Did Randy sacrifice Laverne?

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Did he lay her on a crack on purpose?

It was a raft, it would not have mattered where he put her down...she would have been on a crack.

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My first impression was that he wanted to sacrifice her so he could swim to shore, but decided to feel her up first since she was hot. A creepy thing to do, really. And I am glad the monster got him too.

He was keeping watch for the glob, but made a poor choice letting his sexual attraction blind his mind and distract him from keeping watch. It wasn't murder, he was just frustrated when she pulled her shirt back down. He had forgot about the glob which had gotten under the raft and was able to get her. He was shocked, but I get the feeling now that it was attached to her there was nothing he could do. So you could say he sacrificed her when he left her to die and swim, which is probably the best idea if you want to beat it to land. But I doubt there was anything he could do anyway, so it sort of is sacrifice and it sort of isn't.


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Just convenient to the plot. She ends up being a distraction, so Randy can make his escape.

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The Oil Slick wasn't under the raft at the time, it hadn't been for a few hours. He probably figured that it would be safe as long as he kept his eye on it. If he saw it go under the raft, he could lift her back up. This is why he is staring off in to the distance when he first starts kissing her. Hes watching it to see if it comes closer. But he got distracted, and lost track of it. I don't think it was intentional, because he was also laying down on the raft. It could've easily chose to go after him instead.

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No, I don't think sacrificing her was on his mind...if anything he seems to have loved, or at the very least lusted after, Laverne from afar for a long time...and getting her killed was the last thing on his mind. Unfortunately what was on his mind, i.e. feeling her up, is what gets her killed.

You do have to feel sorry for Rachel in this, who comes across as a casual friend of Randy and has little in common with the other two. It's painful obvious to Rachel that she's just there to make up the numbers, and that both guys are crazy for Laverne, with Randy constantly trying to get Laverne's attention, even though she's much more into Deke. You get the impression that Laverne might be aware of Randy's feelings towards her and has fun flirting with him, especially that scene where she runs to the water and looks back to make sure he is checking out her ass. Circumstances conveniently take both Rachel and Deke out of the picture, and place Randy where he's always wanted to be...in Laverne's arms and at her insistence to boot. There's a subtle suggestion that Laverne becomes aware just how much Randy wants her when they hold each other and he begins to romantically caress her back, which she seems slightly uncomfortable with. In the morning he can no longer fight off his attraction to the sleeping Laverne. There was meant to have been a tie-in comic book adaptation of Creepshow 2, which was never published but years later surfaced online. While it toned down the sexual element of this scene it does give an indication of what's going on in Randy's head at this point "He's wanted her since he was a freshman, but she was unattainable, she was Deke's, but that doesn't seem to matter now".....