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Why did the house eat the cops?


I just watched this movie last night and something that was really bugging the hello out of me. The part when the house ate the cops didn't really make sense to me. I mean the three kids were bothering the house, wouldn't it want the kids to be taken away so that they wouldn't bother it and then it could go on with its evil plan of eating the trick or treaters?

This is just my personal opinion, I'm just throwing it out there.

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That was it's plan, but then it remembered it was evil...

I do find it strange to have a kids movie with cop killings in it (or any other.)

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The cops weren't killed. They crawled out of the basement during the credits along with everybody else the house "ate" during the movie.

The only one killed was Constance, and she wasn't really dead...

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because the cop with the afro heard the house make a noise, and went to go investigate it. therefore it was 'bothering' the house so it ate them.

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Because it was possessed by a big fat-assed obese woman and it JUST COULDN'T STOP EATING!!!! Nomnomnom

Sometimes, baby bison die.

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Because it went bersek when the old man wasn't there. For what he said, she used to only try to harm those who bothered it/her, but without him there to calm her down, she ate everyone who came within reach. At that point she didn't even care who saw.

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When they pulled up they parked a wheel up on her lawn. Nobody touches that lawn!

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I mean the three kids were bothering the house, wouldn't it want the kids to be taken away so that they wouldn't bother it and then it could go on with its evil plan of eating the trick or treaters?


I don't think you understood what was really going on then.

See, the husband was possibly dead, as far as the wife (the house) was concerned. Which means the only person that loved her and took care of her, protected her was taken away from her by these kids, especially that ONE boy.

So at first, the cops didn't even bother getting out of the car. She knew that she will still get the kids without attracting attention so she didn't harm the cops.

But then the cops come back and start investigating, they start hearing things which means her cover was blown and she might as well get rid of them, including their car (evidence).

So this is why she attacked them.

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because pork is delicious!!!

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