The elderly black couple

Yeah they were dumb...they got what they deserved...

Mr. Pink: You shoot anybody?
Mr. White: A few cops.
Mr. Pink: No real people?

i thought the same thing!! exactly, its ridiculous that the old black man called the motel guy and not the cops, what a dumbass! like what you said, when the two kids are obviously saying, call the cops they are trying to kill us, how is it that the motel guy's story of them trying to rob him make any sense! i liked the old woman though. it was a shame though they got killed, they were only trying to help though.

I didn't get this either. The only thing I can think is that they are supposed to be stereotypical hicks that are quick not to trust strangers so they call the people they sort of know instead of the cops. It was really dumb though.

First of all, I think it's unlikely that the old man called the motel (even if he did it is highly unlikely that anyone was present at the motel to pick up the phone because they were probably still hunting for their victims).

When they first come knocking at the couple's door the two do mention that the people (or at least one) at Meadow View Inn were trying to kill them.

However, contrary to what the people are saying in this thread, I don't think the old man called the neighbors. We can see this because when they hear a car pull in the old man says: "Sounds like the sheriff."

Thus it seems he chose to believe his neighbor, who he'd never imagine being a killer (I mean... do you suspect your neighbor of committing murder?), over the words of two strangers... even though the two clearly stated that it included someone working at the motel. Dumb... yes... deserved to die?... I don't think so...


I guess though if the murderers called ahead BEFORE the two protagonists arrived - as stated by 'JapanGaijin' - then the whole situation would make more sense...
Shows that the writers of the movie gave no real thought to any possible plot holes or contradictions much.

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Agreed. It's just kind of willful stupidity and counter-intuitive behavior by characters that make horror movies so exasperating to watch. I just refuse to believe that people are that stupid. The first movie, on the other hand had the two victims pretty much acting intelligently and being out thought was what made the first movie so terrifying.














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A number of years before the events on this film, Otis had been taking his mistress to the motel. He later got his senses back and settled down with his christian wife.

He and Gordon, then reached the usually unspoken yet mutually beneficial good neighbour agreement that none of them would let on what knew about each other.

It didn't seem very surprising to me that Otis behaved the way he did.

It's clearly Smith the psycho becoming restless at how the plan's unfolding, that moves the story forward by shooting the couple.

It's called... poor script-writing

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