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What does Melissa See in The Cloak Room (possible Spoiler)

posted 15 years ago by director_80
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I don't know if anyone else has asked or discussed this, and I may have mentioned this in another post, but does anyone know what Melissa was supposed to have seen in the Cloak Room? In the scene she suddenly appears and asks for her present, mentions that he gave her the dress, then starts singing and dancing. As she dances down the room, she looks up, as if she sees Frankie. She then pauses in pure terror. After Frankie says "who are you" she runs back and says she's scared and wants to go home.

What do you suppose she saw, because I'm completely confused. She was the first to have been murdered, so I don't think she saw a body. I don't think Phill did anything because when she pauses in terror, she eventually turns and runs back and starts talking to Phill, so he was behind her when she stops and suddenly gets scared. Also, if it was just a reenactment of her spirit not being able to rest in peace, then she couldn't have seen Frankie, because he wouldn't have been there 10 years ago. So I'm completely lost on that, and I think its up to the viewer to decide, but perhaps I missed something and it was revealed what she may have seen.

If anyone has any idea or opinion please share, because that part still doesn't make sense. What did she see that scared her?

[–] karahmat 15 years ago

Hey, ok my theory might sound confusing but here it goes...
When Melissa is in the Cloak Room (not her ghost but herself, in the 50's on the night when she died) she looks up and gets scared of something...maybe she feels like there is somebody else in the room watching her (besides killer)....so the thing is....she feels the presence of the Freddie who is gonna be in the same room in 10 years watching her ghost. umm any idea what I'm talking about?

[–] lilabell5-2 15 years ago

I think she was reacting to Frankie. I mean, she interacts with him in other parts of the movie, so clearly she is able to see and talk to him. When she sees him in the cloak room she reacts by getting scared, just like he is scared of her. They both know the other shouldn't be there. Simple.

[–] angel32 14 years ago

Lilabell, the OP's point is that this is supposed to be some sort of reenactment of her murder. If it is so, then technically she wouldn't see Frankie there because her murder happened 10 years prior.

[–] MrZoolook 7 years ago

Clearly it was a re-enactment, but there was obvious deviation from the general flow of events.

For example, when she flies out of Frank's room to start walking with the invisible killer, this wouldn't have happened on the actual night unless she had wings and access to Franky's bedroom. She also wouldn't have reacted to his brother, played with his things, written on his typewriter, etc. So there is a pretty obvious overlap of re-enacting the events and interacting and reacting with the living world.

I believe she simply saw Franky, then continued with the re-enactment afterwards.

Besides, even if she was only re-enacting, I doubt even a scared child would stare at something frightening for a good 10 seconds and only then say they were scared. They would pretty much be scared from the instant they saw it. So again, I think this points to her having spotted Franky.

[–] steveintucson 13 years ago

I think she saw Phil freaking out and going into a murderous rage where he shook and got all strange just like he did at the end when Frankie wouldn't unlock the door.

[–] dazepurple 11 years ago

and for one why was she at school closet so late at night meaning midnight where was her mother my i ask you

[–] samody 11 years ago

There were 2 doors to the cloak room. She came in 1 door all happy and singing. I think what happened is Phil came through the other door and was completley changed ( like later in the film when he goes into a rage with Frankie). She goes back to the other door saying she's scared and wants to go home. She isn't speaking to Phil calmly. He steps back out, comes in the original door and starts to choke her. JMO.

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[–] skyflyerjen-53-760737 8 years ago

I thought the same thing. She saw Phil freaking out and said she wanted to go home (he WAS terrifying when he freaked out).
Sadly, one thing I thought she might have seen was something of Phil's that no child should see. That's what I worried about because he molested the kids he killed.

[–] ScaryMary123 8 years ago

Did you watch the same film I did? It's rather OBVIOUS that the ghostly Melissa sees Frankie. That's why she asks, "who are you?" It may be that she sees him the same way he sees her, as a "see-through" ghost, and it frightened her.

That moment cemented the connection between Melissa and Frankie. Really, I never once thought otherwise, so it's so surprising to read people saying, "oh, it must be something about Phil." No, it's something about Melissa and Frankie, and that's all. Lilabel had it right.

[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 7 years ago

Yes, she does see Frankie and she's surprised to see him there, but then she goes back to reenacting the night of the murder. Frankie is just an interruption in that reenactment.

So its both Frankie and Phil she's reacting to.

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