Incident in a Ghostland— My take on the movie with spoilers!
Plot Summary: Two sisters and their mother move into a new house for a fresh start. On the first night, a terrible incident occurs.
Books can be amazing companions.
A boring, long journey? Pack a book.
Bored? Read a book.
Lonely? Pick up a book.
Immersing yourself in a different world, even just for a few minutes, is relaxing.
What is even better than reading a book? Writing one.
A vivid imagination and a proclivity to create and write stories is the first step.
Incident in a Ghostland, reminded me how important books are and how the most terrible situation can be endured.
INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND Movie Plot
We meet two teenage sisters--Beth and Vera, on the way to live in a new house with their mother.
They are starting a new life and we are immediately shown their contrasting personalities.
Beth has a fondness for writing horror stories, Vera picks on her sister because of that but loves her.
Vera also is a brat and while on the road, shows the finger to a driver on an ice cream truck.
They reach the house and begin to settle in.
Vera confides in her mother about Beth's obsession with disappearing into her stories.
This, as you will find later, is an important part of the story.
Night falls and in a terrifying turn of events, the intruders in the ice cream truck attack the house.
A hefty tall man, resembling an ogre, picks up the girls one by one and sniffs them.
In the next instant, Vera is dragged to the basement and her scream are heard. His aide, who at first looks like a woman turns out to be a man in a wig.
Beth hides and her mother comes to her rescue, slashing at the intruder.
Beth screams and awakens years later as an adult.
We now find Beth is a successful writer because of the book she wrote on the break-in incident.
She has a husband and a son and longs to be approved by H. P. Lovecraft.
She receives a call from her sister who tells her that their mother has disappeared.
Beth drops everything to go visit her mother only to find her alive and well.
Vera, on the other hand, traumatized by the incident, is tied up in a basement.
Strange events occur and Beth keeps seeing Vera dressed up like a doll and all tied up.
When she sees the ogre again, Beth is attacked and later slapped hard by Vera who asks her to come back.
Incident in a Ghostland Ending Explained
In a heart-wrenching moment, we see that Beth had lost herself in her imagination in which she had escaped the clutches of these demented men.
The truth is, the two girls are very much in danger as the mother, while defending her daughters had not defeated the intruders, but was killed in front of Beth.
The ogre dresses up the girls as dolls in frilly dresses and bright makeup.
He supposedly abused them and thankfully the viewers are spared the details.
The girls try to escape, manage to call the police who arrive but are instantly killed by the madmen.
Fortunately, right before his death, the cop had managed to send a message to the others and finally, the girls are rescued as the intruders are shot and killed.
The ordeal is over, and you wonder if the girls will ever have normal lives again.
It is one of those movies that manages to invoke emotions inside you.
You feel their pain, you sympathize with them, you wish Beth would wake up once more and she is away from that terrible house and living a normal, happy life.
Thoughts about Incident in a Ghostland
The movie is hard to forget and you are relieved that it is a story that ends on a good and just note.
Beth's survival to keep her wits about depended on her losing herself in her imagination.
In her imagination, she meets H. P. Lovecraft who approves her writing. That gives her the push to go and face her terrible truth in the real life.
The movie will haunt you.
Scare scale: 4/5
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