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How did they explain the cop's death?


After all, they'd be locked up in loony bins if they started mentioning a ghost did it. 

Why are you here if you haven't seen the movie yet?

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That's the exact same thing I was thinking when leaving the screening!

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They can say there mom did it?

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Why would they tarnish their mom's memory? Specially since the last thing she did was the most selfless act a person can do.

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Well it might be that or going to jail.

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What happened to the second cop (female cop)? She was never mentioned after going after her colleague...

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Yes she was. She appeared (dead) with her eyes gouged out, then her body fell forward revealing Diana standing there.

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That's the only part i had a problem with

how the hell would they explain the events that occurred in that house that left 2 cops dead (mutilated BTW) and a woman killing herself

Someone suggested that they'd say the mam did it - but would they really want the public to think that she was a cop killer? depression or not, we all know how you Yanks hate cop killers

I'm not one for logistics and realistic events in film/TV - but that really did bother me

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All evidence would point to a third party, Diana. Blood splatter, the type of injuries etc. They cant pin the mother on those nor any of the family.

So LAPD would be looking for a ghost.

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Just say it was dark and they don't know what happened.

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This is a film with supernatural elements, you can not reason with logic. if everything in the film was logic, there would be no film.

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The O.P.'s question has nothing to do with the supernatural elements, so it's not illogical.

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"if they started mentioning a ghost did it. "


"has nothing to do with the supernatural elements"

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The point isn't about the audience believing that a spirit exists in their cinematic universe, the point is about people in the film believing that a spirit exists in their cinematic universe.

Every film like this comes across this concern, choosing whether or not to believe the protagonist (look at the boyfriend). But the world doesn't just simply acknowledge that these things exist. Their world is like our world: if this thing happened in real life, you know 95% of the people on Reddit would have to try and come up with some other explanation for what happened.

** Rest in peace, Timothy Volkert (1988 - 2003) **

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