The Lodge ending explained | How two children turn their lives into their worst nightmare

Lodge movie is a psychological horror film that was released in July 2019. lead character Grace is stuck with children of her boyfriend Richard, Aiden and Mia, in a lodge. children seek revenge as y mourn ir mor’s suicide, which happens because ir far Richard falls for Grace.  movie stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, and Richard Armit.

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Lodge ending explained

Lodge Movie has lead character Grace believing that she has been hallucinating things and that she has idea of difference between what she is thinking and what is reality. Slowly, plot unfolds to reveal that her boyfriend’s children are behind Grace's so-called hallucinations. Aiden and Mia create scenarios in such a way that make Grace believe that she is hallucinating events while planned out by two.

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reason behind this is that Aiden and Mia are out to take revenge from Grace as y are t happy that ir far fell in love with ar woman after ir mor died. Using what is kwn as gaslighting technique, two children manipulate Grace psychologically, making her believe that she t victim but problem itself. y do things like using cell phone to show that Mia is pretending to have a conversation, Aiden falsely pretending to hang himself while he was conscious, which send Grace over edge.

Grace already had a Christian 'cult' background, which committed mass suicide led by her far. Aiden and Mia unkwingly trigger this past of Grace.  children realise that y have pushed things too far as Grace comes to kw her dog is dead. While kids do t plan to kill dog, it certainly plays an important role to shift narrative into horror. Grace starts self-flllation and starts punishing herself for her sins. She removes a log from burning fire and kneels on it pray.

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Aiden and Mia try to hide in attic and stay away from Grace until ir far arrives. But Mia gets caught by Grace while going to bathroom. Grace has also mand to get hold of ir far Richard’s gun as well. When Richard comes, it seems that film might have a positive turn. But Grace believes that she is dead and trapped in purgatory and wants to prove it. She shoots Richard with gun. Aiden and Mia try to escape in ir far’s car but are recaptured.

final scene shows how Aiden and Mia are sitting around dinner table with Richard’s dead body. Grace moves around m reciting a prayer. She tapes a duct tape on mouths of children with word ‘Sin’ on m. Before anything happens, movie ends.

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While it can only be assumed that Grace kills children and n herself, re is symbolism in Grace’s belief that she is ‘stuck in purgatory’. As per a source, makers Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz revealed how purgatory shows that re is good and bad in everyone. audience mselves are torn between sympathizing with Aiden and Mia on one hand and horrified by ir deeds. same two feelings also apply to Grace. Thus, it becomes hard to point out who is real villain of story.

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