When I went up the stairs,
I saw a person who was not there,
he was not there today.
I hope...I hope he will disappear forever. The story of
takes place in a dilapidated motel. A sudden heavy rain flooded the road and interrupted the signal. Many people could only choose to stay in this hotel for one night, and the owner (Larry) of the hotel was responsible for the reception. they.
Residents staying here by the rainstorm include: a family of three (father George, mother Alice, and child Timsey), prostitutes (Paris), couples who have just married impulsively (Xiaolu, Ginny), and violent women Star and her driver (Edward), Detective Rhodes and the prisoners he captured. What
did not expect was that this hotel suddenly began to have murder cases one after another.
Passed actresses, Gini, and the arrested murderers died one after another. The deaths were miserable. The murderer also left a number plate that seemed to mean "death countdown".
originally thought it was a suspenseful film that traced clues to find the murderer, but as the plot progressed, it was discovered that this is a full record of the personality struggles of patients with multiple personality disorders: the 11 characters in the
movie are all protagonist McCann Split personality. In reality, McCann was accused of killing six people, but his psychiatrist discovered that McCann had schizophrenia, and that McCann, who once killed, was just an evil personality split from McCann.
For McCann to avoid being sentenced to death, he needs to ensure that the evil personality he splits is eliminated.
Therefore, there is this story that happened in McCann's inner world and eliminated the evil personality. The motel was the place where his mother abandoned and abused him. It was also the place where he was most afraid and disgusted in his subconscious mind.
Generally speaking, patients with multiple personality disorders have an average of 13-15 personalities, which alternately control the body and consciousness. The
alternate personality has its own cognitive model, with different ages, genders, races, religions and sexual orientations, and may also have different languages, accents, gestures and handwriting, and may even be animals.
In the movie, the protagonist McCann is receiving the sixth phase of drug treatment. In order to complete the integration of his personality, he needs to be forced to face his different personalities.
and the integration method is very simple and rude: let the extra personality disappear.
In reality, different personalities may not know the existence of every other personality: for example, personality A knows everything that personality B does, but personality B does not know the existence of A at all.
1
Edward: Justice
Edward used to be a policeman. In a mission, because of a moment of hesitation, he could not save the next girl who committed suicide. Since then, Edward took off his police uniform and became an ordinary driver.
Therefore, when McCann’s psychiatrist integrates 11 personalities, he most hopes that Edward will survive and become the master of McCann.
Based on this starting point, the psychiatrist hopes to guide Edward to the truth of the motel murder case-the motel is just a fictitious place that exists in McCann’s consciousness, and they are not real "people". It was the personality that was split when McCann was traumatized when he was a child. He needs to find and kill the "evil personality" hidden in them, so that McCann can exonerate him.
2
Paris: Mother
McCann's mother in reality is a prostitute. She was arrested for fraud and imprisoned, but also abandoned and abused him... These experiences have seriously affected McCann's personality.
psychologists have found that about 90% of patients with multiple personality disorders in all studies have had childhood trauma (suffering physical or/and sexual abuse), and that traumatic experiences usually occur before the age of 9.
Let me mention the character of a prostitute here by the way. In the film, the prostitute stole his lighter. It is probably a scene in which McCann saw his mother pick up a guest when he was a child. This had a great touch on his mind and induced a sudden change in his personality.
Therefore, this young and beautiful, hot figure, professional "prostitute", and often theft of the mother's image, the influence of McCannThe impact is huge and profound.
3
bastard: The bastard whose father
pretends to be the hotel owner is an innuendo of McCann's real father. He is insane and unable to support his family all day long. He is also humiliated by his wife's skin and life and finally abandons his wife and children, so he hates prostitutes.
4
fake police: hypocrisy
pretending to be a fugitive personality of the police naturally represents the guilt in the fat subconscious. This sense of guilt is very strong. When McCann committed the serial murder of six people, he was controlled by the personality of the fake policeman. In McCann's personality world, the police are almost a symbol of evil.
5
Driver: The personality branch
driver is good, but he is split from the evil personality. At the same time, the master personality is always attacking him.
6
Passed female celebrities: The elite
Passed female celebrities alluded to McCann’s impression of the snobbish and selfish so-called elite figures in the upper class of society. Its declining image reflects the persecution of such people in the process of growing up fat, so although she spends money Bought the best suite, but somehow moved into another room, and finally got the number 10 and died first.
7
Newlyweds: the shadow of parents
Newlyweds represent the parents in McCann’s mind when they were just married. They faked pregnancy and cheated on marriage and fooled around. Their quarrel reflected the misfortune of McCann’s parents’ marriage.
8
Child’s parents: McCann’s ideal parents
The child’s parents represent the appearance of McCann’s ideal parents. They take great care of the little boy and are full of responsibility to the family, forming a relationship with his parents in reality. A very strong contrast. The mutual dialogue between the personality of
expresses McCann's own emotions.
Does McCann love his mother? Of course love, so when Paris tells his desire to go home to grow a citrus grove, Edward's personality will be deeply touched and tears will come to his eyes.
It is precisely because of this complex to extreme emotion that Edward used self-sacrifice to protect Paris when facing danger in Paris.
But Paris eventually died, and got the sentence "death sentence for prostitutes no second chance"-subconsciously, McCann couldn't forgive his mother for abandoning him.
The little boy who survived last is the insinuation of the childhood when the fat man had a split personality, and the original sin of the so-called sinful self.
Just when the psychologists thought that his sin was another personality, no one thought that the most sinful of his personality was when he was a child.
Lucky people use childhood to heal their lives, and unfortunate people use their lives to heal childhood.
