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ok someone help me out here

posted 12 years ago by mikedunlap45
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alright so i just watched this movie and liked it quite a bit, it was a nice horror/thriller/mystery however i am unsure how this is a vampire film, let me explain.

I did see all the signs of it being a vampire movie and i did understand the movie quite well but it never quite puts it out there in your face so let me take a guess and someone just tell me if im correct

so van wakefield is the vampire behind the yellow wallpaper right? and he bit john at the end right? just after he asked him how strong is your love is that about right? because some stuff didn't add up even though technically it did and maybe I was just looking at it differently. I was viewing the film as a ghost story the entire time so it threw me off a bit when it turned out to be a vampire behind the yellow wallpaper. is that all correct? cause i understand everything if that's about the jist of it, just wanna be 100% sure is all

all i need is for someone to let me know if i got it or if there's something that i missed lol

[–] subland 12 years ago

I just watched it and honestly I didn't like it. It's nothing at all like the short story, even though it did take a few things from the writing. As for the ghost/vampire thing... I seems to me that the 'ghosts' were trying to warn them away from the house (the ghosts of the people the vampire had killed over the long years + the ghost of their child). And the vampire (Van Wakefield) had 'transferred' his 'curse' over to Charlotte (who killed her sister) and somehow made John something like a 'day-time' version of a vampire. So John could take care of things during the day and Charlotte could take care of things (kill) during the night. Weird to say the least but I think it's horrible they did this to a wonderful short story, they should have just made the movie and called it something else because that's what it is - something else.

[–] mikedunlap45 12 years ago

very true i appreciate you explaining it dude and yeah that is spot on to how i kinda feel towards the movie its ok but its definitely not like the short story at all...its a whole different thing going on

[–] bpollen 10 years ago

Yeah, they should've called it something else, because that's what it is.

I didn't catch that Wakefield had turned the dr. into a daytime lacky. But Wakefield was released, wasn't he, when he "caught" Charlotte in his web? Or did Charlotte become one in a series of people he added to his vampire stable?

The lacky is a common character in Dracula movies. The weird guy who eats insects and makes sure the coffin gets shipped to wherever the new place is. I missed that that's what he had become. That explains how he made the ultimate decision he made: to lead innocent people to their deaths.

I'm not certain it was Charlotte who killed her sister. It could've been Wakefield. Charlotte may not have become a full fledged vampire yet.

I liked the movie. But it should not have been tied to the original story.