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Who was Bo, who was Vincent?

posted 8 years ago by jeffyoung1
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In the movie, the homicidal identical twins are maybe not truly identical. Maybe they're fraternal. Bo is supposed to be the normal one and Vincent the malformed twin. The movie deliberately never reveals who was who. It just shows that as children, one of the twins was a bipolar beast and the other quiet and compliant. I think the movie wanted you to believe that Bo was the quiet one but I believe it was Vincent. My reasoning is that as adults, Vincent is shown to be silent and very laid back in his body language and movements. Hence he was the quiet little boy. Whereas Bo shows more extroverted energy when communicating with the doomed young people; he must have been the excitable young boy.

[–] supergirlxx110-1 8 years ago

Bo was the normal one in sense of physical appearance and Vincent was the deformed one. However, in terms of personality Vincent (the one who wore the mask) was the normal one who the parents adored and Bo was the naughty one. I thought it was quite clever since they gave off the impression that Vincent was the troubled one until we saw the scars on Bo's wrists.

Obviously they were both insane but you get what I mean.

[–] Dash99 8 years ago

Bo was obviously the child in the beginning who was violent. Vincent was the good child who behaved.

[–] kobrakai1 8 years ago

Wait...was there not a scene in the movie where the chair with the restraints on it was labeled "Bo"
I don't think it was meant to be left to interpretation, They flat out spell it out for you

[–] Goodbye_from_Fox_In_A_Box 8 years ago

Yes. That's how I figured out Bo was the disruptive child, not Vincent.

I didn't even notice the scars on Bo's wrists. It was the highchairs that verified it.

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[–] Elfie-5 7 years ago

They are definitely identical twins because only identical twins can be conjoined. It was their dad's controversial separation method that made them look different, not their DNA.