they didn't have the power of Jesus. there was nothing christian about this movie. those guys were *beep* in the head. and just as evil as the demon they were so scared of, like the pussies they are.
And of course, how do we know that the shrine couldn't destroy the fence with a supernatural force? Why do people have to think and analyze movies like this when the point is just to go along for the ride. No point in rationalizing, it is visceral entertainment.
If there were a fence, then they would of just found a way around, under, through or over it. Its a movie people.
If there were a fence, then they would of just found a way around, under, through or over it.
A fence would have required less plot disbelief without affecting the main plot, since only a few would try to trespass. With just a fog as a deterrent, strangers would have had to be killed almost weekly instead of the handful we saw in those coffins. The unusual fog would have been an attractive death trap.
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Since when has a fence, sign, locked door, heavy chains, cemented walls, or anything stopped nosy, tenacious, tourists from getting to the evil that gets a horror movie started?
"why didn't they just invest in a fence?" were my first words as the credits rolled on The Shrine.
The most plausible answer I could find was cost. An effective fence - one that can resist all but the best prepared and determined intruders long enough that a periodic patrol can detect the attempted intrusion, the sort that surround prisons - costs in the vicinity of US$500/foot. The demonic fog looked to my eye to be about half a mile across, so fencing it would cost about $4,000,000. The village ("Alvania") looked to me to be tiny and literally dirt-poor, so I imagine this would be far beyond their financial means.
More perplexing to me is why the local church - which looks to be some variety of Polish Orthodox, which is a localization of Eastern Orthodox - wouldn't over the assumed centuries they've been guarding the cursed demon fog woods have told the church hierarchy about it, and enlisted its great wealth and resources. Orthodox churches are big on hierarchy, with priests of even tiny parishes reporting to their superiors, their superiors to their superiors, ad so on - it's what keeps them orthodox.