The Wife was kind of a bitch...Spoilers

I thought that was too realistic for my taste, to be honest. I watch horror movies because I don't want to be constantly reminded that people are the real monsters. Killing her is not even satisfying in a case like this, because either way she already ruined his life.

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@Foxbarking

I won't lie---that really tripped me out, when the grandmother never once tried to comfort the man on losing his wife---that was just straight-up out cold right there. And then she had the nerve to talk about how his wife's boyfriend was taking her death----no wonder the guy snapped and said that he didn't give a damn--who wants to hear that kind of shyt at a funeral?

The thing is, though, I never understood why the man's wife was cheating on him to begin with. I could see if he were an abusive husband, but there was nothing to even indicate that, or that they even had problems in the first place. It's never really clarified in the film exactly what made her want to cheat on him in the first place--that was my only problem with the film, besides the gore. Very dark, disturbing, and creepy flick. That really should have been expounded upon a lot more. But to say that the husband's job wasn't "masculine" and that he was a "beta" male? I mean, come on--that just sounds ridiculous to me. Maybe like another poster said, the demon just manipulated things to make it seem like she was cheating---that makes a little more sense then. And it did seem like the house was cursed because of the previous murders that had taken place there.

I also thought that from the beginning that his co-worker liked him---she really no business pushing up on him when he was trying to show her the demon thing he filmed, but then he was just as damn wrong for what he did to her--that was just straight up horrible right there.

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They moved into the house before she started the affair right?

Yeah, long before it started. The police inspector mentions that the affair had been going on for a year, meaning they had already been living in the house for four years before she started cheating on him.

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Great interpretation Ashley! That makes so much sense and I think you are correct. It was like this entity made the situation the same as his own.

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Nice.

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that's actually is a great point and it makes a lot of sense.

The director should have made it clearer, but he did't. He showed us how the sex was with her husband vs her love and that why she cheated, not because of the ghosts or the house, but because of the sex.

i believe that what he was going for, although your idea is better and i loved it.

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I always hate the cheating character, male or female, but in this case there's a sharper edge because it's likely the wife would get primary custody, and the main character would be separated from his little boy while the boyfriend would get to share a home with him.

Gargantuan chip on your shoulder or what...

I can't even begin to explain the huge amount of misogyny in your thinking. I suppose you're too stupid to notice you were watching a misogynistic film given your already deeply held bias.

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Plus she was crazy because her husband is wicked cute.

Ha ha! Yes, that's what I was thinking. Why would she want that sleazy-looking creep with such a handsome husband at home? Then again, David was quite short, and the lover was taller than she. And David seemed a passive, quiet kind of guy and maybe the lover was a dynamic, virile type. Looks aren't everything, I guess.

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Adults also rape each other. A lot. Should we be okay with that?

Slutty self-righteousness. Jesus Christ.

Now tell me what a misogynist I am.

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Sounds like you're a piece of $hit cheater

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I don't see too many people at this board advocating that "the bitch deserved to die." I see a lot of people disapproving of her behavior and judging her to be a bad person because of it.

Alice didn't have a one-night stand, a drunken weekend, or a brief, mad fling. She had an affair for a full year, all the while telling her husband that she loved him. Then, when she confessed to the illicit relationship - which, mind you, she only does after being caught in the act - and announcing her plan to leave, she adds that she's taking their son. Why the hell would she pick that moment to announce that she's going to take Billy away from him, too? She was a terrible, terrible person.

I think Alice did still "love" David as a companion or friend. The opening scenes of the movie plus some of his later actions suggest that David was a passive type who nervously seeks his wife's approval, lacks self-confidence and feels insecure in the relationship. He works at what is probably low-paying and not particularly masculine job. (Remember that Alice's colleague called him a "librarian".) IOW, he is a beta male. Alice ended up falling out of love with him and falling in love/lust with someone who (maybe - we really don't know) is more of an alpha type. This is not what makes her such an unlikable person; people do fall out of love. It is the full year of blatant deception - which David obviously already suspected - the patronizing lies and, worst of all, the threat to take away their son at exactly the moment when she's breaking his heart that lead viewers to despise her.

Also, note how the wild passion of her sex scene with the lover is deliberately contrasted with the restrained, under-the-covers moment with David. Later, when we find out that she was pregnant, we wonder if she initiated that rather joyless encounter in order to keep her options open, in order to be able to claim the child was David's just in case things didn't work out with Ponytail McSleazebag.

In other words, Alice was written to be a character most viewers would hate (as was the frowsy, weird grandma) so all sympathy would be focused on the main character. It worked, at least for me.

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The husband is possessed by an evil entity whereas the wife is a plain bad person all by her lonesome.

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