Epilogue

I have read some bitch about the ending of this movie, although I'm not sure why. I thought it left the resolution to the imagination. I personally believe it was like what Healy said earlier as a warning: don't let what is unreal become real, it just messes with your mind. The manifestation of ghouls that do not exist made real because of one's belief in them. Perhaps you really do believe Madeline and another character who slit his wrists in a bathtub are real, or maybe you feel these images are only figments of a little woman who has given them free reign in her terrified psyche. I think the beauty of it all is you get to choose. I love the idea that this was a real inn, all the decor, it wasn't just dressed sets, but a real place, gives it a resonance with me.