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So I'm a little confused (spoilers)


I'm just confused about a few things. Maybe I just need to go back and re-watch the film, see if I missed anything, but I just didn't understand WHY exactly the lady was killing all those people? I understand why she killed the Prof. and that inspector guy, but why kill the girls? Did she do that because of the trauma from her being raped?

I honestly feel like having the deformed son show up was just a way to add "shock value," because I didn't quite understand how that really contributed to the plot. I mean, how was killing all those people protecting her son???

Again, maybe I'm just dumb and need to re-watch the movie, but I'm just a little confused. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into this? I have no clue.

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I thought the son had done some of the killings. Maybe I misinterpreted.

Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

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My understanding is the son killed the girls, and the mother jumped in as needed to protect her son, so she killed the Donald Pleasence character, and a few others as well.

I suggest to watch it again, and don't even bother with trying to make sense of it! Alot of Argento's movies are more along the line of a nightmarish dream than a realistic plot.

Just enjoy of the combo of scenery, music and crazy stuff like the monkey coming outa nowhere to slice/dice the mothers face!

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