I think people are missing the point of the movie...
I see a lot of people complaining about the lack of explanation of things. I see people saying, this movie is a WTF?
YES. It is supposed to be a WTF?
This is a throw back to old horror. If I am not mistaken, the scene in the diner in the beginning, was showing a scene from the Twilight Zone. If not, it reminded me of it.
With old horror, they leave things to your imagination. This is the same thing here.
Is this purgatory? Does it matter? It maybe, it's up to you to decide if it is hell on earth, purgatory, or something else. What is clear is that this is a place where people get judged for their sins.
What are the sins?
Well, here is the thing, this is intentionally left blank. You fill in your sins. Use your imagination and fill in the blank, or you fill in the blank with your own sins.
By letting you fill in your sins, it makes you involved in the movie. It makes it personal and scary. It makes YOU ponder, oh *beep* what if this is purgatory, and maybe I gotta think about *beep* like this.
Maybe you don't even care or believe, but there is a whole portion of society that does. And even when you don't believe in all of that, there is still a small part that thinks, oh *beep* what if I am wrong.
This movie touches in on those things. It is to put a mirror back on you the viewer and fill in the blank.
Here let me show you what I mean:
- The last scene, the criminals were wearing masks that looked like old people. My thought was, I wonder if he killed his dad because he couldn't afford his medical bills. Does that fit in with the picture at the end? I could create a story that makes it fit.
But maybe some one else could fill in another blank about the little girl.
- The scene where the girl was being judged for leaving her friend. That has all type of fill in the blank implications. Especially for a 15-28 year old watching the movie. It can touch on any specific item in their life where they felt they abandoned some one. It could be anything really.
The thing is, when things are left open, it is left open for YOU to judge. It is not difficult to fill in the blank for the writer or director. It's actually harder to leave out the blank and let the audience fill it in.
That film like any good twilight zone, leaves you a bit introspective, and that's the scary part.