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Huge plot hole or.......

posted 9 years ago by jacobym
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Major spoilers ahead...

Did I miss something, or does this really make no sense.

OK, so we find out that she hasn't been talking to the cops all along, but to one of the evil guys. So Why did the first cops show up? and who were they talking to when they were talking to dispatch? This was a decent low budget movie, but this really bothered me when they had the reveal. I'm not going to watch it again to see if I missed something, so my bad if this was explained.

[–] darrel_ashley 9 years ago

She called from the house phone first and got disconnected. After not being able to contact her they sent officers out to check on her.

[–] michpopt 9 years ago

I thought the exact same thing!

My initial thought was that they had followed up on the initial call made (which was from her cell as the land line wasn't working), but in the few second that she was on the line it wasn't long enough to trace it.

I think they tried to cover it with the fact that the trick or treat boy was picked up by a cop at the end... They all had the same markings on their hand.

Honestly I think it just wasn't as well thought out as it could've been... But for the type of movie it is (a cross between 'when a stranger calls' and 'the strangers' it could've been a lot worse

[–] hexrei 9 years ago

"but in the few second that she was on the line it wasn't long enough to trace it."

That is an ancient film/TV trope that no longer applies but still gets used for purposes of creating tension. In reality, they use callerID like everyone else, and although they might not be able to feasibly do it in the time span alotted for the film, can use data from even a few seconds of connection time to triangulate calls from cell towers.

What a lovely way to burn...