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Shes not the worst thing down there....


Did the homeless guy mean Frank when he said that or was there others down there for a possible sequel?

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That's what I am wondering too. Frank is certainly worse because of his intent, whereas the creature is just a product of his perversion, but is there something else lurking in the catacombs?

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I think he meant Frank, but the line is intentionally vague enough to leave room for a sequel. Heck, knowing horror movies, a sequel could happen with The Mother. (It "worked" for Rob Zombie's Halloween II).

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There could be flashbacks to where Frank stalked the woman and went in her home disguised as a company worker, to unlock her bathroom window ! A whole new chain of events could probably unfold from that.

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I like the idea of something more fucked up being down there.

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Me too. And it's not like there wasn't enough room for someone/something else to be hidden or trapped somewhere down there !

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I figured he was talking about the old man due to the heinous acts he’s committed over the years

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Who knows... but probably... but how did he know what else was down there?

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He says "And she ain't even the worst thing that's in there" (no plural). Like @acelesson I assumed he was talking about the man, since he knew about all the kidnapping, raping, offspring,... that had been happening in that house (which was way worse that the woman herself, since she was somehow another of his victims). Probably he didn't see all of that himself but stories were told (and once you saw the woman around the neighborhood at night you could trust the rest of stories).

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What stories??? We never heard anything about any stories... how would anybody know what was going on in that house/basement? Sure there is apparently a crazy freakishly woman running around... but what does that really explain? And if someone knew why didn't they try to stop it...

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"And if someone knew why didn't they try to stop it..."

It seemed like only the homeless knew.

If I was an homeless old guy, and saw that homicidal creepy creature run around, presumably attacking/hunting (she's got to eat), I would want nothing to do with it. Especially if I had witness my homeless colleagues get picked one by one. That's how I interpreted it anyway.

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That is kind of my point... how did he know... he didn't seem very interested in exploring that house/basement... and if there were stories being told... then more than him knew... So it kind of doesn't make sense... but I guess you just have to accept these kind of inconsistencies in most horror movies...

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There weren't legions of homeless people either. It looked like the neighborhood was dried up. Emptied of anything usable. Maybe he's like the last one (or one of the very few) out there and as an old timer he knew the backstory/urban legend since way back then or learned it through the years and then saw weird things with his own eyes. Cementing the whole thing.

To be honest, I have a bigger issue with how this little house kept being so clean and well maintained and preserved when only a cleaning lady (or crew, I don't remember) would only go when tenants were about to rent. In a neighborhood as sordid as this where even the cops don't want to go... it seems farfetched. More than the homeless dude knowing about messed up things that happened and are still happening in his town. To me at least..

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Yeah I guess that was weird too...

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I think it was just Frank. When AJ was at the door, The Mother wanted nothing to do with him then. I think she was terrified of her "father".

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But she must have helped take care of him.

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probably all the "babies" in all different tunnels under the whole neighborhood.

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Frank. Old guy who needs you to hand him a gun. The scary breast feeding monster lady was worse I reckon.

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