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Lots of great subtext to dig into with this movie

posted 17 years ago by whoknewitwasu
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I have seen this film hundreds of times on vhs and dvd. The "Children" cant possibly be theire real children, Id say its very unlikely.I think that the children came to be part of the family the same say that Cinthia become one of them at the end. Over all this is one of the best horror films of its kind, a true GEM!

[–] randymil 17 years ago

Yeah that's what my husband thinks too. I like to think that they are really their children cause that just makes the movie all the more strange.

[–] Milo-Jeeder 17 years ago

The "Children" cant possibly be theire real children

Why not? I mean, Fanny, Teddy and Woody were old enough to be Ma and Pa's biological 'children'. They could have been conceived when their parents were in their twenties or thirties, I guess. It would have been different if they were ACTUAL children, but they were not. The three of them were a bunch of middle-aged nutt-cases who thought they were kids, but it was biologically possible for Fanny, Woody and Teddy to be Ma and Pa's real children.

Now, I don't know if you're making this assumption because of their ages or if because both Ma and Pa were too religios to even consider the slightest possibility of having sex and conceiving. If the second theory is what you're talking about, then I guess it makes sense. 'Pa' referrs to sexual relationships as 'Devil's Play' in the scene in which Rob and Lynn want to go to bed together, so it's obvious that the old man had some kind of aversion towards sex. It's just that I'm not sure if he called it 'Devil's Play' because Rob and Lynn weren't married or if he simply was against any kind of sex whatsoever.

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[–] Brandon Hall 17 years ago

I'd say they were Ma and Pa's real kids. I think that if they weren't, they would have hinted around about it a little more.

And Pa calls it "Devil's Play" because they're not married... because right before that is when he says "Hitched! hitched! hitched! It means married! That's what it means..."

I know you are, but what am I?

[–] Milo-Jeeder 17 years ago

Yeah, you're right, he was against it because they weren't married. By the way, I just love the way he yells 'Hitched, hitched, hitched!'. For some reason, I always burst into laughter every time I see that part.

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[–] Brandon Hall 17 years ago

Haha... yeah that is funny. There will be no devil's play in this house!

I love this movie.

I know you are, but what am I?

[–] RobBase086-1 16 years ago

I will have to watch it then sometime when I get a chance to.

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[–] gambitcolumbus 15 years ago

I think they were Ma and Pa's kids...could be an easy explanation as to why Fanny's baby died (it would likely have had many biological problems) and why would they need such a big home if they didn't have kids?

[–] RobBase086-1 15 years ago

Possibly you are correct about that.

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[–] jpjasonphelps 14 years ago

I always thought they were an odd, but interesting bunch. I sort of wished
they would've gone into more detail as to why they cut themselves off from
the rest of the world and lived on a remote island.

I too believe that Fanny, Teddy and Woody where Ma & Pa's biological children.

[–] BWRocks 13 years ago

Watched this movie recently and throughout most of it I thought that the "kids" weren't actually their biological children. Until the ending when they take Cynthia down the basement to show her all of the other skeletons that they killed. One of the skeletons, according to Fannie was the doctor that delivered her so that would make me think that at least she was their biological daughter

[–] aef-6 13 years ago

What a pleasant surprice was this movie. I really liked the characters and i laugh so many times.