Wheezing Demon

Wheezing Demon
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Race	Demon (Formerly)
Faction	Villain
Health	Destroyed
Status	Deceased (Killed by Quinn Brenner with the help of Lillith Brenner)
Appearance
Played by	Michael Reid MacKay
First seen	Insidious Chapter 3

The Wheezing Demon, also known as "The Man Who Can't Breathe", is a dangerous and malevolent entity and also is the main antagonist of Insidious Chapter 3.

Insidious: Chapter 3

In the movie, He heard Quinn's voice as she tried to contact her dead mother. He then began to terrorize Quinn as he brings her to The Further, feeding on her soul. Elise, Specs, Tucker, and Quinn's father Sean tries to stop him. The demon is known for possessing his victims, usually forcing them to commit suicide in order to take them away into the darkness forever. He briefly possess Quinn and tries to kill her with a knife, but Sean, Tucker and Specs are able to restrain Quinn long enough for Elise to arrive and help.

His goal is to drive souls to suicide and keep them in the dark as his "pets". He tries to drive Elise to suicide by pretending to be her husband, Jack, but once the demon (as Jack) asks Elise to kill herself, she knows it isn't her husband and slashes at the demon with a knife. Elise bravely battles the demon and gets Quinn back to her body, but the demon catches Quinn just in time. Back in the physical plane, Elise and the others join hands with Quinn and mentally support her for her to win this final battle of her and the demon alone.

Lilith, Quinn's mother, makes an appearance thanks to Elise's calling and helps her daughter stand up against the demon. In The Further, Quinn regains her will and quickly rips the breathing mask off of the demon, therefore depriving him of air and destroying him forevermore.

The Man Who Can't Breathe stroking Quinn as a pet.

Appearance

The Wheezing Demon wears a breathing mask (hence the fact that it "can't breathe") and a dirtied, frazzled hospital dress. His skin is rotten and his feet are seemingly covered in a thick layer of tar, which strongly confirms his appearance by the black footsteps he leaves.

He is also known to be making wheezing sounds, which clearly explains his name(s).

Personality

Very much like the other antagonists, The Wheezing Demon is a vicious and corrupted entity that has some fair control over a part of The Further, specifically The Further version of the apartment complex that the Brenner family lives in. According to Elise, he's a different type of entity, one who thrives in the shadows and enjoys dragging pure souls in there with him, rather than claiming living vessels to be alive again.

The Demon is extremely deceitful and somewhat clever, since he's even learnt how to hit Elise in her weak spot and almost getting rid of her — his biggest obstacle to success. His power is proven to be very strong from the effects he created in Elise and Quinn's escape.

In the meantime, it is revealed that Quinn isn't his first victim. He may have claimed more than one victim in the past, hence Elise's saying he has resided in the complex for a very long time.

Goofs

• If The Demon's only source of life is his breathing mask, Elise could've just ripped that off in one of her many encounters with him and Quinn would be long free.

Trivia

• Elise refers to him as a 'demon'gl, hghkhf is so good I don't
• is appearance is somewhat more human compared to the Lipstick-Face Demon, whose appearance is more monstrous. This suggests that he is in fact a ghost and not a true demon. This could simply be a form of expression on Elise's part.
• The hospital gown and oxygen mask suggests he may have been hospitalised before his death by an illness, possibly respiration related due to his characteristic wheezing.
• The Wheezing Demon is the only antagonist who has not appeared once in the previous movies and share any connection to the Lambert family.