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Answers from the director himself.

posted 11 years ago by drdeaton_2000-1
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The director addresses some questions about the film here:

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3202946/director-nicholas-mccarthy-t ies-up-loose-ends-on-the-pact/

The gist of the article above being:

1. Annie's one eye being blue and the other being green is meant to imply that Judas is her father. (I don't understand why this is so confusing. It's obviously movie shorthand; an attempt to save the viewer from exposition.)

2. The ending is meant to be Annie's dream. Judas is not alive.

Not addressed in the article but a couple of other things I see on the message boards that I'd like to put out there.

a. For whatever reason, Glick's ghost has no power of Judas. Either you can except that or you don't. I don't see that as violating any rules that the movie establishes. The ghost clearly has limited powers. She can affect lights and manipulate video images and can have limited communication and physical interaction with "sensitives." Glick seems to be able to interact with Annie via the necklace. That's why she can throw her around and communicate with Annie in her dreams even when she's not in the house. Some people interpret the necklace as a symbol that Glick is her mother, but the necklace's point in the story is to explain why Glick can interact with Annie directly and no one else other than the psychic she brought to the house.

b. The controversial shot where Judas appears on the viewscreen and apparently not in the room:

My guess is that the director and cinematographer were trying to be cute. The viewfinder is taking a wider shot than the camera filming the room. Judas is off-camera, but since the viewfinder is taking a wider shot, he can be seen there. It's not meant to imply that Judas is a ghost.

[–] FCA1975 11 years ago

a. For whatever reason, Glick's ghost has no power of Judas. Either you can except that or you don't. I don't see that as violating any rules that the movie establishes. The ghost clearly has limited powers. She can affect lights and manipulate video images and can have limited communication and physical interaction with "sensitives." Glick seems to be able to interact with Annie via the necklace. That's why she can throw her around and communicate with Annie in her dreams even when she's not in the house. Some people interpret the necklace as a symbol that Glick is her mother, but the necklace's point in the story is to explain why Glick can interact with Annie directly and no one else other than the psychic she brought to the house.

b. The controversial shot where Judas appears on the viewscreen and apparently not in the room:

My guess is that the director and cinematographer were trying to be cute. The viewfinder is taking a wider shot than the camera filming the room. Judas is off-camera, but since the viewfinder is taking a wider shot, he can be seen there. It's not meant to imply that Judas is a ghost.

Well that backs up my theory that since Glick has no power over Judas, she has no way to prevent Judas from killing the detective, and that was in fact the ghost of Glick walking by the camera in the "controversial" shot. It also provides the reason why, if you go along the lines of the necklace being the contact point between Annie and Glick, of why Glick did not push/scare the detective out of the house. But that is a whole other story. lol