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bigfoot_18 — 10 years ago(January 29, 2016 11:33 PM)
I think there really is not anything special to the scared girl. The students knew the teacher went to the forest, and now saw her twin and thought she was a ghost.
Aiden is a tough one in the theory to comprehend. We can assume the "real" of the story revolves around the husband and the guide. Since the guide can see and talk to Aiden, he does exist. Whether he was a real bad guy? I do not think that is the case as Sara's perception of reality is skewed and she would view anyone as an enemy in the forest, and the movie is shot from Sara's perspective.
Unfortunately, that means that Aiden was real, probably not a bad guy and was murdered by Jess in that cabin. If Aiden happened to be a bad guy and that cabin was like a rape/murder dungeon, he would not have been able to plan the things that caused them to be alone, and more than likely he would have just captured her the first (and probably only night) they were away from the guide.
My big theory is about the movie making itself, as this was probably a much more obvious script/finding yourself movie and it was changed to a horror movie to get more sales. So characters like Aiden's true role and some of the scary parts do not seem to fit well into the movie. -
lollyhollydolly — 10 years ago(February 29, 2016 11:37 AM)
I'm confused - your argument is that they're not two separate people but that when the girl is scared she is looking at Jess' twin? But if Jess and Sara are the same person then Jess shouldn't have a twin?
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lollyhollydolly — 9 years ago(April 26, 2016 03:23 PM)
I understand that but their question was 'why did the school girl get scared by the twin' and your response was 'she was scared because she saw the twin and thought she was a ghost' but your whole argument is that the twin doesn't exist so how would that work?
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taticat — 9 years ago(August 22, 2016 08:41 PM)
I'm late, but as I saw it, the girl screamed (in Jess' imagination) when imaginary Sara went to the school because - and this is occurring entirely in Jess' mind as she's sitting in her tent drooling or something - because the imaginary student would not know of Sara, and so would believe it is Jess coming back as a ghost. This also serves to roll along the fiction that has to be spun for Sara, to get her out to the forest, along with Aiden's possible malevolence. All of this serves as a kind of distraction, a fake mcguffin, to snare Sara into sacrificing herself for good.
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Tyler-A-Arse — 9 years ago(April 20, 2016 11:05 AM)
I'm surprised more people didn't jump on this post or break it down to be incorrect
For 2 reasons. Not too many people care to read long post and this movie isn't worth all the effort. It was boring, and it sucked. -
mfields-613-628208 — 9 years ago(September 11, 2016 08:36 PM)
Agreed. As much as I would like to think the OP's dissection of the movie is accurate, I believe they put way more thought into their post than the screenwriters put into the screenplay. If only they had been so imaginative.
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KawaiiKiwi — 10 years ago(February 29, 2016 08:31 PM)
That's an interesting theory and the split personality did come across my mind during the film, but I think that's giving too much credit to the movie I don't think that's what the director intended at all, but it would have made a better film if implemented correctly.
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bigfoot_18 — 10 years ago(February 29, 2016 08:39 PM)
Like I said before, I believe the original script was probably written as this split personality thing, but during the process it got changed to a more classic horror film. All of the scares were just thrown in, with very little of it being a part of the story.
I personally think that either in editing, or during filming the movie was changed, and that is why it is not only bad, but has all of these other elements in there. -
nikosva — 10 years ago(March 22, 2016 10:49 AM)
Your theory helped me understand more things about the movie but you take Aiden's part for granted (australian journalist). Your theory gave me two alternative theories about Aiden
A) As you said he really was a journalist and took her photo in the woods (although I don't remember him taking a picture of her).
B) She insists to go look in the woods for her "sister". The doctor couldn't stop her (as her "husband" he insisted she shouldn't go) or believes that would be a way for her to maybe face her demons / consider dead her "alter ego" and get over her double personality. So, Aiden is an associate of her therapist/husband, sent with her to protect her and take notes (recordings) of her reactions/thoughts for further treatment He already has her photo in his phone (from her therapist i guess).
He gave me the impression he knew there was something wrong with her from the beginning. He lied to her a lot about his brother. The way he was staring at her tent before he fell asleep (except if he wanted to rape her, lol). He "assumed" there should be a radio in the cabin he found "by chance"! He told her Jess was in the basement because he knew that was what she needed to hear and save his ass as well. However, i don't know if they really were lost in the woods as he knew where the cabin was.
Anyway, very confusing film. And if your theory is right, the ghosts should be just urban legends combined with personal demons, visible only to her, cause she had issues. Then what was the final scene with the guide? What did he really see? Probably nothing visible to others. He was superstitious, a believer, and saw what he saw! Or he maybe realized that Aiden was dead or missing since he never showed up!
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bigfoot_18 — 10 years ago(March 23, 2016 01:07 PM)
I like your description of Aiden better. He definitely does not make much sense in the movie. I like the idea that he was placed by the husband/therapist as a protector and makes much more sense.
The guide at the end falls in line. The guide does not know Jess and the twin is the same. He ends up losing Jess and thinks she is dead in the forest. As a guide, he is of course sad because he left her there. After everyone leaves at the end, he is alone in the forest which makes him fear his sadness. He sees the split that was left behind as a spirit because he feels guilty for her death. Before this, he had no sadness so that us why he survived the forest until now. -
nikosva — 10 years ago(March 24, 2016 04:34 AM)
Very good pointbut only if he really didn't know about the split-personality condition of Jess the second time he gets there. However, he arrives with the therapist/husband and the police (if i recall), so I guess he should be now aware of the situation!
But if he knew, he should see Aiden's "ghost" and not Sarah's. Aiden is now the missing person to cause him sadness and guilt.
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Pedro_MGA — 10 years ago(March 22, 2016 05:56 PM)
if this is true then the movie just made some sort of sense.
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disciple_of_sauron — 10 years ago(March 23, 2016 05:29 AM)
Hello. I watched the movie last night (mainly because I like Natalie Dormer) and enjoyed it though it was pretty confusing nd the ending kinda sucked. Your theory actually made me enjoy it a lot more afterward as it cleared a lot of the confusion. If only the director/writers would've made these things more clearbut then I guess we would've had a very good movie instead of just an ok one. Thanks for your effort though one thing is still making me scratch my head.
If a lot of what happened to the Sara personality in the forest was in Jess's head, how do you interpret the cabin scene towards the end ? Did she, Jess as Sara, kill Aiden, then left for her campsite/tent and when the basement episode was over in her head, she just awoke as Jess? Really confusing, that bit. -
kadeskiss — 9 years ago(April 13, 2016 11:56 PM)
Maybe Aidan wasn't real?
Aidan might have been a part of Sara/Jess imagination. Which would explain how Sara/Jess could kill him so easily without him putting up much of a struggle,and why she didn't have much blood on her after stabbing him.
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