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Good film, until the end..

posted 11 years ago by staceyhicken
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I have to say this film was better than I expected. The kill scenes were ace, the killer was eerie and Malcom McDowell's character was so funny he must have been putting it on, if only to get some 'good quotes' the 'humous and burger' quote was immense, basically I was guessing the killer until the end. I accused everyone in the film! So to be presented with the son of the 'myth guy' was rubbish. I mean, why would the son avenge his dad when his dad set his mum on fire?! And my main question.. What was Jaime King's secret heartbreak? Who did she lose in her past and why? I thought that her 'bad christmas' would play a major role but actually it didn't get cleared up at all....

[–] DesperateHouseboy 11 years ago

She lost her husband. In the flashback scene of the killers father with the blow torch, the officer trying to get him to drop it was her husband. Thats why it made sure to show his badge, which said 'Bradimore'. That was Jaime Kings last name in the movie.

[–] matthew-ruby 11 years ago

Oh wow. I thought that was her father. So what did her father do to deserve to die? And why did the killer want to kill Brenda? This movie confused the hell out of me. lol.

[–] DesperateHouseboy 11 years ago

Oh you know what? It actually was her father lol, since the killer in this was only a little boy in the flash backs. I forgot about that.

[–] walterkovax 11 years ago

I would have liked it better if they never revealed who the killer was. It would make him more menacing if you have no clue who he is or what he looks like behind his mask. I did like how it didn't turn out to be one of the main characters. Now if you watch it again it is still a mystery.

[–] reaseltbim 10 years ago

nothing in this movie makes any sense. The ending was the least thing that was wrong with it.

right....

[–] adam-greenwood 9 years ago

I figured the little boy didn't know what his father had done up to that point, just saw the policeman kill his dad and the resulting fire. Even if he'd had things explained to him afterwards and learned more over the years, that image had already messsed with his mind. What I wasn't sure about, however, was why he snapped that year in particular? Didn't something trigger the memory or were we to believe he makes a habit of this and each town tries to deal with it "in house"?

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[–] alucardvenom 8 years ago

What I wasn't sure about, however, was why he snapped that year in particular? Didn't something trigger the memory or were we to believe he makes a habit of this and each town tries to deal with it "in house"?

The pervert guy (Epstein I think) said that he does it every year, each time in different town. Do people listen to what characters are saying when watching movies these days?

[–] Scarecrow-88 7 years ago

It was more or less a MacGuffen anyway. It wasn't as much about who he was as it was about his rampage and those small town cops trying to find and stop him.