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- at the end it shows mike turning off CC for his daughter. Then after that it shows his mom killing mike. I don’t get it? What did I miss?
The show was playing with time. The scene of him turning the TV off for his daughter happened after his mother killed him many months later. They likely did this for suspense reasons, to keep the mystery going a bit longer. It was a weird touch, and they probably should have left the chronology alone, but whatever. It suggests that Eddie is still trying to influence children, but since Mike is now there with him, he will make sure it never gets anywhere. Or it suggests that Eddie is trying to manipulate Mike's daughter, but, again, Mike will always be there to protect her, even from beyond the grave.
- tooth boy (Eddie). Ok - why? Why teeth?
This was unclear. I think they were going for a tooth fairy theme, or maybe the childhood notion of children losing teeth and the whole ritual that goes with it, creating a monster around this very universal thing that happens to us as children. Also, it doesn't really matter. Why not teeth? Why a children's show, for that matter? Why a skin taker? It's just a weird, spooky thing they put in there to look creepy and give you nightmares. Doesn't have to have a definitive reason.
- why do the little kids want to murder people? What’s the point?
It was Eddie using his abilities to manipulate the children of the kids who bullied and tortured him into committing horrible crimes.
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moviechatter2526 (136)
3 years ago
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- skin taker. Ok - why? Seems randomly thrown in. What’s his deal? Why a room with tanned human skins?
Yeah, it's just another weird thing they likely put in there because it was spooky. It's also in the original creepy pasta. I don't think there was a reason beyond it being a creepy image.
- burning bush guy in the hallway. What was that supposed to signify?
I don't think it meant anything. Again, creepy imagery.
- kids with no skin on their faces. Why? They never talked about skinned kids did they? What was the point?
Probably had to do with the skin taker. The skin taker peeled the skin off the kids' faces. Maybe it's metaphorical, I'm not really sure. Again, creepy, disturbing imagery. This is a horror show. It doesn't have to really make sense.
- brown jacket guy outside his moms house. That seemed like it was something - then it was nothing.
Showed Mike's paranoia or unbalanced mental state. It's also a red herring; something to throw the audience off to what's really going on, or to unsettle them, or to suggest that things aren't what they seem.
- so crazy-lady had the “wrong” CC props in her basement. Ok - why?
She may have crafted them herself out of some kind of devotion. She was a nutcase, after all. Remember the weird TV employee guy in the first episode who made a crappy version of Candle Cove himself and showed it to Mike's mother? It likely sunk into the mind of the woman like it did him.
- CC came from Eddie - mmmk. Sounds interesting - why?
Eddie was tortured and bullied to the point where he manifested these things for whatever reason. What does it matter why? Why does the monster from It have special powers? Why does Carrie have supernatural abilities? Why does the mansion in The Shining attract ghosts? Why does The Force choose Luke over someone else in Star Wars? It just is. No real reason. Sometimes things just happen. If you can accept it and the stories are otherwise well told, you'll like them. If you don't, you'll have a hard time with them. I personally didn't have a problem not getting all the answers, or most of them. I enjoyed the ride.
Horror doesn't necessarily always have to have a straightforward explanation. Sometimes it's more effective when it doesn't, actually.
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