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What happened to the magician's wife?


She climbed the 'magic' rope after her hubby killed the Indian magician's daughter, then apparently saw something that terrified her, then she vanished. We then see blood swirling up above the celing staining it. What do you think happened to her and what killed her?

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That's a perfect example of why less is more in horror. Your mind can develop much more terrifying images than any writer could. I pictured his wife seeing plenty of demonic souls that wanted to torture her, chilling.

"I had to rescue a burning baby. See, I got burning baby all over me."
- CHEECH

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I imagine she was consumed by a Lovecraftian entity of some sort.

If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?

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I think the undead Indian lady was a ghoul who ate her.

But really the film should have shown what happened to her.

killed the Indian magician's daughter


No, he didn't kill her. She was undead. She is shown as alive at the end of the film.

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I figured she just caused her to teleport into the ceiling, into the solid part, or part way into another dimension or something. Either way, I was under the impression that she was squished or minced or something along those lines.

Could have been a monster or anything really.

I wonder if the comic explains it any more.

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