After every thing they have been by, would not the Harper household deserve a bit peace and quiet? One would assume so, however the movie’s ending hints at a extra ominous ending. Will lastly agrees to go to remedy with the ladies, the place they’ve a little bit of a breakthrough. They go away the therapist’s workplace nearer than ever. Then, a voice invitations Sadie again inside.
Sadie thinks the therapist is looking her, however when she returns, nobody’s there. She sees the closet door and her coronary heart sinks. So does the viewer’s. As she strikes to open the door, the therapist returns, questioning what she’s doing there. Sadie by no means will get an opportunity to see what’s inside, however the implication is evident: The Boogeyman hasn’t been vanquished.
This scene will not be brutal in a violent sense, however it’s brutal from a story standpoint. The Harper household has already skilled an unfathomable quantity of ache and heartbreak, and this closing twist means that their troubles aren’t over. If the film had ended two minutes earlier, it could have been a hopeful, even joyous conclusion. Instead, the ultimate scene drives dwelling the persistent nature of worry and grief. Can we ever actually heal from trauma? Not when the Boogeyman is hiding within the closet, that is for certain.