#BIRD BOX DEMONS MOVIE#

I completely understand the filmmaker’s comment that Bird Box is finally about the main character discovering what it means to be a mother.īut what I found particularly interesting about this film is what is missing from it-namely, any reference to God. In that place, marked by both human warmth and the beauty of nature, Mallorie seems to find the sense of connection-especially to the children-that she was lacking as the film commenced. After a terrible journey, during which they are threatened by enemies both physical and spiritual, they find the refuge, which turns out to be, understandably enough, a school for the blind. Having heard over a crackling radio word of a haven downriver from the home, our heroine and the children set out, blindfolded, by boat. In the course of the weeks and months that follow, every denizen of the house is eventually exposed to the wraiths and commits suicide, except for Mallorie, her son, and the daughter of one of the victims.

#BIRD BOX DEMONS MOVIE#

She is rescued by a small group who huddle inside a home (it appears that the specters can only operate in the outdoors), and the rest of the movie unfolds as a tale of their desperate struggle to survive. As Mallorie looks around in horror, her neighbors are stepping in front of speeding buses, walking into fires, shooting and stabbing themselves to death. Strange spiritual forces have invaded the town, and those who gaze upon them are compelled, ferociously and immediately, to commit suicide. As she is leaving the hospital after a routine check-up, all hell breaks loose. As the film commences, Mallory is pregnant, though she is not living with the child’s father, and it appears she intends to put the baby up for adoption.

Starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich, it is a taut thriller that manages, perhaps despite itself, to shed considerable light on the parlous spiritual condition of contemporary culture.īullock’s character, Mallorie, is a gifted painter whose work reflects her dismal view of life and her incapacity to maintain real connections to other people. The film Bird Box, based on a British novel of the same name, started streaming on Netflix around Christmas time.

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