Granted, I never saw this deleted scene, but she appears quite frightened, and not in the playful way, but in a I'm running around the house pleading not to be killed by this thing that's knocking over and destroying everything. If these are games, how often does the house need to be fixed and cleaned up?
The whole scene to me is a red herring to make her seem like the main victim. That bothers me because once you've seen the film, that whole scene doesn't make much sense. And what was the mother babbling about her being too young and having sinful flesh... and what? What was she thinking was happening? Ghost sex? Why protect her if she is evil?
I also don't get how Johnny is able to kill people with that cloak, and where'd he get it and how did he get out of Hell? And how was Frank able to rip her soul out of her body? Couldn't Johnny just have done that to people in the first place? I just don't get the soul eating, and most of the things the spirits can do. One second, they can only do minor lifting and moving of objects and the next they can rip people's souls out of them. How was Johnny able to pre mark people without Frank seeing? And how can they fall through walls and floors, but only some walls and floors... It just doesn't make sense.
Sure the movie is fun, in a family film way, but it has so many unexplained moments and plot points. I just can't see how it is so highly regarded compared to horror films, and horror comedies that make sense.
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luxerus
11 years ago
Frank had just died and there was the heavenly light. By bringing the body and soul into the light, he managed to bring the soul with him and leave the body behind.
I guess that it gives you the opportunity to kill your killer!
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tdl797
10 years ago
Yeah, I don't quite understand the opening with how the film ended. The part where she is under the table and it bends is weird, too. That means the ghost had to be out in the open, whereas it was always inside of the walls/floors up to that time.
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buddyboy28
10 years ago
It's a red herring but one that makes sense if you've seen the director's cut.
"Why protect her if she's evil"
She's her daughter. If she's in her house under medication she believes she'll be OK.
"I also don't get why Johnny is able to kill people with that cloak"
I'm not surpised you don't get it because he doesn't and can't.
"And where'd he get it"
Hell. He's come back as an incarnation of the Reaper.
"How'd he get out of Hell"
Patricia used ouiji boards to bring him back.
"How was Frank able to rip her soul out of her body"
Who says he did? Johnny could stick his arm through people's chests so maybe Frank killed her by damaging some of her organs too before he pulled her spirit out.
"I just don't get the soul eating"
Me neither. Thankfully there's no soul eating in it.
"One minute, they can only do minor lifting and the next they can rip people's souls out of them"
What? Only Johnny and Frank do that. And what's this lifting crap. The first time Frank became a ghost he had trouble adapting to his surroundings but lifting?
"How was Johnny able to pre-mark people without Frank seeing"
Johnny wasn't pre-marking them. He had his victim planned and Frank had the psychic abilities to see who his victim was, because Patricia carved the number into their foreheads afterwards. Johnny wasn't advertising it for people with psychic abilities LOL.
"How can they fall through walls and floors but only some walls and floors"
What's this they? Apart from Stuart who got stuck in the door because his ectoplasm had dried up, the only ghost to fall through walls and floors was Frank because he wasn't used to being a spirit. Once he concentrated he knew how to adapt. Ever seen Ghost or other numerous supernatural movies? Same thing. Peter Jackson doesn't have to signpost everything.
"It just doesn't make sense"
It does to people with a brain.
"Sure the movie is fun"
Only thing you've got right.
"But it has so many unexplained moments and plot points"
No it doesn't if you actually PAY ATTENTION.
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RetroNewWave
10 years ago
And what's this lifting crap.
He's talking about the two side ghosts who were lifting the bed and the babies.
The opening in the theatrical release still doesn't make sense when the movie is over. You don't have to be so rude to people.
I was MovieKid56, but then I was cured alright
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buddyboy28
10 years ago
"He's talking about the two side ghosts who were lifting the bed and the babies".
He clearly isn't as he stated "one minute they can do minor lifting of objects and the next they can rip the souls out of people". Only the Grim Reaper took people's souls.
"You don't have to be so rude to people"
I'm not usually but that particular poster has left three or four of the exact same pompous posts all over the board nitpicking things that are explained.
What the hell is a gigawatt?!
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RetroNewWave
10 years ago
He clearly isn't as he stated "one minute they can do minor lifting of objects and the next they can rip the souls out of people". Only the Grim Reaper took people's souls.
I thought he was talking about the spirits capabilities in general.
I'm not usually but that particular poster has left three or four of the exact same pompous posts all over the board nitpicking things that are explained.
Yeah, that can get annoying.
I was MovieKid56, but then I was cured alright
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