Edward Garrotte

"Mother: Why are you doing this?

Garrotte: You're a bad mother?"

- Garrotte to a mother before killing her.

Edward Garrotte (real name: Jean-Luc Sevard) is the main antagonist of the 2001 science-fiction action and thriller film, Replicant. He is a notorious serial killer whose all targets are mothers due to an incident with his abusive mother, Gwendolyn Sevard.

He was portrayed by the famous Jean-Claude Van Damme who also portrayed Jean Vilain in Expendables 2.

Childhood
Jean-Luc Sevard was abused by Gwendolyn Sevard who attempted to burn their house down after she killed an unfaithful father. This would results Sevard a bitter hatred toward women (especially mothers).

Becoming a serial killer
Sevard surnames as Edward Garrotte as well as "The Torch" perhaps because of his burning methods as shown when he burned an apartment after killing a mother.