loved the idea didnt like the film but i have some qustions

1. His son.

2. He brought his son to them thinking the monsters were deformed freaks.

3. Don't know. Maybe to have the viewer come up with their own theory of what happened.

4. Probably real monsters. The deformed children was just his theory.

5. His son.

Yo, she-bitch! Let's go!

2. Dekker may have been the one that *beep* the umbrella whore and then she had a child...

I was about to post the same thread with the same set of questions, thank you!
All of them have been answered here by now, but I also really want to know what did he mean by saying he was "wrong". First, it seems, he tries to stop people from wondering about monsters saying they don't exist (monsters made him do it, that's why it's not convincing in the slightest), but then I thought by "wrong" he means monsters are not human rejects who try to live in peace, but actually otherwordly from the start.


Also, the first one they see doesn't resemble a human at all, and actually does look like a cheap special effect. And the crab man is just too wacko to even be considered humanoid despite his torso and legs.

Oh, and unrelated thought: who thought putting Ray Wise there was a great idea? It's cool they went with a semi-famous director approach, which seems realistic enough, but without Ray Wise, we wouldn't have a lot of things. That's some alternative universe! Leland Palmer is about as recognizable as Freddy Krouger. People who haven't seen Twin Peaks recognize the main theme and Leland from the start! Without TP there is no X-Files. Should've used an unknown person to make it more believable, even though everyone knows it's just a piece of fiction, of course.

Look, this is a comedy first and foremost, for those that don't recognize it as such. It kinda has a pretty well-laid story too.

1. Who was chained up in Dekker's cellar?

Dekker tells a tale of a young college boy approached and seduced in an alley by 'Brella after confessing how authentic the artists rendition is, and possessing 'the body of a beautiful woman, right?', despite the artwork he is gesticulating towards kinda telling a different story. Dekker is the young college boy, and had a liason with 'Brella in an alley that bore a son. When he was pressed on this, he attempted to conceal this illicit bit of information by scaring the producers with other more pertinent information: These monsters ARE people, and some of them will hurt you, HAVE hurt people, if you keep digging. He then tried to 'scare them straight' and wash-over the fact that he has suggested he has had sex with a 'monster'. 'Brella is the one chained in Dekker's cellar.

2. What was the deal with Dekker's son?

Dekker's son was taken by Vance. That's how Dekker is aware of Vance and understands his purpose.

3. Why did Adam decide to end the film that way?

I think Adam felt the film needed a stinger at the end. I entirely agree with you though, the startle wake was too much and inexplicable. It should have simply ended with the delivery of the camera to a sleeping Adam. I would like to hear from Adam why he chose the startle wake. I get this is all supposed to be comedic, but I kinda felt invested at that point as to the resolution of the story, and it felt like a troll, rather than a rib at a goofy trope.

4. What are 'monsters' and 'the marrow'?

Things that slip through the cracks. You would have to go back to the opening to kinda understand the concept. Monsters CAN exist, because it's in our nature to be able to conceive them, and most of all we WANT them. So, simply the concept of a 'monster' makes a 'monster' real on some level. It MUST exist, because you can conceive it. It's like that porn meme/rule 34 or whatever. But there is also an attempt to humanize them. They aren't 'monsters' they are just different and forced to hide themselves.

5. Who was Dekker feeding?

Dekker was feeding his son. After his liason with 'Brella, and his past run-ins with monsters from the marrow at the lumberyard, he began chasing her. She may have indeed been 'dangerous', and stalked and murdered 'dumb college boys' that she seduced and lured into alleys as they came out of bars. Those grissly pictures might indeed be evidence of 'Brella's crimes. Dekker was not murdered by 'Brella though, when he was a 'dumb college boy'. He did not find her monstrous, despite from what we can see...we don't want to see much more under that umbrella...

That night gave fruit to a child. Dekker was unaware of this apparently, and was still chasing 'Brella. That's how he's aware of her 'methods' of killing 'dumb college boys'. He, after many years of chase and investigating the marrow, caught her and chained her in his closet/cellar. At some point he became aware that he had a son. 'Brella is one of the 'dangerous ones' and he has to keep her locked up while he searches for their son.

Perhaps, with 'Brella's help, he has been able to track down the network of the Marrow, and is able to find openings into the Marrow. He waits stoically for signs of his son, who eventually emerges ostensibly because he is looking for his father. His son belongs in the Marrow though, where he can live a life 'just like we do'. But it pains Dekker to be so distant from his son. He attempts to clandestinely meet with his son at the Marrow openings he can chase down.

As to why he contacted Adam is quite confusing. Perhaps he was simply lonely. Maybe he was frustrated that he couldn't see his son and this was designed as a threat of exposure to the 'monsters in the marrow' if they continue to deny him access.

X. So that's pretty much the story, it's supposed to be silly and it's supposed to be a comedy.

Good Idea Terrible execution