So, did those people really die? We see them at the end, but what happened? They came back to life? How?
And ok, that guy's wife and the bully seem like they came back, but we see Thomas Jane being with his son who was dead, so...really, I didn't get it.
And also, they didn't show us at all what happened to the second family of the kid, the ones who they both disappeared.
IMO they area dead... she's trying to influence in him for in someway bring them back, but by the end of the movie all those people remained "missing"
shareIf Kanker man ate the people, it means that these people can't be back..
There's something wrong with Esther.
I'm afraid they're gone forever :(.
I actually can't believe how immensely sad this movie made me. It's not like I expected a happy ending or anything but it is probably for the first time that I would have preferred if every character had died instead of the ending that they gave us:(((. I know it sounds stupid but then again, it didn't feel like your typical horror movie...
It's not like I expected a happy ending or anything but it is probably for the first time that I would have preferred if every character had died instead of the ending that they gave us.I completely agree! I generally prefer "clear" endings much better, no matter how sad they are, but if an "enigmatic" open ending is set right, I'm ok with it, but this one was terrible. share
I took it as she was telling him stories about how those people were in a better place now so he wouldn't feel so guilty about the kanker man
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It didn't really make any sense TBH.
This demon was just a repressed memory of his dead mother.....But yet it was able to actually kill people....How?
It didn't make any sense that these people just disappeared. The things he dreamt of were materialized physically, I get that and the fact that these materializations can harm or kill you, but it makes no sense that they vanished after being "eaten". I would have rather seen the people being killed by the Canker man and have their dead bodies still remain visible in our world. It would have made a better film imo and made it a little more dark and violent, but PG-13 again in full effect.
shareThe things he dreamt of were materialized physically, I get that and the fact that these materializations can harm or kill you, but it makes no sense that they vanished after being "eaten".I agree. Yes, I can "buy" that this demon was coming to life out of the boy's mind and killing people, but taking physical bodies with him was stupid.
I agree. Yes, I can "buy" that this demon was coming to life out of the boy's mind and killing people, but taking physical bodies with him was stupid.
Also, it wouldn't harm if the makers of the movie explained (somehow) how did this boy had this supernatural thing. Unless they explained it and I forgot already, I always forget whatever happens in a mediocre horror movie about a week after I see it. :p
I repeat what I said:
"Also, it wouldn't harm if the makers of the movie explained (somehow) how did this boy had this supernatural thing."
I didn't say they should explain how were his nightmares coming to life, but what was so special about the boy and he had this power. Did he just happen to have them, out of nowhere? Ok then.
But again, maybe they explain it a bit and I don't remember it.
And no, I wasn't scared, and I'm not easily scared, especially with this kind of movies, but how would you categorize it? Comedy, drama, musical?
It was a fantasy film. It had horror elements, but it was more of a fantasy-drama than anything.
shareTechnically it belongs to the magic realism genre (everyday world with magical or fantastic elements) plus some horror elements. Fantasy is worlds like LOTR and GoT, not 2014 Fairhope, Alabama.
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But that's what cancer does...it eats away at you until there's nothing left.
shareIt didn't really make any sense TBH. This demon was just a repressed memory of his dead mother.....But yet it was able to actually kill people....How?Well, if you have questions like this, you should stop watching supernatural horror movies! The idea was that the boy's nightmares were coming to life. OF COURSE it doesn't make sense! :p share
No, mate lol. I watch all kinds of horrors all the time.
They aren't allowed to just not make any sense.
There could have been an acceptable explanation for his dreams coming to life.
Maybe a gypsy's curse or a witch's curse. That is what I was expecting from the ending.
But it seemed like the director wanted to make this psychological as well as supernatural, which doesn't work for me.
If the demon was just the memory of his mother who died of cancer then how the hell could it kill people/take them away? lol It's just silly.
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No, mate lol. I watch all kinds of horrors all the time.
They aren't allowed to just not make any sense.
There could have been an acceptable explanation for his dreams coming to life.
Maybe a gypsy's curse or a witch's curse. That is what I was expecting from the ending.
But you see, being born with an ability to see the dead isn't that hard to believe lol FOR A FILM, I mean.
Doesn't really need a whole lot of explanation.
This one had such a unique idea and was so bizarre that I felt at least some kind of explanation was required.
Everything will be answered in the sequel - Before I Wake 2: Awakening. Coming to cinemas in 2026.
shareOK...here's a bit of a different approach to the ending..
The boy is very young and his "gift" has been, up to that point, uncontrollable and not yet developed to its full potential. Once he...or they...kind of get a grip on it they can influence its direction and most likely bring back the people that were taken...They were taken by a dream so I don't see any reason why they can't be returned the same way.
Now ...her husband...Thomas Jane...she seems to think that he and she will be better off if he remains with their son...which obviously she thinks is in a better place.
Maybe the thought of them together helps her to heal from the original loss of the son.
They're all gone.
The child asks for a bedtime story at the end, and the mom chooses to recite the events of the movie but with a happy ending for all the people who vanished. It isn't until she says that her husband is happily with her son, that we learn it's all made up, and everyone is still dead.
The door is left open though. The final shot was of Cody consciously manifesting in a waking state; his power has gotten stronger and he's in control of it. Maybe he can bring them all back, after all.
As to viewers' confusion regarding Kanker Man being able to make people disappear; if I remember correctly, they all disappeared when Kanker Man was holding onto them at the moment the kid woke up. Kanker Man vanishes when the kid wakes up, and apparently taking with him into nothingness anyone he was physically in contact with.
As to viewers' confusion regarding Kanker Man being able to make people disappear; if I remember correctly, they all disappeared when Kanker Man was holding onto them at the moment the kid woke up. Kanker Man vanishes when the kid wakes up, and apparently taking with him into nothingness anyone he was physically in contact with.Sorry, still doesn't make sense. Kanker Man was an imaginary monster. He was coming to life when the kid was sleeping, he was vanishing when he was waking up. And in between, he could harm or kill people. I can deal with that. But taking with him people?? Where?? Kanker Man was living in the boy's MIND. That's where he came from, nowhere else. So, where were all those PHYSICAL bodies going? In the kid's mind?? It's just not convincing.
Look how "Insidious" handled a similar situation much better. Their kid was sleeping, and it was his SOUL that went to that imaginary scary place. And then his father went to sleep to go and save him with his SOUL (or conscious, however it explains it) as well. Their bodies were still here. Much more convincing than bodies disappearing and going NOWHERE.
Yes, it makes more sense. It's still fantasy, but it doesn't make me wonder "hey, how the hell can this happen??".
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