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Explaining that even without power, stores are often still capable of operating.


** Maybe they had a generator?

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** Maybe they had a generator?generator?
** The movie does show in the preceding and following scenes that folks in the area have been using ice blocks to keep their perishables cool. This would be a pretty common occurrence given the era. The radio playing in the store seems to show that either the store DOES have power, or has been using a generator. (Or perhaps it was running on batteries.)
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** It didn't look like it was airtight. The bigger question is why didn't she take off those cumbersome shoes while in there.
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* Why the hell is the diner even open if there's no power and thus refrigeration?

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* Why the hell is the diner even open if there's no power and thus refrigeration?refrigeration?
** Maybe they had a generator?
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* How did Alma breathe in that little trunk all night?

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* How did Alma breathe in that little trunk all night?night?
* Why the hell is the diner even open if there's no power and thus refrigeration?
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** I guess the implication is that once the power is fixed they aren't being electrocuted into madness anymore. Which raises the question of just how this is supposed to work anyway; were they somehow getting constant jolts throughout the rest of the movie, everywhere they went, and nobody else ever got shocked?

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** I guess the implication is that once the power is fixed they aren't being electrocuted into madness anymore. Which raises the question of just how this is supposed to work anyway; were they somehow getting constant jolts throughout the rest of the movie, everywhere they went, and nobody else ever got shocked?shocked?
* How did Alma breathe in that little trunk all night?
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* So the millions of worms all over the town just...''go away''?

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* So the millions of worms all over the town just...''go away''?away''?
** I guess the implication is that once the power is fixed they aren't being electrocuted into madness anymore. Which raises the question of just how this is supposed to work anyway; were they somehow getting constant jolts throughout the rest of the movie, everywhere they went, and nobody else ever got shocked?
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* So the millions of worms all over the town just...''go away''?

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