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| “ | Don't think it. Don't say it. | „ |
| ~ Rules to avoid getting haunted by the Bye Bye Man. |
The Bye Bye Man is the titular main antagonist of the 2017 supernatural horror movie of the same name. He is a demonic bogeyman with enigmatic origins who stalks or kills anybody that says his "name."
He was portrayed by Doug Jones, who also portrays The Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth, The Operator from Always Watching and The Candy Shop Owner from The Candy Shop.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- In general, he is nothing more than a sadistic bogeyman who takes pleasure in tormenting and psychologically torturing whoever learns of its name, causing them to go insane repeatedly write down the quote on top.
- Despite being a demonic entity with no speaking lines, it has a clear sadistic personality.
- In 1969, he drove a teenager insane, causing him to massacre his own family and four other teenagers.
- He began to torment a reporter name Larry Redmon with visions and caused him to murder whoever learned of his name, starting with his wife, then 7 other people. Larry ended up committing suicide by eating drain cleaner after this.
- He tormented a librarian with visions of slaughtering her children.
- After making three college students named Elliot, John and Sasha into his next victims, he turns them all against each other by making John increasingly aggressive, leaving Sasha sick and regularly torturing Elliot with visions.
- He kills Kim by making her unable to see an oncoming train which kills her in front of Elliot's eyes.
- He influence John to go insane and try to stab Sasha with a pair of scissors, which leads Elliot to accidentally kill him by trying to stop him.
- Drives Elliot to commit suicide who feels no other way out. This happens while his niece and brother are outside his house.
- The final scene shows John whispering "Bye Bye Man" to Detective Shaw before dying, implying that the Bye Bye Man will target Shaw next.
- Despite being usually accompanied by his monstrous dog, nothing confirms that he cares about it, and he seems to only use it as a living weapon.
Trivia[]
- The story of the Bye Bye Man was adapted from a short story entitled "The Bridge to Body Island" which is featured in the book The President's Vampire. In it, it explains that the Bye Bye Man suffered from albinism that made his skin sensitive to light. Seen as a curse, he was harassed because of his appearance before ultimately becoming a serial killer. Since this is unmentioned in the movie, however, it doesn't affect his status.
External Links[]
- Bye Bye Man on the Villains Wiki
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