Why did Kirsty do it?


This film was ok. The only thing that confused me was why Kirsty would open the Lament Configuration when Trevor gave it to her. It's not like Trevor was holding a gun to her head, and quite frankly if I were Kirsty, I'd prefer it over the box.

Of course this scene leads to what could be the stupidest line in the series:

Kirsty (to Pinhead) : How did you find me?

For crying out loud, Kirsty opens the box to the Cenobite universe and wonders how Pinhead "found" her? Maybe that's why she opened the box, all the years of therapy and grief wore out her common sense.

Oy.

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"The box found her, in a manner of speaking."

I assume this is what puts the "seeker" in "Hellseeker", eh?

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Hm, you're entire family dies horribly most of them do so after betraying you. Demons from hell chase you around wanting to take your soul. The authorities don't believe you and turn you over to a mental institution run by a man who just wants to use your trauma to get to hell. You get your head royally screwed over trying to find your dad, the only family that didn't betray you, in hell. You end up finding out the demon who wanted your soul isn't really all that bad. That's pretty much enough to screw up Kirsty's life. I bet she needed to go through quite a bit of therapy to deal with it.

But deal with it she did. Then she meets Trevor. She's probablly fresh out of therapy and he romances the hell out of her. She loves him and they marry. To her he is the best thing to happen to her, she is beyond the puzzle box and is making her own life. She probally had too much of an emotional attachment to him, which is why she forgave all of his cheating on her so easily. She didn't want him to leave, but even at her emotional worst she couldn't forgive him forever.

She probablly wasn't even thinking of the puzzle at the time, maybe just a normal divorce. But Trevor has decided he wants a better experience than he's had before. He finds the puzzle, of course Kirsty would have told him about it, and decides he wants Kirsty to open it, to make a deal for him. This is probally the worst betrayal for her. With that box he basically said he was going to give her soul to the cenobites. When he gives her the box she's at the end of her line. She's fed up with his lies and excuses. She's fed up with his women. If he wants the damn box opened so badly, she'll gladly open it and hand him over herself. After all, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

That's just one of my theory's. My other one is that Kirsty really did want to open the box, regardless of anything else. She just didn't want to admit she might be the same as the people who willingly open the box knowing wht it is.

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Remember she asked him "This is what you want?" Desire calls the Cenobites. She probably figured they'd take him.

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Quite simply - she opened the box KNOWING beforehand the deal she'd make with Pinhead. Her husband screws her over, so she'll do the same. Whether Pinhead would accept was the gamble...

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I think her question was in regards to how was Pinhead able to track down where she was at, who she married and was able to trick him into using the box.

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Going from what Pinhead said, I'm guessing once you open the box you're forever connected to it, no matter how many times you escape, or made a deal to be let go. Which is why it seems to always return to Kirsty after awhile, it will forever be looking for her.

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