Mandrake

In the end, Cathy manages to escape Mary’s terrifying house with her son, but the events unfold with a dark and unsettling conclusion. Mary’s true motives were rooted in witchcraft; she was practicing devil worship primarily to restore her son’s health. To do this, she sacrificed her husband, the children, and Duggan, believing that uprooting and extracting the blood from a magical mandrake root would bring her son back to life or preserve his youth. Throughout the film, it becomes clear that Mary’s rituals and murders are driven by her obsession with power and revival, which leads her to perform gruesome sacrifices.

Despite her seemingly sympathetic facade, Mary was a dangerous witch who was willing to kill any number of innocent people for her rituals. Cathy, having witnessed the horrors and the extent of Mary’s witchcraft, manages to flee from her and her house. However, the film suggests that Mary’s influence might not end there. As Cathy leaves, she inadvertently brings a piece of that dark magic with her—the bloody liquid from the mandrake root still lingers, and she carries the cursed root home. This implies that evil has not been fully eradicated and that Cathy’s encounter with the witchcraft might have left her forever marked by its dark power.

The final scenes show Cathy unsure of her future, gazing into a mirror while holding a baby, possibly her own or another child, with the cursed root still present. The film hints that Mary’s witchcraft might have possessed Cathy, risking her becoming another vessel for evil. Mary’s confrontation with her own fate, either by setting her house ablaze or succumbing to her demonic practices, leaves the ending open to interpretation, but it emphasizes that the darkness of her witchcraft may continue to haunt those involved. Overall, the movie ends on an ominous note, suggesting that the sinister forces summoned by Mary might not be fully gone and that the cycle of evil could persist beyond the story’s conclusion.

Last Updated: June 25, 2025 at 09:01