Locking the doors

I've seen stats saying it's not so unusual to keep doors unlocked in rural smalltowns. And a 1974 New England smalltown with a caring police man who gives newcomers a lift home, why not? Doesn't this village feel as if the Hallets must be the only bad people around? Just see the nice old townhall lady, the rollicking cheerleaders, the practicing Catholic magician of Italian origin who is very close with the non-practising Jewish girl who learns Hebrew, the friendly bus driver who stops right at your home because it's dark already, the cool library where people can even read about how to prevent bodies from decomposing, I mean who doesn't want to live there?

Besides, Rynn isn't afraid of anything. Except being alone, later in the movie. She could handle any situation. What is no surprize if you remember the sad stuff she experienced and suffered from in her own family before Hallet shows up.

But yeah I agree, a simple door chain would have made a great investment :)

Don't forget the creeper was the landlay's son. Even if the doors were locked, he'd probably just use his mother's house key.

I'm concerned that the town knows that Frank Hallet is molestery but they didn't really do much to protect Rynn from him. I guess that's the power of being part of a prominent family in a small town.

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