Hideous (2022) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The newly acquired specimen possessed a mysterious reanimating property. While Dr. Lorca napped in his study, the creature somehow triggered the other three specimens stored in jars to come back to life. These included a deformed human-headed organism, a blob-like creature with a sunken face, a hairless ape-like creature, and a skeletal being with porcupine spines. The mechanism behind this reanimation remains unexplained, but the specimen's arrival in the castle was the catalyst for all subsequent events.

• reanimation
• specimen
• creatures
• Lorca's collection

Elvina was attacked by the hairless ape creature while hiding under a blanket in a bedroom. The creature had snuck into the room and began feeding on her. Frightened and injured, Elvina screamed and fled in panic, accidentally tripping over the balcony railing and falling to her death in the courtyard below.

Foreshadowing: The ape creature had already attacked Sheila earlier in the chaos, establishing its predatory behavior.

• Elvina
• death
• balcony
• ape creature

The ending is ambiguous but strongly hints that at least one creature survived. After Sheila sweeps the remaining creatures into an acid bath, she and PI Kantor drive away believing the threat is over. However, bloody tracks lead out of the trap room that were never shown to be fully investigated, and through the car's trunk keyhole, creatures can be seen watching the survivors escape. This suggests the horrors may not be truly defeated.

• creatures
• survival
• ending
• ambiguous

The newly acquired specimen reanimated the other three creatures while Lorca slept. When Lorca tried to impress Lazar by showing off his collection, they discovered the jars had been shattered from the inside, with footprints leading toward a ventilation shaft. The creatures had used their combined strength or the reanimated one's abilities to break free from their containers.

• escape
• jars
• ventilation
• Lorca castle

Both men were desperate to possess the valuable specimen and control the situation after the creatures escaped. Their conflict escalated when they pursued the creatures below the castle, leading to a tense sword fight. The confrontation became fatal when Lorca attempted to escape through a trapdoor, triggering it accidentally and causing both men to fall into the acid bath below.

• Lorca
• Lazar
• fight
• acid bath

During the final confrontation in the castle's lower levels, Yost became entangled with the skeletal creature that had porcupine-like spines. As the chaos erupted and the trapdoor was triggered, Yost was impaled by the creature's spines while both she and the creature fell toward the acid bath. She ultimately perished alongside Lorca and Lazar.

Foreshadowing: Yost had previously tripped over the skeletal creature earlier, establishing the creature's dangerous spines.

• Yost
• impaled
• skeletal creature
• death

Sheila was Lorca's assistant who helped him steal the specimen from Lazar in the first place. However, once the creatures reanimated and began attacking humans, Sheila's loyalty shifted to survival. She held the creatures at gunpoint, then later used her security override to herd the creatures into the acid bath, effectively betraying Lorca to ensure her own escape with PI Kantor.

Foreshadowing: Sheila was the one who originally ambushed Lazar in a gorilla mask to steal the specimen for Lorca.

• Sheila
• Lorca
• betrayal
• escape

The reanimated creatures communicated through tapping sounds on the walls of the castle. This tapping served as a form of communication that allowed the humans to locate and decide whether to trust the creatures. The sounds guided them to where the creatures were hidden, ultimately leading to the creatures' reveal when the wall was pried open.

• tapping
• communication
• creatures
• wall

Lazar offered Yost $650,000 for the specimen plus a contract worth at least $200,000 annually for a decade. The creature's immense value stemmed from its rarity and unique properties, especially its ability to reanimate other specimens. As a collector of oddities dealing in biological specimens, Lazar recognized its significance for his collection and was willing to pay premium prices.

• specimen
• value
• money
• Lazar
• collection

After reanimating, the creatures became violent and began attacking the humans in the castle. The hairless ape attacked Sheila, the skeletal creature entangled Yost with its spines, and the blob creature grabbed a gun and fired at the humans. This attack appeared to be a coordinated effort by the creatures to free themselves and eliminate the humans who had kept them imprisoned in jars.

• creatures
• attack
• motivation
• humans