1) the hallucinations were part of the experience of seeing the 'ghosts' and the stories of how they died.
2)The girl is the focal point of the movie, so we see things from her POV
3)Apparently the cabin is where a group of local priests lived/vacationed. The cop's spirit revenged himself by killing them in their sleep. Thats why the priests are shown always heading towards the cabin. Apparently, people who are killed by the cop/cop wraith like to hang out on that road.
4)I think the bodies *are* gone, but in the vision, we see the bodies.
5)Foreshadowing, showing that creepy things are about to happen. The Guy was asking the tow truck driver for directions, but then had to play it off when the girl came out of the bathroom.
6)She is shown in the beginning of the film to be a bit b!tchy and self absorbed, so she basically didnt care about or no the significance of the food. He knew what she liked because he basically was semi stalking her.
7)At the end he is a ghost, and as u see in the film, the ghosts repeat some of the things they said the day they died that had significance/meaning. The cop repeats one of the things he said to his victim(s). The Guy's ghost repeats what he said when he confessed to the girl that he liked her and admitted his ruse.
8)No he was NOT a ghost the entire time. For one thing, all the ghosts who died on that road seem to be bound to that immediate area . all the creepy events take place on or around that road- I mean, this is the first rule of ghosts- they are tied to a specific place/area. Second, we see he was in her class and able to have a normal conversation with her up til the point when we see him as a ghost. Compare this with the other ghosts in the film-, they cant really talk/interact- they can only repeat things that have already happened. The ghost cop never really interacts with the Girl, he is repeating what he said to one of his victim(s) before.
9)911 could easily trace where the call came from and send someone. The dispatcher heard enough to know someone was in trouble(I think the girl mentioned an accident), and if u notice, the girl left the phone plugged in. I know for a fact that if u call 911, hang up, and leave the phone off the hook, they will either try and call u back or send someone. As the nearest garage/tow in the area, 911 more than likely called him, and as the girl said before, his garage was 24 hrs.
10) They did turn off the lights, but he turned them on so the girl could see in the dark when she went to climb the telephone pole.
11)They didnt go back in time, but time is used for symbolism quite heavily in the film. Firstly, dreams/hallucinations were flashbacks showing how the various ghosts died or how the cop killed people. The time symbolism was used with the clock being broken to demonstrate what they talked about earlier- Eternal Recurrence. The guy even mention the hourglass of time endlessly being turned over and over. Time becomes meaningless when you are essentially stuck in the same moment over and over. The broken clock was foreshadowing what was to come with the ghosts.
Also, when you are in a situation like theirs...time really does feel like it has just stopped. I mean, my area had no power during one of the blizzards from this past winter and I was stuck in a dark house with no power and no heat. You cant read, cook, or do anything because its too cold to move and your only thought it is "god, please let it be light again soon" because you are cold as hell and feel alone and isolated. Believe me, in that situation time really feels like its at a complete standstill, so I can really see why the director added that little touch of nuance with the broken clock.
"There isnt a jury in the world that would convict a baby....well, maybe Texas "- [bones]
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