Scott saying they met eachother at church. She also has the least amount of lines.
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* FlatCharacter: His character can basically be summed up as "church". The only stuff he brings on their vacation is a box of bibles and a cross.

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* FlatCharacter: His character can basically be summed up as "church". The only stuff he brings on their vacation is a box of bibles and a cross.
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* WickedStepmother: Dianna reveals that she's Taryn's stepmother who married her biological father.
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* FlatCharacter: Despite being a part of the main group, Jenna is just kinda...''there'' and her presence doesn't really add anything.

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* FlatCharacter: Despite being a part of the main group, Jenna is just kinda...kinda ''there'' and her presence doesn't really add anything.anything. She also has the least amount of lines.

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