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The professor and his student were the only neighbors within the vicinity of the family's mansion so that included them in on the bodycount of people who had to die since they were there at the wrong time. I agree that leaving the bodies on display and the music blasting didn't make much sense to the grand scheme, given that the masked murderers were <spoiler>not killing for sport but rather money.</spoiler>
I chalk this up to the fact that the movie was intended to be a black comedy, so certain elements of it are meant to taken or thought about too seriously. It's probably up there with the "Fuck me next to your dead mom" scene or the blender death.
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Cult horror fans know who Barbara Steele is. He indicated that Barbara Steele has a pretty expansive career herself. So, to him, she isn't some Bette Davis knockoff but rather an actress in her own right. I agree with him.
I took from it that the threat of getting killed caused Leia to lose her sanity, which the killer probably felt was a fate worse than death. So, the killer let her live so that they could kill the rest.
A Mary Sue is an artist's self-insertion into a work. I don't really think Adam Wingard or Simon Barrett dreamed of putting themselves in Erin's position. They were merely just subverting artist's usual expectations of the final girl, in that she just happened to be more capable at survival than the assailants were at committing murder.
Erin didn't seem to have the respect or admiration that a Mary Sue usually gets, either. I don't think she was particularly well liked amongst the family. Granted, they didn't even like each other either.
I think Erin had setbacks. She hurt her leg really bad jumping out of the window, she made questionable moves like throwing the pot of cooled oil at an attacker, and had a lot of luck. Hell, she might be arrested for murder after the credits rolled ("suspect?"). I think she just had the right amount of luck and skill.
Despite the decent budget (for a horror) and solid cast, the film did have its share of issues. It actually originated as a psychological thriller ~ titled "Chimera" ~ with four cast members so there's that feeling of what might have been. By the time it came to filming, the script was changed to make it a slasher which have never really hit home well with critics. Scream only really did well for its smart script and meta approach, but every single slasher that followed were also raked across the coals. Ghost Ship followed suit. There is also the fact that Ghost Ship, as enjoyable as the film is, just doesn't deliver as a horror movie. It's got its fans (I being one of them), but it's just not that scary as a movie.
The only scene that anyone ever talks about is the opening scene, which is regarded in the horror community as one of the best ever. So, it's got that going for it at least.
I hope you enjoy it! I watched mine not long ago and was blown away. It really is an underrated classic.
It's A when compared to Road House 2.
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11 years later... heh *spoilers*
I think it was Danielle and Christy who were found dead. There was really no evidence to suggest that Danielle survived, otherwise wouldn't they have shown her?
There were times when Sarah seemed rather "final girl" like with her outsider studious tendencies, and then there were other moments where she was creepy as hell and that started even when they were back at the school. Her weirdness wasn't really unnoticed by the other two girls, either. They thought she was stuck up because she was from out east, so she was no doubt the newest addition to their group.
If I had to guess, Sarah was probably an illusion in the minds of the everyone (not just Albert) who met the group over the course of the movie. I was tempted to guess she was just another student who was possessed, but Albert had taken an axe to her at the end and there was a body of a girl missing in the aftermath, so she was definitely otherworldly. But she was an ghostly presence that even the folks at the diner could see.
As far as a motive, the spirit most likely wanted to prove that the "curse" as the psycho father said at the start was inescapable and would draw Albert back to the lake through deceiving ways, even as he tried to lead a normal life away from the location. I believe that Albert did the killings since he was covered with blood.
I'm not sure how Lily's death by wolf attack factors into this, other to maybe guess that they needed to have a death scene early on because otherwise no kills would occur until the final half hour.
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