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- How far did Eddie go to wash up to not be able to hear Tina's screaming?
- Far enough away that he was dry when he got back to her body
- Why the hell didn't Roy Burns tell anyone that Joey was his son? If he did then it would prevent this whole mess.
- How? How would it prevent the whole thing?
- For starters, Roy would have been given custody of Joey, who he knew was his son thanks to the picture in his wallet. The entire plot is a case of disproportionate retribution, just because someone who knew he had a child made no effort to find out what had happened to them.
- Embarrassment, maybe? The locals weren't exactly accepting of the mentally ill. Regardless, they outright say at the end of the movie that we'll probably never know.
- Back then, it wasn't unusual to give up a child that was disabled. Maybe Roy was ashamed of having a disabled child and gave him up and when Joey died, he felt so guilty that he went crazy. Or maybe Joey was taken from him for some reason and he couldn't get him back.
- Why did Roy go after everyone at Pinehearst EXCEPT for the guy who actually killed his son? Hell, you think Victor would have been his first target.
- Well, Vic was probably in police custody at the time. It would be harder to reach him and maybe he didn't want to kill members of law enforcement.
- Roy didn't seem too discriminating in his victims and may have found himself suffering Motive Decay.
- To be fair, Roy was a paramedic and seemed to be dedicated to his job, so it's possible that he has a respect for the cops since they too are first responders like paramedics.
- Hell, Jason can possess people as we see in Jason Goes to Hell. Maybe he possessed Vic then Roy then Tommy. Tommy does consider the possibility in the novelization.
- Well, Vic was probably in police custody at the time. It would be harder to reach him and maybe he didn't want to kill members of law enforcement.
- Of all the places to send Tommy to, why send him to a halfway house near Crystal Lake? Wouldn't it be healthier for him to be kept far away from there?
- In the second movie, Alice had been advised by her therapist to move there to confront her demons. Same logic, I guess.
- Confirmed by the unlockable interviews tapes from the new video game.
- Plus, it's a small county. Probably didn't have any other places for Tommy to go. It's mentioned earlier in the film that Tommy had been bounced around various institutions before ending up at Pinehurst.
- In the second movie, Alice had been advised by her therapist to move there to confront her demons. Same logic, I guess.
- Vic and Tommy are far too disturbed for a no-security halfway house like Pinehurst. Is there a trope for the kind of gross psychiatric malpractice that sent them there?
- Vic probably has these sporadic outbursts but is either a.) kept away from Joey if he is a trigger or b.) there was a slipup for story purposes so they could move the plot along. Tommy is sorta similar; we only see the one outburst, and even then he knows how to control his anger especially around Reggie.
- On a related note, who's the idiot at Pinehurst that thought it was a good idea to let the guy with the ridiculously obvious rage issues have an axe? Did they think Vic would be satisfied with just taking his aggression out on the wood he was chopping?
