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* TheEndingChangesEverything: Through most of the movie, Anna seems to be haunted by the ghost of her mother and it's implied that it's because her mother wants to prove that Rachel caused the explosion and fire that killed her, and that Rachel is trying to kill her and her sister Alex. [[spoiler: The ending reveals that Anna was actually the one that set the fire with the intention of killing Rachel and Steven, but accidentally killed her mother and Alex, and that it drove her insane, causing her to imagine the ghosts, Alex being alive, and Rachel being guilty, as well as kill both Matt and Rachel.]]

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Through most of the movie, Anna seems to be haunted by the ghost of her mother and it's implied that it's because her mother wants to prove that Rachel caused the explosion and fire that killed her, and that Rachel is trying to kill her and her sister Alex. [[spoiler: The ending reveals that Anna was actually the one that set the fire with the intention of killing Rachel and Steven, but accidentally killed her mother and Alex, and that it drove her insane, causing her to imagine the ghosts, Alex being alive, and Rachel being guilty, as well as kill both Matt and Rachel.]]
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* PlotIncitingInfidelity: Steven was having an affair with Rachel during the time his wife was bedridden.
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** One other plot point is that Rachel isn't Rachel at all and is adopting a false identity. This is true [[spoiler: But not for the reasons thought. Alex presumed she was a serial killer using a false alias, but Rachel was a victim of domestic abuse, and adopted a new last name in order to shake off her abuser.]]

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** One other plot point is that Rachel isn't Rachel at all and is adopting a false identity. This is true [[spoiler: But but not for the reasons thought. Alex presumed she was a serial killer using a false alias, but Rachel was a victim of domestic abuse, and adopted a new last name in order to shake off her abuser.]]



* ForeignRemake: This film is one to ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'', the 2003 South Korean psychological horror film by Kim Ji-Woon

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* ForeignRemake: This film is one to ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'', the 2003 South Korean psychological horror film by Kim Ji-WoonJi-Woon.



* MoodWhiplash: Sweet tender moments between Anna with her sister, immediately go tense when Rachel threatens her, Steven ignores her or Anna sees a dead body.
* JumpScare: The dead body in the garbage bag suddenly twists its head 360 degrees and talks to Anna, scarring her.

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* MoodWhiplash: Sweet tender moments between Anna with her sister, sister which immediately go tense when Rachel threatens her, Steven ignores her or Anna sees a dead body.
* JumpScare: The dead body in the garbage bag suddenly twists its head 360 degrees and talks to Anna, scarring scaring her.



* WickedStepmother: Played with. Rachel is Steven's new girlfriend, after his wife died in a fire. Throughout the movie, Anna keeps seeing ghostly images of her dead mother seemingly accusing the girlfriend (who was her nurse) of setting the fire. In fact, [[spoiler: Anna was the one who accidentally set the fire, killing her mother and sister, and blocked it out with the memories manifesting as ghostly images. The girlfriend was simply trying to be nice to her.]]

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* WickedStepmother: Played with. Rachel is Steven's new girlfriend, after his wife died in a fire. Throughout the movie, Anna keeps seeing ghostly images of her dead mother seemingly accusing the girlfriend (who was her nurse) of setting the fire. In fact, [[spoiler: Anna was the one who accidentally set the fire, killing her mother and sister, and blocked it out with the memories manifesting as ghostly images. The girlfriend was simply trying to be nice to her.her; her only real bad action was her and Steven's adultery.]]



* WhamShot: [[spoiler: After escaping the blaze, Anna believes she was saved thanks to her sister Alex and they confess to their father. Only to look and see that, instead of holding her sister's hand, she is the one wielding the bloody knife. Revealing that Anna was actually the killer and Alex was dead all along.]]

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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: After escaping the blaze, Anna believes she was saved thanks to her sister Alex and they confess to their father. Only father... only to for Anna to look and see that, instead of holding her sister's hand, she is the one wielding the bloody knife. Revealing knife, thus revealing that Anna was actually the killer and Alex was dead all along.]]

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