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Pretty meek effort to defend themselves

posted 12 years ago by Macka24
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Why did they just do the same thing night after night? After it was established that she was really being hunted by a demon then why on earth did they just sleep in the bed totally unprotected with the door open every night? How about trying a few things like....

1) Maybe use a bear trap. It's a physical creature so there's no reason to think it wouldn't work. If it can hold bears then it should be able to hold a demon. Once trapped, hit it short range with a shotgun.

Or...

2) Move house. Yes it is established that it follows her, but can it follow overseas? Move to Europe. It appears to be a physical creature albeit invisible, so by the time it knows you're gone for good you're already half way across the world. It may have some magical sense and know where you are, but it would still take weeks to get back to you. Just move around every few weeks.

Or

3) Close the door and lock it. Whoa. If nothing else it will at least wake you up trying to get in so you can go out the window.

Or

4) You have video proof of a hostile species never seen before. Go show it to the media. Someone out there may have an idea how to kill it.

Or

5) Buy a pack of dogs. You've got some nasty demon attacking you. See how it goes against a group of big ass dogs.

[–] Tayte 12 years ago

Yeah you are right. They didn't do much about it.

or
Should have simply let Katie sleep on the other side of the bed. How hard could that be ?
or

Turn some lights on at night or they could have tried staying in a hotel or something for a few days

[–] SpecialAgentScully 11 years ago

I know! She always slept closest to the door. How dumb was that? Micah didn't even know when stuff happened to her, until she was all the way downstairs and screaming.

[–] VictorVaughn 12 years ago

4 makes sense and 5 I would just like to see happen, but seriously its a demon, do you seriously think these ideas are usable. Why not just hit it with a bat?

6) Hit it with a bat.

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[–] somesunnyday 11 years ago

Bear trap, that's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time

[–] fiatlux-1 11 years ago

I was stunned that they never called on the Lord for help. They have definite proof that a demon is in their home. If demons are real, doesn't that mean that God is too?!!
I would have been praying like crazy. And what the fresh heck was with Micah being against an exorcism? What did he think would work, if not help from outside?

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

[–] TheatreNachos 11 years ago

I was stunned that they never called on the Lord for help. They have definite proof that a demon is in their home. If demons are real, doesn't that mean that God is too?!!

This is what I find hilarious about not only this movie, but others featuring demons. A lot of them don't bother mentioning God at all, or even feature praying. They have some holistic shaman healer or something come in with incense and root out "the evil". It's just funny how some filmmakers try to avoid God at all costs. I mean, if you have a film about raping, torturing, gory, sadist, inbred brothers, you don't need God (depending on one's beliefs). But if you have what you've identified, or at least to a certain degree know it's a demon you're dealing with, why in the hell wouldn't someone pray or get a priest, or get a pastor or something to investigate. It's just stupid.

[–] tinasparklesau 11 years ago

That's only if your looking at it from a Christian Demonology point of view.

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[–] fiatlux-1 11 years ago

Oh my lol! In all seriousness though, these films seem to have a lack of the presence of God.
I know that it makes the film scarier of course to do them like they have, but just once a 'battle' in one of these films might be cool!
Even cooler: a battle between 2 unseen forces! Good vs. evil.

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

[–] siki_no_1 11 years ago

Demon was a perv. He visited Katie to watch her play with herself then he would have ... You get the point. That`s why he haunted girls. When she moved with Micah to suburban he though hmm this will be interesting. They are going to do all sorts of things in this house and when he saw the camera he got excited. He wanted to join in. But they did not have intercourse not once in all that time. He tried to tell them to enjoy eachother and not to focus on him but they just didn`t get it so he decided he had enough and that he is going to find another girl to haunt and killed them both. The end.

[–] vhosek2000 11 years ago

Ok I just need to say thank you. That made me laugh so hard I about peed my pants!

[–] ponstan 11 years ago

leave some brooms/garden racks lying around, then the demon steps on the broom end and the handles hit his face like sideshow bob.

somewhat more seriously, if putting powder on the floor worked, why not put some glue or resin thing?

but agreed, at the very least they should have gone somewhere more public. doesn't have to be a church, even a starbucks would have been good.

[–] csdaly 11 years ago

Excellent questions - thought the same myself when watching. My inclination was number 4 - with video evidence of supernatural evidence, there'd be an army of scientists or other people willing to stay with you and cash in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal). Also, why didn't they just have the friend stay over? I'm sure Micah wouldn't have minded making room in the bed.

[–] TVippy 11 years ago

You're really funny, hope you made this post just to make us laugh? =)

"If it can hold bears then it should be able to hold a demon."
Cracked me up.

" It may have some magical sense and know where you are"
What if it just hopped in your taxi? No need to "sense" you.

"but it would still take weeks to get back to you"
You seem to know a whole lot about this demon.

"Just move around every few weeks."
Because you're a millionaire and you'll never grow tired? Have you tried moving once in your life? It's not easy.

"Go show it to the media. Someone out there may have an idea how to kill it. "
Or may mock you saying that you forged the footage.

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