Diana is depression. Which makes the end quite hopeless because the only way to get rid of it is to kill yourself...?
Oh well, i liked the movie anyway, but battling with depression myself, i hope i won't get to this point!
Don't worry about it. It's just a horror movie. There's no message. I've been struggling with depression for about 15 years now and I don't really give a *beep* about such things anymore. Have a nice day.
shareDepression doesn't really answer why the people in the movie actually end up hurt or killed by her. I think a better explanation would be that she has schizophrenia and Diana is her "other half." That would still explain the comment of her being better on her meds and also why she is talking to herself in the closet, but also why these people are being harmed in the process and why killing herself stopped it.
Or you could just take it at face value as a horror Movie.
To each their own.
Yes you're right. Schizophrenia could be one of her issue. It's not incompatible with depression though. They both often work together.
But, you do harm people when being depressed. I know that for sure. You reject people's help, sometimes by hurting them to make sure they don't try to help again.
A depressed person can be very mean and cruel, it's a defense mechanism. That's why it's really hard to help them
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Did you watch the movie...? She killed herself to save her kids. Diana was linked to her life, and that was the fastest way to stop her. They didn't have time to get more of her medicine. Her daughter's life was in danger.
I am clincally depressed and have been for over half my life, but I could understand why the mom did what she did. And nor did I take it as any kind of message for "go kill yourself if you're depressed."
I understand why she did it, i just thought it's a clumsy message for depressed people, wether it was on purpose or not
shareI totally agree with your interpretation that Diane is metaphor for depression or other mental conditions. The very fact that Diane only "lives in the dark" and that she tries to hurt or kill the loved ones of Sophie points in that direction. Then again, we don't necessarily have to interpret Sophie's suicide at the end as the "moral of the story"; in fact if she had just waited a few more minutes the whole family would have been saved by the cops, she could have continued with the meds and everything would have turned out fine! :-)
Yes, my interpretation was provocative on purpose (to get people talking and it worked!).
I don't actually think this movie meant to have a moral. But it just bothered me that the depressed person was the one ending up dead...
True, it was a sad ending. Especially since she was getting closer to her family and a hopefully better life.
shareI found the analogy very funny. :)
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