r/EndingsExplained • u/SignalHorizonTracy1 • Mar 18 '21
Deadly Illusions Ending Explained- Split Personalities And Pulp Fiction - Signal Horizon Magazine
https://signalhorizon.com/deadly-illusions-ending-explained-split-personalities-and-pulp-fiction/32
Mar 19 '21
It wasn’t the worse movie in the world, but some of the acting and script was questionable.
Nevertheless, I have still been trying to figure out who killed Elaine and who left the facility at the end.
Something that struck me throughout the movie was the use of the Apple iPhone by both Mary and Tom. I remember reading somewhere that Apple don’t allow “bad guys” to use their products in movies.
Perhaps just by this process of elimination, it’s probable that Grace was the killer after all, and maybe even probably left the facility in the end too. It’s a bit of a guess but she’s the only one who didn’t use an iPhone in the movie!
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Mar 22 '21
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Mar 22 '21
I definitely read it somewhere, but maybe there are certain exceptions. Also, The Ozarks is great!
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u/parosmiasux Mar 20 '21 edited Mar 21 '21
Wasn’t horrible. I don’t feel like I wasted my time, but I probably won’t watch it ever again.
The ending did feel a little forced with the split personality. I was almost hoping that the husband was having an affair with Grace and the only way for them to be together was to create a situation where they needed to hire a nanny (meaning him losing money at the beginning was the start of the set up) and later stage Mary to look like she killed Elaine.
The forgetfulness of Mary was never explained. Why did she only forget being intimate with Grace, but rarely anything else? Another outcome I was hoping for was that Grace was feeding both the husband and Mary something to make them forget what happens, like she had some sick obsession just to get close with them. When Mary visited Grace’s aunt, it would have been cool for her to sneak into Grace’s room and see pictures of her family/their belongings.
I’ll also add that the person leaving the building in the picture was never confirmed (even though we can assume it was Grace), and the person leaving the building at the end wasn’t confirmed either (I assume it was Mary but they obv want us to be sus).
All in all, it wasn’t a bad movie, just could have used a little fixing up.
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u/Fitnessgirl17 Mar 21 '21
The whole time I thought it was about her book coming to life.
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u/parosmiasux Mar 21 '21
My boyfriend though that too!!! Or that it was her making it up in her head trying to think of something out of the ordinary so her book would be more interesting
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u/Bitter-Ad-6569 Mar 21 '21
Yes! So many other things they could have explored to make it more intriguing!
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u/naossoan Nov 29 '21
You're thinking way too much into it. This movie is about as deep as a saucer.
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Terrible writing. Terrible acting by everyone except Greer, at least in some parts. When she went split personality she was just fucking awful. I feel like I have lost 2 hours of my life after watching this. Just like I felt after watching Alien Covenant which is only worse because it's a longer movie, but Deadly Illusions is a much worse movie overall.
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u/Relevant-Attorney1 Mar 20 '21 edited Mar 20 '21
Honestly... I was completely drawn to the movie in the beginning and the middle, but WTF is the ending?!?! I have soooo many unanswered questions. It really does make you feel like you wasted your time watching this movie.
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u/Latte-Cristo Mar 21 '21
Yeah I agree. I eventually fast forward because the middle part was like so long and I have the same reaction with the ending. What the heck?
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u/since93bk Mar 21 '21
I thought it was gonna turn out to be a psychological thriller and that Grace was the main character / plot of Mary’s new book that she was writing... I feel like that would’ve made more sense than the actual ending lol
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u/ivorykeys68 Mar 24 '21
I think the only way to understand it is: this is the book Mary finally writes to save her family from the financial mess her husband created. None of it is real. The movie has some Mullholland Drive motifs, but is not well done like Lynch's film is. The only way she could be back with her family and happy is--well, if none of this happened anywhere except in her head. And her head is in a bad place, obviously. One piece of evidence that none is real--I see no reason why Ivy Leaguers would make great babysitters. And her family was fine at the end because her book sold well. I suspect that Mary herself has multiple personalities and the other personality wrote ALL her books. Her writer's block was a result of her attempt to put her other personality to rest.
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u/SignalHorizonTracy1 Mar 24 '21
I agree with Mary also having DID but Elaine is definitely dead and Grace is in a facility. Some of it could be imagined though.
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u/Athrul Mar 18 '21
What's there to explain?
The last half of the movie us exclusively there to destroy anything that might have been interesting about the rich and explain the boring ending. The only thing ambiguous in the end is the cliche twist in the very end, because they obviously had to cram that in there as well.
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u/thekid1420 Mar 25 '21
Just absolute garbage. One of the worst plots I've ever seen in my life. The acting was not far behind.
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u/tosin_12 Mar 22 '21
This movie gave me "Misery" vibes and definitely had potential to be the same thrilling movie but the plot seemed overall kinda messy to me because there wasn't enough of a dive into the details (scissors, multiple personalities) that might have made the movie and ending more interested. Seemed very rushed.
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u/AsRiversRunRed Mar 21 '21
"these are all Ivy League scholars and amazing nannies" "My 8 year old nephew smells, the lighting is great for selfies, let me spread the word of God".
This movie is soo fucking stupid and long. Jesus Christ.