Yeah, I have to agree, while Night is usually pretty good with endings, this was not one of those times. That entire end sequence with her in the basement, and then locked in the room with "Nana", was very awkward and silly. And the kid freezing up (just like his in football story), and letting that crazy dude do whatever he wanted to him, and dragging his sister screaming upstairs, ALL without trying to fight back or help. That is, until after his sister was forced to KILL someone to save her own life in a locked room, then came to HIS aid, THEN the idiot unfroze and savagely attacked him, though apparently he was reliving that stupid football moment in his head, NOT the present where these old people were trying to kill them.
Yes, the way he handled the ending was "freakier", but they could have made it just as creepy with the kids trying to run outside, finding the poor lady hung, then the bats*** crazy fake grandparents chase them through the woods or something, and they manage to get away to the police.
I dunno. Just the entire fact that both kids were forced to turn into killers to save their own lives, which means they're both going to be traumatized and messed up for life, and then they throw in the silly end-credits rap where they seem just fine just weeks after that whole mess. Pretty dumb way to end the entire thing. They certainly could have come up with a more satisfying, less "HUH?" ending.
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