The viewers of a movie (and more specifically, a horror movie) are naturally more aware that something will go wrong than the characters of that movie. Because the characters, at the beginning of every horror movie, don't know that s--t is gonna happen, right? We know that s--t is gonna happen even before we see the movie, how could those kids know it too? The just went for a week to stay with their grandpa and grandma and have a good time. Someone who seems so suspicious to us doesn't seem suspicious to the characters, at least at the beginning. So if I was in the kids' place and my grandpa told me "just one rule kids, in this house we go to sleep at 9:30 pm, so there's no activity outside your bedroom after that time", I would just think that they're old people who go to bed very early, and don't want any disturbance when they sleep. Right?
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KeeblerMeg
8 years ago
Well, you're actually wrong about the Grandfather's explanation. Their first night he says, "We're old, so bed time is at 9:30". He never tells them to stay in their room, which is why she had no problem going out of her room, wherein she spots grandma vomitting away. The "best not to leave your room after 9:30" comment comes after the girl mentions grandma vomitting, and her other crazy antics.
I'm gonna have to second the notion that 9:30 was lights out at the asylum, and also add that he didn't want the kids to see grandma going crazy anymore, this scaring them off before they had the chance to kill the kids. Just my humble 2 cents.
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DonNova
8 years ago
You're wrong. He tells them to stay in their room after 9:30. This happens after the night they see their grandmother scratching the wall naked.
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KeeblerMeg
8 years ago
Re-read my post... I said the exact same thing, just different words.
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