Joyce said they both had "the veil" as well as Heidi, their mother, and grandmother and I am assuming a bunch of other relatives. Even after the money discovery, Gordy picture, and all the strange occurrences she was STILL standing there with her arms crossed going "So you believe all this now?"
Not until the last 5 minutes did she finally believe everything she was seeing. It was getting annoying.
She did believe it, she just tried to convince herself it wasn't true..
shareWhat annoyed me was how the mother was taking her sweet ass time packing while her family waited outside.
shareThis is a common trope in horror movies.
Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
I absolutely agree, it's one thing to try and convince yourself it isn't real but when proof is staring at you right in the face, that and with the possible danger of your child/loved ones being in danger she should have woken up about it way earlier. And I love how she saw her sister just dangling there like I damn marionette and the first thing is does is not see if she's okay when she cuts her down but demands where her daughter is (which I get, as a mother of course, but this is also your sister, she could have been dead)
shareWell, to play devil's advocate, the writers could use the excuse that she had been taking medication to alleviate her susceptibility to "the veil", but I generally agree with you about her confounding lapse in judgment when something so sinister was staring her right in the face...
Right. Well, I have to-- I have to go now, Duane, because I, I'm due back on the planet Earth.
as King of Bob stated, it's a very common trope in horror movies.
If she would have used common sense, the movie wouldn't last 100 mins.
It's all entertainment. I certainly remember seeing this while reading shakespeare and other classic novels.
Directors and writers call it "suspense".. the general public calls it annoying.
The same cliche tropes that you see in basically every horror movie:
Let's stay in denial until the 5 mins., then suddenly realize "Oh, we're in danger!"
Let's run! not to the gas filled car or a nearby neighbor - but the small confined trailer that once you're in there, well, you can't get out.
Whenever there's a scary moment, milk it, by taking slow steps toward the area, this usually takes approximately 5 minutes, and 3 commercial breaks if you're watching it SyFy.
And instead of hauling ass during midday? well, wait until it's night time.
Oh, and of course, the electricity's out, so it will really rev up the "scary ambience".
The only thing missing in THIS Movie finale was the usual "sudden thunderstorm"..
and we all know this movie is bull, because when the husband goes out looking for his daughter, he's wearing a tight fitting wife beater tank top, replete with custom fitted running pants.
In real life, every woman knows, that men don't jump out of bed wearing "contrived night wear".. They wear the universal, man-law made, raggedy-a** tee shirt and hole-ly underwear.
Check out the Discovery Channel documentary to get the real story behind it. It was more frightening then this mediocre movie.
shareI have to agree. Yea, yea, we all know it’s a trope but she was over-the-trope.
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