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« on: August 21, 2014, 08:10:00 PM »
DL-- Really, is that farm the place Vicki wanted to live in? That's great, actually, that they remembered. I thought they never got back to that. It was abandoned even then... maybe it was built abandoned to save time!
I forgot to mention Clarice's great acting in the death scene. Do we see her die four times? It seems to happen that she'll do a really good, unsettling job at dying, but there'll be a blink anyway. In another great death scene, they actually made a sort of tape loop, rather than just keeping the camera on Clarice's face in real time, because I guess the one part she can't carry off is not blinking.
Thanks for the explanation of Evan showing up, DL. I'd have thought he could have built into the trance an event or action that would have snapped him out of it, like picking up the queen of spades and ripping it up, when everything's done. Did he order Tim on the spot to forget all about Evan and their rehearsals? It occurs to me that you might not be able to load as many instructions as you like into the subject's memory, and be sure they'll all be remembered and carried out. That last one was important. Maybe he had to see it had worked. Still, it's almost as dangerous just for him to turn up and be there, as it would be for him to be outed by Tim.
Yes, another bad idea might have been for Evan to get rough with Rachel. That makes him the one person known for a fact to have been hostile and violent in that house on that night. I suppose this comes under the heading of a leopard not being able to change his spots, or the scorpion saying "It's my nature." It would have been wiser to keep his cool, and even act friendly and concerned, but when Evan's in trouble, people had better watch out...
There always seems to be something a bit silly about a woman on TV saying "You're hurting me". Usually, it's so obvious that the villain's intent IS to hurt that the proper reply would be, "Oh, then I must be doing it right." It's just naive.
Good point from Rachel, that Evan sticks out like a sore thumb in that situation-- he has a sensible excuse for being there, unfortunately. As for his being an S&M enthusiast... I think so. If your hobby is contacting evil spirits, with aspirations of meeting the Horned One himself, ... or whatever he likes to be called when meeting new people... it would be embarrassing to have to admit you don't really get up to any depraved activity the rest of the time!