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(SPOILERS) So what?

posted 11 years ago by DrmWmn
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After watching that entire movie, which did have some great effects and jump scares, I'm left asking "so what?"

I understand how the demon(s) were released. I get that.

1.) What was it trying to do? It already had a host.

2.) Why did it kill its fellow marine? Why stuff the body away? Why did it choose those people's house to hide the body?

3.) What was the reason behind the main demon host writing the same symbols in those locations? Why did he have to paint over it?

4.) Why was the dead marine's wife possessed? Was it the same demon or was it a minion? Why did she throw the baby into the lion display?

5.) Other than this being about the cop finding his faith again, what was the point behind this? The crazy scratching? Why did they go after the detective's family in particular? What was the main goal? What were the demons trying to do?

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[–] 11 years ago

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[–] DrmWmn 11 years ago

So glad it's not just me. What a waste. It had so much potential.

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[–] rtodd110 11 years ago

Though a pretty weak explanation

The priest does say at one point the demons destruction has no purpose. It's point is to just do exactly that, destroy.

[–] holyabdul 11 years ago

Yes primary evil is the pure form of evil. There doesn't have to be a big plan. It's kinda like The Joker. Do evil just to enjoy it and watch chaos.

When humans commit evil, there's usually a purpose behind it: money, power, hate, anger, etc.

[–] ehaas-3 11 years ago

This is an issue that interested me. I liked the movie OK. Horror movies are my thing.

But the whole primary vs. secondary evil kind of confuses me, or at least I don't like the movie's interpretation of it.

Are only demons capable of primary evil or is it anyone who embraces destruction for it's own sake?

And is there really such a thing as destruction for it's own sake? If there is, I actually find it less scary in the big picture than so called "secondary evil."

It would lead mainly to some really bad isolated instances of suffering, but with no plan or point, it doesn't seem to have the kind of potential to cause widespread pain as more organized and purposeful bad deeds.

The demon is this movie accomplishes less killing than a person who starts a gang war. An evil act that leads to an increase of the perpetrator's power and rewards them for doing it again is more dangerous. Even worse is evil done with good intentions.

[–] willow617 11 years ago

Seriously? Every single question was answered in the movie.

1) Demons act to "destroy" and for no other purpose
2) Santina didn't kill the marine in the basement. The marine committed suicide while working with Santina. From the fact the words were inscribed in the basement I would guess the marine got wise to Santina and killed himself before he could be possessed. Santina then just his the body to hide from being found out.
3) We are told the writing opens a portal to the demon world. Santina was writing those words, and when others looked into the words they became possessed like him. He painted over then after the person was possessed, again to cover his tracks.
4) The wife became possessed because she looked at the writing Santina did in the lions enclosure. Why did he pick her? Because her husband killed himself before Santina could possess him. Why toss the kid? Cause she is a demon who just wants to destroy (stated in the movie)
5) What is the point of any movie? To entertain, not teach a lesson. This was about a cop who let his anger at the bad in the world overwhelm him, and he was cleansed of the anger when he realized just what true evil was.

[–] DrmWmn 11 years ago

Oh please!!!!

It is weak and full of things left unexplained. Not in a thrilling kind of way, either.

Watch the original Psycho and the original Black Christmas. Those movies left things unexplained and they did it the way it should be done.

This? This was just like The Conjuring. Big shocker since the real guy is linked to the Warrens.

This has a whole lot of build-up for a "let me spout scripture" happy ending.

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[–] NeedysBoy 11 years ago

@ willow617,

Yes. Very good.

Except I would add that the purpose for everything was to restore Sarchie's faith.

When Santino is after Sarchie in the basement, the demon quotes a line from Sarchie's confession. The whole thing was pre-ordained. If the demon knew that Sarchie would make a confession to the priest, the demon knew he would be defeated and that Sarchie would return to God.

"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy

[–] DrmWmn 11 years ago

Then don't call it a horror film. If it was about restoring his faith, call it a drama.

Jump scares and throwing in demons doesn't make something a horror film. It makes it fiction, including some based on true events.

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[–] NeedysBoy 11 years ago

DrmWmn writes: "...call it a drama."

Are you familiar with advertising?

"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy

[–] DrmWmn 11 years ago

They should call it what it is: CRAP

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[–] insick 10 years ago

Well how come eric band and the priest, along with everyone else who read the writing, did NOT get possessed? That's the biggest plot hole of the entire film. Unless I forgot something.

[–] master_blaster-7 11 years ago

People who complain about horror movies and their stupid stories should really try and understand them first:

1. He was trying to open more doors and spread the writing in many places and recruit minions. It states this in the movie.

2. As you can see on the war footage only the first dude to be exposed to the writing on the wall became possessed, the rest were really influenced by him after that as he painted their homes. He was spreading the demon's word, recruiting minions.

3. He painted over as an attempt to hide his evil act on the host and to get an excuse to get into people's homes.

4. She became possessed when she saw the writing in the zoo. Before that she only heard stuff and received "a message".

5. As the priest explains, the detective is special and these special people and their families are targets for demons. So his "radar" was actually a gift on sensing evil and this evil demon finally came after his family.

It's simple if you watch the movie and not look into your phone.

[–] DrmWmn 10 years ago

When it comes to horror, you have to be able to tell a story a certain way. Relying in jump scares and poorly editing something with scary themes doesn't make it a horror. Definitely doesn't make it good.

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[–] clickbait 10 years ago

Good questions but I can just tell you this after watching this garbage...its no point in trying to analyze this turd crap cause it was painfully lame and bad and it was all over the place...its like you take alot of short stories from different kind of movies and put em together and this was the result...such a lame movie and not even Bana was good in the lead and that super cop going for knife fights was so retarded...since when did cops become navy seals on the streets going on domestic distrurbance calls and investigating women who throws babys in the water...omg just burn this movie and never ever show it on any channel again...so painfully retarded and bad.

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