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* If Jason's wife's last wish made him immortal (he was alive even after being hacked to pieces with a sword), how does he finally die and wind up in Hell along with the other characters?



** At the beginning of the segment it was clear that he was ruthless in his business dealings, uncaring of the people he hurt. Presenting this fact to his lawyer, the lawyer stated it wasn't necessary to be cruel.

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** At the beginning of the segment it was clear that he was ruthless in his business dealings, uncaring of the people he hurt. Presenting this fact to his lawyer, the lawyer stated it wasn't necessary to be cruel. However, the fact that we never find out what he did or witness him doing anything bad makes his fate seem like KarmicOverkill.
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***InformedAttribute at best, since none of his actions in the segment really reflect that.
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** Probably something simple like a step stool.


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** In this case "before the accident" probably just means "alive". Or at least thats the way the figurine thought of twisting things.
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* What exactly did Jason, in "Wish You Were Here", do to deserve hell? Joanne killed her husband, Carl Maitland abandoned his wife and kids, James Elliot drove an old man to suicide out of spite, and Major Rogers neglected his wards at the home for the blind, but all the fourth one did was die and get brought back to life because of his careless wife. I've heard there's implications of being an arms trafficker, but i've watched the whole movie through and not once did I get that. Even if he is, its odd that out of the five he's the only one to have no one screen reason for eternal damnation.

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* What exactly did Jason, in "Wish You Were Here", do to deserve hell? Joanne killed her husband, Carl Maitland abandoned his wife and kids, James Elliot drove an old man to suicide out of spite, and Major Rogers neglected his wards at the home for the blind, but all the fourth one Jason did was die and get brought back to life because of his careless wife. I've heard there's implications of being an arms trafficker, but i've I've watched the whole movie through and not once did I get that. Even if he is, its odd that out of the five he's the only one to have no one screen reason for eternal damnation.
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* What exactly did the guy in the fourth story do to deserve hell? Joanne killed her husband, Carl Maitland abandoned his wife and kids, James Elliot drove an old man to suicide out of spite, and Major Rogers neglected his wards at the home for the blind, but all the fourth one did was die and get brought back to life because of his careless wife. I've heard there's implications of being an arms trafficker, but i've watched the whole movie through and not once did I get that. Even if he is, its odd that out of the five he's the only one to have no one screen reason for eternal damnation.

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* What exactly did the guy Jason, in the fourth story "Wish You Were Here", do to deserve hell? Joanne killed her husband, Carl Maitland abandoned his wife and kids, James Elliot drove an old man to suicide out of spite, and Major Rogers neglected his wards at the home for the blind, but all the fourth one did was die and get brought back to life because of his careless wife. I've heard there's implications of being an arms trafficker, but i've watched the whole movie through and not once did I get that. Even if he is, its odd that out of the five he's the only one to have no one screen reason for eternal damnation.
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* Speaking of "Wish You Were Here", why would Jason be full of embalming fluid if his wife had wished him back as he was immediately before the accident? Explain ''that'', movie!

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* Speaking of "Wish You Were Here", why would Jason be full of embalming fluid if his wife had wished used the second wish to bring him back as he was immediately before ''before'' the accident? Explain ''that'', movie!
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* Speaking of "Wish You Were Here", why would Jason be full of embalming fluid if his wife had wished him back as he was immediately before the accident? Explain ''that'', movie!
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* In the 1972 ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' movie, "Reflection of Death" ends with [[spoiler:Maitland stuck in a sort of GroundhogDayLoop]], and "Wish You Were Here" ends with [[spoiler:Jason kept alive and in agony forever]]. How do they end up as part of the group in the framing story? And what's the point of the Crypt-Keeper [[spoiler:sending them to Hell, when they already seemed to be consigned to a version of it within their own stories]]?

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* In the 1972 ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' movie, "Reflection of Death" ends with [[spoiler:Maitland stuck in a sort of GroundhogDayLoop]], and "Wish You Were Here" ends with [[spoiler:Jason kept alive and in agony forever]]. How do they end up as part of the group in the framing story? And what's the point of the Crypt-Keeper Crypt Keeper [[spoiler:sending them to Hell, when they already seemed to be consigned to a version of it within their own stories]]?



** Or maybe the Cryptkeeper isn't just tasked with telling people about FireAndBrimstoneHell, but ''any'' kind of Hell. Jason's terrible fate, included.

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** Or maybe the Cryptkeeper Crypt Keeper isn't just tasked with telling people about FireAndBrimstoneHell, but ''any'' kind of Hell. Jason's terrible fate, included.
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* How did Joan Collins' daughter open the door when two of the five locks were way above her reach?



** At the beginning of the segment it was clear that he was ruthless in his business dealings, uncaring of the people he hurt. Presenting this fact to his lawyer, the lawyer stated it wasn't necessary to be cruel.

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** At the beginning of the segment it was clear that he was ruthless in his business dealings, uncaring of the people he hurt. Presenting this fact to his lawyer, the lawyer stated it wasn't necessary to be cruel. cruel.
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** At the beginning of the segment it was clear that he was ruthless in his business dealings, uncaring of the people he hurt. Presenting this fact to his lawyer, the lawyer stated it wasn't necessary to be cruel.
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***Enough time has passed for his wife to remarry and his lover to be released from whatever hospital she would've been sent to, meaning he would've had plenty of time to be buried. Though considering the second twist was that he was dreaming the whole thing, the rest checks out.

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* So in "Reflections of Death" Carl Maitland gets in a car crash. When he wakes up, he's been flung from the car. Given that the twist is that he actually died, why is his corpse still at the scene of the crime? Surely, it would've been recovered and burid.

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* So in "Reflections of Death" Carl Maitland gets in a car crash. When he wakes up, he's been flung from the car. Given that the twist is that he actually died, why is his corpse still at the scene of the crime? Surely, it would've been recovered and burid.buried.
** Because it would have ruined the twist. Maybe he hallucinated it. Also, depending on how long after the crash he "wakes up", its possible no one has called the paramedics to collect the body yet.
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*So in "Reflections of Death" Carl Maitland gets in a car crash. When he wakes up, he's been flung from the car. Given that the twist is that he actually died, why is his corpse still at the scene of the crime? Surely, it would've been recovered and burid.
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**Perhaps those scenes take place after the FramingDevice, and those are their eternal punishment in hell.
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** The entire moral of the original Monkey's Paw story is to not be greedy and be happy with what you have, or you'll pay for it. This takes that lesson to an extreme. Besides, the idea of an innocent person suffering horribly through no fault of their own is an EC Comics staple.
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*What exactly did the guy in the fourth story do to deserve hell? Joanne killed her husband, Carl Maitland abandoned his wife and kids, James Elliot drove an old man to suicide out of spite, and Major Rogers neglected his wards at the home for the blind, but all the fourth one did was die and get brought back to life because of his careless wife. I've heard there's implications of being an arms trafficker, but i've watched the whole movie through and not once did I get that. Even if he is, its odd that out of the five he's the only one to have no one screen reason for eternal damnation.
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** Or maybe the Cryptkeeper isn't just tasked with telling people about FireAndBrimstoneHell, but ''any'' kind of Hell. Jason's terrible fate, included.
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** It is likely that Maitland was NOT stuck into this and that the second time he died for good like in the comic that the story was based upon. As for Jason it is a plothole plain and simple, though it could be easily explained by his friend taking the statue and wishing for him to die and rest in peace. The statue wouldn't have to twist the wish at all to make him suffer, all things considered.

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** It is likely that Maitland was NOT stuck into this and that the second time he died for good like in the comic that the story was based upon. As for Jason it is a plothole plot hole plain and simple, though it could be easily explained by his friend taking the statue and wishing for him to die and rest in peace. The statue wouldn't have to twist the wish at all to make him suffer, all things considered.
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!![[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt Tv show]]

* So if Linda from The Switch was a golddigger, why didn’t she marry Carlton when he was rich? And why did she marry Hans when he was old despite complaining about Carl being old?

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* So if Linda from The Switch was a golddigger, why didn’t she marry Carlton when he was rich? And why did she marry Hans when he was old despite complaining about Carl being old?
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* So if Linda from The Switch was a golddigger, why didn’t she marry Carl when he was rich? And why did she marry Hans when he was old despite complaining about Carl being old?

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* So if Linda from The Switch was a golddigger, why didn’t she marry Carl Carlton when he was rich? And why did she marry Hans when he was old despite complaining about Carl being old?
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** I thought that his soul/spirit/essence/whatever had already passed on after death and that his wife's wish just made his soulless corpse spring to life.
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** It is likely that Maitland was NOT stuck into this and that the second time he died for good like in the comic that the story was based upon. As for Jason it is a plothole plain and simple, though it could be easily explained by his friend taking the statue and wishing for him to die and rest in peace. The statue wouldn't have to twist the wish at all to make him suffer, all things considered.
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* In the 1972 ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' movie, "Reflection of Death" ends with [[spoiler:Maitland stuck in a sort of GroundhogDayLoop]], and "Wish You Were Here" ends with [[spoiler:Jason kept alive and in agony forever]]. How do they end up as part of the group in the framing story? And what's the point of the Crypt-Keeper [[spoiler:sending them to Hell, when they already seemed to be consigned to a version of it within their own stories]]?
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