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Really good, but could have been better. SPOILERS


I really really like this movie but I think it suffers in a few key points. First off the ending... I think it was original, interesting and well done. But on that note it didn't fit this movie and kinda ruined it. I want mortis the villain to be real because he is so creepy and perfect that its a shame to waste him on a dream sequence. Also add maybe 20-30min and make the protagonist a little smarter. Examples: as soon as he breaks his restraints he should help the fat guy for the same reason you dont have to outrun a bear just outrun the slowest guy running from the bear. then have him not take so much time in the room with the film reels, have him find the girl, partially tortured or instead find the girl dead and a tape playing of her voice calling him. Either way have him use the candle to start a fire as a distraction to escape the house, grappling rifle but hurting his leg further in the process, End with mortis, partially burned, dragging the large scythe seen in one torture room out of the house slowly following and raising scythe to kill him. Protagonist tried for rifle but its stuck in tree roots, pulls off bayonet and stabs mortis in stomach. Mortis falls and protagonist pulls himself over his body and the movie ends with the protagonist stabbing him repeatedly in the chest and neck with bayonet. Roll credits. Show scene after credits, people hiking in the woods come across bones in woods, one says they don't look animal etc etc pan to house in distance, zoom on car, zoom on doorway, zoom on calendar showing 1988, zoom on slightly younger mortis sitting inside, turning his head as if he hears the hikers. Boom, prequel.

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