Hi all I just saw this movie for the first time last night and quite enjoyed it. (Kevin Bacon never disappoints as an actor).
Just one question if you could please shed some light. Why could Tom not slake his thirst....and how did he acquire this thirst? It started when he was first hypnotised and never really was explained, although we saw plenty of footage of him guzzling liquid as fast as he could and stocking his fridge with cartons of juice.
Thanks
Maybe cuz The dead girls coat was orange, and as for the drinking of water didn't he have to dig by the water main?
shareI guess that was his psychic ability coming into play, like he was reliving some of things that happened to Samantha; his tooth falling out at the start, his headaches (probably signifying Samantha's pain when she hit her head against the floorboard) and finally the thirst. You know, when a person is suffocating, he/she hyperventilates in order to get more air in. Hyperventilation quickly dries out the back of your throat, resulting in wheezing, and thirst ensues.
shareI just started watching tis more than halfway in (after not seeing it for couple of years)...but wasn't he given a suggestion of thirst when he was hypnotized at the first of the movie???
just a thought...
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Probably that hypnosis triggered his latent ability? Remember that Tom couldn't sense anything prior to being hypnotized. For example, at the start when he is bathing his son, there is surely someone else in the bathroom with them. His son seems to notice his/her presence but Tom doesn't.
shareI always took it that he was "seeing" a dried out corpse and drinking any kind of liquid would bring him back a living being (in our world). Someone also mentioned the suffocation idea, which makes sense as the panicked feeling of being killed that way would cause you to become extremely parched.
shareI've decided to believe that Samantha wasn't really dead at first, just narcoleptic, and she died a horrifying, slow, lonely death holed in that wall -hence the thirst. Probably that was cut off to tone down the darkness a bit.
And yes, I've heard the directors' comment. I like my explanation better, tho.
He had a touch of (and was close to) death by entering the dead girls world and her mystery; death is always thirsty - it’s an unshakable urge when a ghost is trapped on earth attempting to resolve their fate or unfinished business.
shareThe real answer is: Dead bodies are dehydrated.
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