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Originally Posted by bronco67
Basically, the main character was punished for lack of faith. The whole show was an allegorical story about the power of faith. Crazy church lady turned out to be correct.
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Astute observation - but while church lady inevitably turned out to be essentially correct, her methods were whacked. She could have just as easily have been completely wrong and the survivors in the car could have been tentacle fodder. Its a crap shoot either way. Given all they'd been through at the market and pharmacy...it was natural/logical to assume the sounds in the distance were the creatures coming to finish them off. Holding on to blind faith at that point wouldn't have been the answer.
If anything, the movie aptly demonstrated the persuasive power of pseudo-religious kooks who rile up the masses with their insanity (a la Jim Jones & David Koresh) in times of peril.