If Amy looked like "her", jerrys lost love in the painting, and he turns Amy into a vampire rather than eating her and then beheading her like his other victims, why does he give Charlie A stake with which to defend himself with (against amyvampire)? It's nice Jerry would give Charlie A fighting chance or whatever but didnt that seem odd? Didnt Jerry despise Charlie?
shareHe gave him the stake knowing full well Charlie wouldn't do it. Jerry was banking on Amy surrendering to her urge and killing Charlie.
shareHe gave Charley a stake knowing full well he wouldnt use it? why?
shareI think the general consensus is that Dandridge gave Charley the stake knowing that he wouldn't use it in order to mess with his head.
I've seen you post this same question on other threads, so apparently that answer doesn't sit well with you.
This is a work of fiction, brought to life by the director, writers, and influenced heavily by the actors portraying the characters. They all probably have a different perception of why their characters did things.
And the audience, we have our own ideas of why the characters behaved the way they did.
What's important is how you interpret this scene.
Why do you think that Jerry gave the stake to Charley?
Do you think that perhaps he knows that while Amy looks like his love, she is not the same person? That she could never really fill that role?
Or that perhaps that he regrets turning her into something evil? And wishes to spare her the dark life that he has led because of the feelings he had toward the girl he loved so long ago?
All of the above are viable answers. I personally like the idea of Dandridge being a tragic and torn villian.
So what's your take?
i think charley had become a vampire hunter and would have killed amy despite loving her. and dandridge knew it. and that dosnt make sense to me. i cant rephrase it any more simply than that. I dont remember posting this question on other threads but since you say i have then i guess my question has never been satisfactorily answered.
shareI like all of your answers.
It's a sadistic game Jerry is playing with Charlie. A cruel version of "giving him a sporting chance" since he knows Charlie won't do anything to Amy and he knows Amy can more then handle herself.
Josh
Even though Charlie would kill a vampire as you say, Jerry also knew that Charlie really loved Amy otherwise he wouldn't risk himself by coming to the house in middle of the night. Therefore, Jerry took the chance that Charlie would not kill Amy and in a sadistic way hoped that Charlie would be killed not by him but by his love Amy. This combined with the fact that Jerry wanted to prove to himself that Amy loved him and not Charlie and would kill Charlie is why he gave charlie the stake. Does this make sense now?
shareno because your answer does not address any of the dialog jerry has with billy cole regarding charlie killing amy.
shareActually, it did. You're being very, very obtuse about this. Would you make you feel better if we all agree with you and say Jerry did want Amy to die?
Josh
And what exactly is that dialogue between Jerry and Billy regarding Charlie killing Amy? I think my answer clearly addressed your question which was did Jerry want Amy to die as he gave Charlie the stake to kill her. My explanation gave reasons as to what was behind Jerry's thinking when he did this as he did not believe Charlie would kill Amy but that Amy would kill Charlie and ultimately he wanted Charlie's death to come from her and not from him. He even says it outside the window he says "Amy awake, show me how much you love me Amy - Kill them - both" Remember that? There is your answer.
sharePeople may explain it away how they like, but I think it was just a silly oversight writing-wise. I still like the movie, but scoff at people who think the remake "ruined" the "perfect" original, though I do like the original better for the most part.
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It was done to torture Charley psychologically. He knows Charley's love for Amy will not allow him to hurt her. So giving Charley a weapon that could be used to kill Amy is only done so Jerry can watch his enemy struggle with the thought of killing her to spare himself. Charley will die horribly, being torn apart by the girl he loves, knowing he could have stopped it. Jerry's motive is only to make Charley suffer as much as possible to the very end. That's how I interpreted it.
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To answer your main question, I do not think Jerry wanted Amy to die as he was preparing a coffin for her. He did love her since she reminded him of his past love and cried out her name when he was destroyed.
MM
Maybe actual backstory on Dandies end would've been clarity this thread begged for since it can't read between the lines. Now, is that acute enough?
shareJerry was being sadistic, he took Amy from Charley then when Charley came to rescue her Jerry made Amy want to kill Him.
Jerry gave him the stake knowing that Charley was screwed beacause A. Amy was too strong for him to deal with B. He wouldn't have the guts to stake her - there wasn't any doubt in Jerrys mind that Amy would kill him, he just wanted Charley to be in mental turmoil over whether he should kill his girlfriend before he was killed himself.