(spoilers) The children
how did Ladis take the children out of the house? I know the movie doesn't show that part. I was curious what others thought.
Julia checks the children right before the tea kettle starts to whistle. That's after the second time the stranger came to the door. The fourth time the stranger comes around, he tells Julia that she's not alone in the house. So, she runs upstairs to get the kids, and they're gone! Therefore, the children were taken at some point between where the tea kettle started boiling and the fourth time the stranger made contact.
Toward the end of the film, it is subtly revealed that the children died. After the police officer (Charles Durning's character) finds the stranger's apartment, he asks a neighbor about him. The neighbor said that the stranger's children died recently and that he came back to tell the "mother." Apparently, the stranger considered Julia to be the mother.
The neighbor said that the stranger's children died recently and that he came back to tell the "mother." Apparently, the stranger considered Julia to be the mother.
Maybe he consider Julia to be a better mother? Because he did say to julia she was only the babysitter. I found it interesting that he stalked Julia again. I wonder why?
The neighbor said that the stranger's children died recently and that he came back to tell the "mother." Apparently, the stranger considered Julia to be the mother.
Thanks for mentioning that - I saw that scene but it didn't register until your comment, which cleared things up as to why he stalked her. Thought the neighbor was suitably creepy/skitzy too.
Yes, I have always wondered exactly what that statement meant as well - though we aren't REALLY given insight into why Landis does what he does. That conversation with the neighbor never really made sense to me until just now. Thanks! That is exactly why I came to these boards today!!!
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