THE LODGE (2020) Explained

How are you doing friends, welcome to founded films? I'm sitting, explain, we're watching the shelter psychological thriller where families retreat to a remote winter cabin and are upset when the father goes to work leaving his two children alone with his new girlfriend isolated from him. and only a blizzard traps them inside the shelter as frightening events some inspectors from Grace's dark past. I was very excited for this one as it is the sequel from the filmmakers behind Goodnight Mom, which I thoroughly enjoyed, plus Hostel got a lot of critical acclaim when it premiered at festivals last year, luckily it manages to be lives up to these high hopes, delivering a relentlessly tense and terrifying descent into a vulnerable mind.

He also has a great style that constantly keeps us on our toes about what's really going on. It continues in the

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as things become increasingly strange and inexplicable until reaching an unforgettable and chilling climax. Most of the movie is just three characters trapped inside with no way to escape and it's thanks to the main trio of actors that the movie works so well. The two children are excellent, particularly Jayden Martell, but it is undoubtedly Riley Keough who steals the attention for having to go through so many emotional and mental states of well-being. It's truly a tour de force just watching his performance.

He's cool too. from British studio Hammer, who were a dominant force in UK horror in the '60s and '70s with a recent resurgence in recent years, including The Woman in Black in Winchester and the Lodge, will certainly stand out from recent output, So take a cold trip into the world of the

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, analyzing the story, the main twist and the reasoning behind it, as well as delving into Grayson's story and exploiting these somewhat abrupt but ultimately terrifying outcomes. We begin with a tour of a dollhouse that looks designed after the lodge with dolls representing each member of the family and then focusing on a painting of Mary on the wall spying a gun on the table, mom Laura calls out to the siblings Mia and Aiden in a hurry to leave while she is still busy fixing her eyebrows suddenly. overcome by a wave of emotion, crying and holding her head in anguish, as she surrounded them she had to meet her father and his new partner, little Mia holding the doll that represented her mother through the window seeing that she had a matching outfit and everything. and then asking if she'll be their mother by telling them yes while she's busy redoing her lipstick, all of this behavior seems to indicate that while Laura and Richard are no longer together, she clearly still holds out hope that they can reconcile even if he is no longer together.

It is moving upon arrival. the grace of their house is presented in a dark and mysterious way, glimpsed in an upstairs window when they stop, but Richard comes out to greet them only for some reason saying that she is not around even though we literally just saw her, probably Trying not to bother Laura, which unfortunately seems inevitable to push her away to talk again upon seeing Grace downstairs outside, he reveals his intentions to finalize his divorce in order to marry Grace well, that is not at all the result he expected, she smiles without understand and responds and walks away doing a little OCD straightening magazines and takes a seat pouring himself a glass of wine a cross hovering over his shoulder taking a drink he takes the gun out of his bag and surprisingly shoots himself in the face the blood that splashes the wall sprang up was certainly a surprise, thanks for showing up for a little cameo there Alicia Silverstone the kids, of course, are devastated at the funeral Mia clutching her mommy doll even tighter than before the group released some black balloons sailing into the sky in the air passing the huge cross of the church above Mia tries to attach the balloon to her doll, but it is too heavy and she becomes inconsolable, believing that this means her mother cannot go to heaven.

Richard tries to comfort her but she doesn't respond and just lets her brother join her on the floor and holds hands. together they illustrate how deep their bond is, much more so than between her father, even seeing her update her dollhouse display, they all gathered around a painting and extended their hands, the meri painting now acting as a sort of representation of Laura in the family. then it jumps to six months later, the dollhouse now set up for a festive meal while outside Dad is preparing the real deal just the three of them and Dad proposes the idea of ​​going to the mountains for Christmas.

Aiden thought he was supposed to be working, but his plan is to drive them there and then return on Christmas Day with the intention of dropping them off gracefully so they can all get to know each other better since apparently they haven't even met yet at this point, Of course, the kids are upset about this. idea and dad lays down the law that she is part of the family and now reveals that the two are getting married. Aiden is more upset and laments that he left Mom for a psychopath and mentions that she was one of his books, since Richard is apparently a psychologist and author. of books related to cults of which Grace was once a member, the children discover this in depth for themselves when they do some digging on their father's computer and discover that she was part of a radical Christian cult of which all the members They were driven to commit suicide by their leader Aaron essentially brainwashing them into following him to the new world and we're supposed to bring his teachings to the public, which seems pretty difficult if you're dead.

It's also worth noting that the article lets us know that Aaron was actually Grace's father. Explaining how entrenched she must have been in her sex, Grace was the only one who did not commit suicide upon seeing footage she apparently filmed descending into a basement. Lenard with bodies and a woman is seen with duct tape covering her mouth with sin written on it. finally turning the camera towards herself and seeing the young woman's face, which again must have been gray for several years. I have to say that all of this makes me wonder why Richard is so adamant about marrying Grace considering her past and it almost feels like her rehabilitation into society is some sort of pet project of his that he tries to prove through his methods that he really can heal. someone from that cult environment, then it's finally time to meet this mysterious woman.

He immediately feels uncomfortable when Dad gets distracted by something that leaves the three of them alone in the car. Grace says hello to them and gets absolutely nothing in response. Well, these are going to be a tough couple of days in the middle of the night. They arrive at a very remote shelter. Literally nothing but snow surrounds the surrounding area. Grace drags her luggage upstairs and unpacks, even hiding some Christmas gifts. for the children they keep a photo of Laura and Richard on the nightstand the family sits down for a modest dinner the children say a prayer that catches Grace's attention and then are drawn to the same painting on the wall that symbolizes the past in two ways: Grace's nun and Laura's ghost who still remains in the house and suddenly gets a bloody nose then stares at a cross in the bedroom Richard explains that it was Laura's and asks her if it bothers her, she says that no and the two start to get frisky, the children can hear them laughing through the walls, making them unable to sleep.

Things are still obviously a little tense and awkward. The family goes ice skating and Grace watches them from the window. She finally decides to join without having any idea how. skating using two logs to support her, even this seems to symbolize her lack of maternal instincts, she has none to speak of, but hey, at least she is trying to get Richard to tell the children to give her a hand, but they immediately Disturbed because Grace is wearing one of her mother's hats, demanding that she take it off and give it back to her, apologizing because she didn't know it's the exact same hat her doll mom is wearing, it must be very important.

Mia plays with him near a hole in the ice and gets too close Grace tries to grab the doll and ends summers in freezing water when the ice breaks Minh or Richard takes her to a safe place taking more medication he doesn't think she should go to the city but she says she feels fine and is sure she can handle a few days with the kids. He shows off a locked gun in case he needs it and decides to train her to use it, but impressively she's already a great marksman. He must have taught him. You tell him that on the call it is also important to have him right between your eyes.

Richard decides to leave after all, Grace, trying to make the best of it and tries to get the kids to help him make some Christmas decorations, but the kids stay locked in their houses. room without saying a word leaving her to do everything alone, brats, it's Christmas, talking to Mia, just what she wanted for Christmas, the girl laments that she always wanted a dog but she never had one. Grace encourages her to say that she got herself a dog as a present for her new life, trying to leave her past behind and start anew, noticing a cross scar on her palm that shows that even now that she is out of the cult, she will never be able to leave it alone. full back, no excited offer to show you. a gift she gave to her father.

Images of the family, including Laura in happier times, playing in the snow and having dinner together. The poor thing is in agony having to see this and he leaves her sitting alone. She again tries to talk to the children, but she is indifferent to eating a sandwich alone, this painting distracts her, so she chooses to put it on the floor, annoyed by the constant reminders everywhere in the house of her past that she is dealing with everyone. his strength to leave behind, but it's all Laura's, so he feels it. she has no choice but to live with him as he showers the mist reveals a heart shape with mom written in the middle Aidan looking through a crack in the door she comes to his room and he pretends to be asleep seeing some kind of shrine to her mother with the Grace doll and hat blowing out the candles her attention is drawn to another cross hanging on the wall it's like she literally can't even be around religious things after being in the cult she seems to be having some sort of episode anymore late afternoon playing the organ in a strange, dissonant way and then returns dazedly to the sleeping children, returns to remembering how she discovered her dead cult friends and wakes up the next morning on the floor confused looking through her bag, it seems that At least subconsciously she's trying to assert her dominance as his new mother figure and stole the creepy all-hearing MIA calling to look for him in the house instead of telling her she took him, guiding her in the search by planting him in her dog's bed.

Grady apologizing to him just thinking he was a toy after another round of medication, she calls Richard and lies that everything is going great, they just watched the movie and made pancakes and everything which is certainly a far cry from the cold reception she has received. of them so far, try again. having a conversation with Aidan in hopes of at least making things less awkward between them since they're stuck there, that word tugs at his heartstrings and he shuts down refusing to open up at all, then they watch the thing together, excellent election, there we have complaints.

After getting cold and starting to cough, she did not suggest buying the gas heater. Grace isn't sure if it's safe to use it inside and says, yeah, it's okay, it always smells like that, it's just gas, what's the problem? The movie Grace starts to get a little scary. wants to see a different one instead of opting for the timeless classic Jack Frost where Michael Keaton turns into a snowman which he gets to later in the dark, the heater is still whistling and somehow she's out in the snow and removes the ice with a shovel and sees something passing under the water. and she falls into the depths, a hand reaches out from beneath her to catch her, the shepherd of her sect.

Aaron actually sees how the cult is beginning to seep back into the mental domain in his mind, and wakes up again on the living room floor, finding his phone. dead and seeing that the power is out and the pipes are frozen, no doubt as a result of the tremendous storm now raging outside, he wakes Aiden up, his phone is also dead and then, realizing that the heater is gone, She asks him if he moved it, which, of course, he says. he made it even stranger, all the decorations she put up are gone and the refrigerator is completely empty.

She's sure it must be some kind of prank the kids are playing on her telling them that she will return to her room and when she returns. she wants everything to go back to the way it was, trying to play mother to these little shits, yes, good luck with that lady, but perhaps the most worrying thing for Lea is that her medications are missing and she is frantically searching the room without Success, she confronts the children saying that she needs her medication but they both insist that they did not take anything, telling her to wonder if she did since they hear her walking around the house at night, upset, she goes to her room to look for it but all theThe kids' things are gone too and so is Grady what the hell is going on here?

The girls run out to find it then light a fire to stay warm and come back with bad news if the generator doesn't work and they can't go anywhere either since the next town is miles away there is no hope in this weather getting there without a car sit down to enjoy a delicious meal of cold beans in cans Eden mentions a strange nightmare she had, but here they started smoking, they couldn't breathe and they all suffocated to death hmm It's strange looking at the clocks in the house, it shows that the date is January night, but unless there's some strange shenanigans going on here, there's no way she's already spent much time accusing Aidan of tampering with the clocks he's removed from what rings. like Mia talking to someone who's listening, yeah I miss you too assuming it's her dad but hangs up just as she gets funny, snatches the phone away and it seems like she wasn't actually talking on the phone but just pretending to say she just misses his dad boiling some hot water to clean himself.

She herself reveals another message in the steam in the mirror. Regret seeing everyone in the dollhouse looking dead. I heard Grace start singing the same hymn as the pastor before her. She clearly started to lose her temper just a little as she looked out the window and saw snow angels. depicting her fallen and cold comrades continuing to repent for her sins showing images of her taking the gun out of the safe I have seen and then hearing more voices about do you know how to open the door carrying the gun and going down the stairs hearing more disembodied voices repeating only confess repent of your sins God is waiting and then sees more victims covered with the blue blanket, while when you remove it this time there is Aiden underneath with the same tape in his mouth, his voice shocking, you come back to reality, actually standing over them dazed and unresponsive until she slapped me reactively but she still stands there, she's actually holding the gun very well, that's not good, it seems like those pills she was taking were really helping her with her tenuous hold on sanity and without them it seems that all bets are off.

With no relief from the storm in sight and knowing the importance of the pills, she decides to walk to the nearest town and call her father. The children try to convince her not to do it, but she decides to leave for the endless anyway. The snowy expanse begins to increase as she ventures further and comes across a strange cross-shaped building that Pastor Aaron has seen waiting inside and she continues to look more tattered from the cold, she comes across another set of footprints that in They are actually his, in some ways he is right. Back at the shelter where it started sending her into a state of hysterical crying and having another nosebleed, she finds a bouquet along with a photo and other belongings in the snow, she is nervous and agitated showing the photo that says in loving memory with a photo The brothers demand to know what it's supposed to mean.

Aiden considers that maybe they really died. She doesn't think this makes any sense, but like he says, maybe this is how it is and they wouldn't even know if they had died and maybe what's going on. It's just that they're stuck in purgatory, which would explain all the weird stuff that's been happening lately, but I'm not so sure. For some reason, she puts the cross back on the wall as Aaron's words once again fill her mind. thoughts, instructing her to repent of her sins and surrender her soul while God is waiting, now is the time to open the door, she finds the children praying and they have disturbing new evidence, what seems like an obituary for the three 8 and 2, saying that they must repent of their sins and send her over the edge yelling at her to shut up listening to Mia in another part of the house, she finds Aiden hanging but continues saying that they can't die because they are already dead and the only way is that they must purge their souls to be able to enter. heaven, she then she prays to the happy painting for help and sobbing screaming-Aaron, why did you leave me watching what looks like a harness and Aaron's teachings are actually playing on a Bluetooth speaker?

Our first very blatant evidence that it is actually the children behind everything that is sitting. her back outside of her walking in a circle on her knees asking for forgiveness and there she finds Grady's frozen body, which is too much for me. Admitting that it was his fault when he left the door open, the brothers become increasingly concerned and agree. that they have to put a stop to this by going to the basement, removing some boards and revealing that they hid all the things that were supposedly missing, including her precious pills, and finally admitting to him that none of this was actually begging him to come.

Back inside, that kind of prank here was a grace of sin in a frantic state due to the background of a religious cult, but the problem is that it totally failed and without his medication and in fact thanks to his pushing grace , has essentially been broken and reverted back to its cult. whoopsie mentality doodles now muttering about how we're all sinners on earth going on with the Lord's Prayer and they're both like Oh Aidan asking for his sister's phone but it's dead because she was actually talking to her father so much, you little liars and Grace Estate just got It disturbs him further to discover that you are leaving embers and trying to lie down on them, vomiting almost instantly as you do so, but he comes back for another round with more determination.

Children hear your cries of pain. Richard shows up at his house. Upon finding the children's twisted dollhouse display that now reflects the suicide and shows that they had planned all of this from the beginning, they obviously wanted revenge in some way, as they felt that Grace was responsible for their mother's death, They managed to call their father, he is on his way. to the shelter but it's a six hour drive to get there, the poor kids are now terrified of Grace and Mia is finally forced to sneak out of her hiding place to use the bathroom, she runs into her and drops her mom, the Grace doll, telling her that she needs to sacrifice something.

Because the Lord tells her to burn the doll to free herself from it, she sets it on fire. Aiden, step away and put out the fire. Mia is now totally crazy about Grace, blankly telling her that everything will be okay, asking her to trust that she will hear the gun click and move on. moment when dad arrives, he finds the frozen Grady and knows something is not right here, running up the stairs, he finds grace with his children, she whispers that God is punishing us for what we did, he tries to reason with her, they don't They did nothing, but so did she.

She is far away saying that she is already dead, that she left this vehicle and that now she has to endure the pain and torture of purgatory, completely convinced of Aiden's story. He tries to get her to hand him the gun and she gets frustrated thinking he's not listening to her and then turns away. The gun shot him in the head and made him fall down the stairs dead. Both children ran towards him and then headed to the car to get away from Grace. Aiden flips the car but it's stuck in the snow. Grace walks up to the windshield we then hear Grace asking them to pray for Richard's forgiveness dragging her body into the room for another family meal of beans.

She starts singing a hymn. The children seemed tied to chairs, obviously themselves. At this point, Ashley has gone completely crazy. shakily joining in with their singing, he puts similar sin ribbons in their mouths like in cults and then the children put a hand on their heads at the sight of me with loaded weapons sitting ominously close to the wind howling outside as the film concludes here, the implication is clear, the grace is She has gone too far in her cult rhetoric and truly believes that she and the children are dead and sinners and just as Aaron ordered, she will kill them both and most likely herself as well according to her wishes. after spending so much time trying to do it. overcome her past, the children eventually brought him back to the surface in a dangerous way and more than I'm sure they could have ever imagined.

That's right, kids, you blamed her for her mother's death and look how it all turned out. In the end it's not good, that's for sure, I understand that you don't like her, but come on, I have to give her a better chance to drive her crazy, that's just rude and with that we've come to the conclusion of this. ending

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at the hostel. I quite enjoyed this one, including its treatment of religious cults, as opposed to, say, the invitation that we really get into someone's head from a cult and how indoctrinated they become by their times and how that can never go away either.

It's much more interesting and disturbing to see Grace's breakdown here because we spend so much more time developing her and her mental state. It's a well-made psychological thriller that, even if the twist isn't exactly that difficult to watch, works effectively throughout. Making real horror cool in fear, particularly once Grace takes over as our de facto villain, definitely one that will stay with you and don't forget before we go that you can send me requests for any movie or TV show that you fancy. like to see me explain. sending them through any of my social media accounts on Bound Flicks, what did you guys think of the shelter and its ending?

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