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Two Things I Don't Understand

posted 8 years ago by rjbj123
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1. How did Annabelle rig the rope to enter the bars on Nora's bedroom window and get it coil around her feet and appear "hanging" outside of her window???

2. Not to mention Nora runs screaming out of her room 10 seconds later and sees Annabelle hanging in the hallway? WTH?????

[–] novastar_6 8 years ago

2. Not to mention Nora runs screaming out of her room 10 seconds later and sees Annabelle hanging in the hallway? WTH?????

Yeah that always bugged me a bit too, I assumed they had a dummy made of her since they were going to claim it was a dummy of her hanging from the ceiling, but as a kid when I watched, it didn't look like Annabelle, I thought it was supposed to be the corpse of ANOTHER person who might've been hanged at the house the last time Pritchard was there.

[–] Xcalat3 8 years ago

2. Not to mention Nora runs screaming out of her room 10 seconds later and sees Annabelle hanging in the hallway? WTH?????

this i still don't get either.

Libera te tu temet ex inferis.
pro ego sum diabolus, pro ego sum nex.

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[–] novastar_6 8 years ago

For example, there's no explanation for the blood dripping from the ceiling.

THAT is why I've always thought that there actually WERE ghosts in the house and it wasn't just Pritchard's 'spook talk' because this is not explained by David and Annabelle, and there's no way they could've planned it either.

Was the head found in Nora's bedroom real or fake (can't recall).

We can only hope it was a fake head since the doctor and the wife supplied it, but you never know.

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[–] mustang_steph 8 years ago

I think unfortunately this is one of those movies (and I do love it so no criticism here) where they think they can explain all supernatural and scary parts by saying it was all part of a big gag and were planned. It doesn't actually logically explain all the things that happen, but it's supposed to appease the audience.

[–] Strannger (2007) 7 years ago

My interpretation was it was set up and at the and we found out that the ghosts were real and behind some of the acts