Slice (2018) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Dax Lycander was framed because he was a werewolf who previously worked as a delivery driver for Yummy Yummy Chinese (the restaurant that used to occupy Perfect Pizza's location). When those earlier murders occurred, he became the prime suspect and left town. The real killers, Vera and her coven of witches, used this history to pin the current murders on him, knowing police would automatically suspect a werewolf with a criminal record.

Foreshadowing: Big Cheese reveals that Dax was the prime suspect in the previous Yummy Yummy murders during Astrid's interrogation.

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Vera Marcus and her coven intended to use the portal to hell located beneath Perfect Pizza to enslave an army of ghosts. By controlling these ghosts, they would have an unstoppable supernatural force at their command. The plan was connected to their effort to demolish Halcyon Square, which sat above the mass grave of sanatorium victims whose ghosts they wanted to control.

Foreshadowing: Carl the janitor's ghost reveals the portal exists beneath the building and explains the coven's true intentions.

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Astrid was stabbed from behind while reuniting with Sean's ghost in Ghost Town. After her death, she transformed into a ghost herself. Unlike most ghosts in Kingfisher who were victims of the sanatorium, Astrid's violent death at the hands of the coven made her one of the town's spectral residents.

Foreshadowing: The film shows Astrid confronting the coven's members shortly before her death.

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Jack detonated the restaurant hoping to destroy the portal and stop the coven from accessing its power. However, his plan backfired, the explosion actually opened the portal fully, allowing the witches to attempt their summoning. Jack died in the blast and became a ghost, though he eventually reopened a new pizza place.

Foreshadowing: Jack tells Debbie he knows what the coven is planning and refuses to hand over the building.

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Mayor Tracy was secretly a ghost who had been corrupted by Vera and Debbie. They bribed him to blame the murders on the town's ghosts, rally public support for demolishing Halcyon Square, and advance the coven's plans. When Tracy publicly denied the murders were caused by ghosts, contrary to the coven's narrative, Vera killed him to keep him from undermining their scheme.

Foreshadowing: Vera and Debbie are shown bribing Tracy early in the film, establishing their corrupt relationship.

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Both sets of murders targeted delivery drivers, and they occurred at the same location, the building that was once Yummy Yummy Chinese and became Perfect Pizza. The Yummy Yummy murders were committed by Vera's coven to establish Dax Lycander as their patsy, while the current murders served their broader goal of accessing the portal beneath the building.

Foreshadowing: Big Cheese explains that Yummy Yummy's delivery drivers were killed in a previous string of murders, with Dax as the prime suspect.

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The ghosts turned violent after Mayor Tracy publicly denied the murders were caused by ghosts, breaking the unspoken agreement between the living and dead in Kingfisher. Furious at being blamed for murders they didn't commit and then publicly discredited, the ghosts began terrorizing the town's living residents out of revenge.

Foreshadowing: Tracy's announcement directly follows the coven's revelation that they, not ghosts, were responsible for the killings.

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Sadie was promoted to television news anchor following her coverage of the events. She watched as Jack, now a ghost, reopened a new pizza restaurant with Dax and the other deceased characters, suggesting she maintained connections to both the living and ghost communities.

Foreshadowing: Sadie's investigative work throughout the film establishes her as a determined journalist worthy of promotion.

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Sean Hammerschmidt was financially struggling as a pizza delivery driver and agreed to run drugs for dealer Big Cheese to make extra money. This criminal side job made him a target when the coven needed someone to kill and frame as part of their larger conspiracy.

Foreshadowing: Detectives Marsh and Bradley discover Sean's drug connections during their initial investigation.

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Heather was recruited and inducted as the newest member of Vera's coven. The witches likely chose her because she worked at Perfect Pizza, giving them inside access to the building that housed the portal to hell. Her recruitment allowed the coven to infiltrate the restaurant directly.

Foreshadowing: Sadie discovers Vera and her group are witches before learning that Heather has been inducted into the coven.

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Dax escaped because he was wrongly arrested and maintained his innocence throughout. Initially reluctant to help the police, he changed his mind after Detective Bradley convinced him that stopping Vera and closing the portal was the only way to prove his name and protect the town. He fought the witches in werewolf form to help close the portal.

Foreshadowing: In the junkyard, Dax saves Bradley from being crushed before being arrested, showing he is not inherently violent.

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