Fight between Souls

When Hollywood has an evil "pictures everywhere" psycho room, there generally isn't much of a total explanation, and some of the freaks nowadays figure all the occult stuff is probable,so they mishmashed everything together, like including the doctor clacking together the 2 steel benwa balls to the tune of the ghostly footsteps at the river with the ax going into the head as dr mengele dropped the steel voodoo orbs to the floor.
Since he was "playing by the river" with someone he wasn't supposed to tell about, it seems the ghost of Zachary theory is good.
Plus we have the resplendent theme of the poor schoolchild who "was made fun of by other kids and lashed out in response".
I guess the Hollywooders are inwardly tortured by the "opinions and put downs of their peers and critics" that are diametrically opposed to their gigantic personal overblown egos, so they project their own pain and current life existence onto " the poor child who is made fun of by classmates " and lashes out in bloody ax slayings or shootings or burnings.

I think the wackos of our modern society have an entire legal edifice and foundation of excuses built upon that idea, that abuse begets abuse, and the murderer is the victim, that's why we have the mommie constantly berating greggy for being a meanie to the child and grabbing and protecting him in this film.
Hollywood can't get past it's own modern socio-stereotypes and political agendas ( which as some have pointed out include the "cloning is bad" in this film, and the mystical world of ghosts and past lives, with the lynchpin of "personal identity" that aggregates the need for the massive ego of self, and self-esteem coddling and tenderizing.