Discuss The Banishing
Discuss → Movies → The Banishing → General
Explanation for the final scene? *SPOILERS*
posted by NikoSTAFFMOD on June 11, 2021 at 9:13 PM
I really liked this movie, it had a very old-school horror vibe to it. Regarding the overall plot, I would rate it rather favorably compared to other movies of this type that were released in the last couple of years.
There is one thing I did not understand though - what was the point of the very last scene? Malachi was very obviously the bad guy here, but how was the scene in Nazi-Germany necessary? Why did he take the bones? I feel like I missed a major plot point here, because I did not get this at all. I would've been very happy had the movie just ended before the grave was dug up again.
What are your interpretations? Did you catch something that I didn't?
Reply by lostincinema
on November 30, 2021 at 1:26 PM
People are taunting this movie as run of the mill "English women in a Victorian mansion gothic horror" but this movie is so much more. Christopher Smith is a talented director (Severance, Triangle & Black Death) and he knows what he is doing.
The characters are not cardboard and actors put on impressive performances. Of course it is not the greatest horror movie ever but it certain stands above the average "gothic" horror movie. My complaints: pacing & couldn't care much about what happens to the characters in the end.
Now to the ending:
That means Malachi is putting families in the house in the hopes that the ghost will haunt and lead a member to it's bones. Evidently the Halls failed and now it's the Forsters turn. He might have hoped since the woman that's haunting the house lost her child she might cozy up to Adelaide, a child.
Since the supernatural is a reality in this movie the bones might be of significant interest to the Nazis. This might hint towards the "Occultism in Nazism" angle.
Cool T-Shirt!
Reply by Niko
on November 30, 2021 at 2:10 PM
Thanks, that explanation makes a lot of sense. I kinda wish they had established this angle a little sooner because it's actually a pretty neat twist to the story. Just a few vague hints beforehand wouldn't have hurt. Malachi's reveal as the bad guy was predictable enough, but I felt the Nazi-connection came a little out of nowhere at the end.
Reply by lostincinema
on December 1, 2021 at 5:25 AM
Agree.
Earlier Harry Price stands on a table and shouts at Malachi that he is dealing with the Nazis but yeah I think a little more attention to this setup would have helped the movie. This is what I don't like about the movie; too much left for the imagination.
Still, that picture is hilarious where is it from?
Reply by Niko
on December 1, 2021 at 8:46 AM
Haha, it's the Windows 95 Man, a DJ from Finland. I love his style.
https://youtu.be/4HmjoypJxCI