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how do we know she was raped?


i read somewhere that it was obvious in the movie that susie was raped by harvey before he murdered her, and that he raped all of his victims.
where can we see clues about it in the movie?

"Oh lord, give me health and strength, we'll steal the rest."

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After seeing the movie a couple times, I did not get the impression she was raped. Maybe i'm naive, I just assumed he killed her and nothing else.

Never read the book, and I don't really care. in the end she died and I think that's the main point of her attack. He was a creepy child murderer.

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I think it is one of those things that they left up to your imagination on purpose. The audience knows he murdered her....the fact that we don't know exactly how, or what all happened, makes it all the more disturbing.

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He was a rapist too and it was pretty obvious. Like others have pointed out, child molestors sometimes do kill to keep their victims from talking. But at least you acknowledged you're naive, so I'll give you kudos there. If people browsed crime boards, they would be absolutely disgusted with what humanity is capable of. And with the internet, a lot of child sexual abuse has just become more prolific.Some of these people talking about how this stuff is a "myth" are talking purely out of their ass. I also really don't get why people here wanted to see a kid get raped either, nor do I want to entertain what goes on in their heads, but it's no wonder IMDb closed the forum off.

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It was very graphically shown at the end of the credits along with the outtakes. This is what you get for leaving early.

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