I just watched this on Netflix. Agnes was, to say the least, highly imaginative. She had a vague past & a desire to get away from something. She also got a bit defensive when Jim said she was "sensitive". Her obsession with Jennifer reminded me of "Rebecca"; the main character in that book/film also let her imagination get the better of her.
I kept expecting the delivery "boy" (like that actor was 19!) would turn out to be a psycho who murdered Jennifer & had similar plans for Agnes.
You mentioned "The Haunting" (the original film is one of my favorites)...there was the suggestion at the beginning of this film, as in "The Haunting", that the house was somehow a bad place & she would be gone after two days--that her predecessors hadn't lasted long.
That shadow at the end threw me--I had to rewind & watch it again. I still don't know what/whose it was (hence my visit to this board to see what others thought). Was it Jennifer's restless spirit? It appeared to walk up the steps to the house.
I like an ambivalent ending, one that's open to interpretation. I'd like to hear what other people think.
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MIchiganJFrogg
9 years ago
It did not seem that ambivalent to me. The shadow in the beginning is Jennifer's mind staying in the house although her body left. The many parallels between Jennifer and Agnes are obvious. Both are single young ladies, working as caretaker in the same house. Agnes reads and is influenced by Jennifer's diary. Agnes thinks her own reflection is the dead Jennifer. The shadow in the end is Agnes's mind. As Agnes leaves the house, her mental stability breaks, and the shadow is her sanity being left behind in the house.
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