couple of questions re the ending *SPOILERS*

Yeah I'm actually curious wit these questions as well!?

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Just guessing but here goes...

Maybe with Paul, Francis assumed (as I did and obviously wrongly) that when he said needed to talk about his family and could not do it on the phone Paul would have the simple common sense to not come to the house. Need to talk about family + can't do it one the phone + don't know what to do = something isn't right with the family so maybe it isn't such a good idea to go to the family home. Paul really didn't seem like the observant type to begin with. It looked like not draining him was just a personal choice on the oldest brother's part, although we have to assume they killed him. If not, he would have gone to the police.

I think the throwing up was just from anxiety.

Maybe he was idealistic in hoping he could avoid doing any actual killing himself but when faced with a bleeding girl his instincts took over and he couldn't control it. It didn't look like he had ever actually been in the room when his family took blood or killed before. Once he realized there was no changing what he was and accepted it he understood his family better. Letting him out if the box early just sounded like he was let out at a younger age than usual. Little kids have little impulse control and in their case probably a little trouble understanding the rules on who and when it is acceptable to kill and how to dispose of the bodies without getting caught.

I completely agree with unknown_soul278 about Paul being too dense to realize that he shouldn't have gone to the house to talk to Francis. But, as you ask, why the hell didn't Francis suggest a time and place to meet in his message? I also think he would have been so anxious about this meeting being kept a secret that he would have *stressed* that Paul should not go to the house.

I saw Francis's killing and feeding on the girl as a sort of delayed-onset puberty (vamperty?) When Wendell tells him it's time he lost his cherry, he could have meant it in the traditional sense, or how those who are like them kill/feed from their first victim.

As for Paul's ultimate fate, David does initially say, "No, not this one" when Wendell (I think) mentions draining him, but then almost immediately gives up/gives in and says "Do whatever you want." (Paraphrasing there.) I thought the implication was pretty strong that they killed him.

I admit that I didn't watch this movie all that closely; I didn't realize they were cannibals, too! What was the tip-off that told you guys that?