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jill August 27th, 2009 1:58 am :
this movie is REALLY good. problem is the ending was very drawn out and confused me. its like it ends but after they run the credits the movie keeps going which messed me up. can anyone give me their take on the ending?
dee August 28th, 2009 7:59 am :
Hi Jill,
I liked it alot too, and was searching online for the description of the ending myself when I found your post. My husband and I have two different opinions and I would love to fid out the real meaning of the ending. My husband’s take is that the whole future stuff, killings etc were in the kid’s mind, and at the end that is Kurt in bed. My take is that Kurt was abused by his Dad who killed his Mom, framed his son, then killed him when he escaped from the institution (nice Dad, huh?) then the Dad goes home to his new wife and son to start the horror all over again. What do you think?
pati August 30th, 2009 11:01 am :
In the movie they said everything was captured on film so how is it that it didn’t show the father killing the mom . Very good movie but very confusing ,what Jill wrote makes sense to me but did the sister know and just go along
Stacey August 31st, 2009 2:14 am :
I think the movie was in kurt’s mind, and it was based on the picture he could see outside his room at the mental hospital. His characters were based on the people in the photo, and at the very end it shows his dad going home to his real sister and step mom, and his new brother he knows nothing about, and his dad is probably molesting him too.
annie September 6th, 2009 5:41 am :
hi, i just saw the movie and i’m very confused, it seems to me that the father was molesting the kid, but the sister new and never mention anything that’s why the father pleases her all the time? then the kid was treated as the guilty one and after he scaped he began killing everybody again?? the father at the end has a new family and he is doing the same thing? where was the old sister after the end?? the movie was very, very confusing to me??? can someone help me to clear it? thanks
not bob September 8th, 2009 3:57 am :
its really funny cause me and my husband were confused by the ending too…
dee September 9th, 2009 8:22 am :
OK, I just sent the director (Norbert Caoili) a message through Facebook with a link to this page, I am hoping he can shed some light on this for us! :)
Norb September 12th, 2009 12:41 pm :
Thanks everyone for your posts about the ending of Frayed. We know the ending has been confusing to a lot of people. That was somewhat intentional, as we wanted Frayed to be a “parking lot” movie where afterward people talk about the movie to try and figure out how all the clues and twists tie together.

As far as the twists at the end, nearly everyone got a piece of the puzzle correct, but dee in Post#2 really nailed it: “…Kurt was abused by his Dad who killed his Mom, framed his son, then killed him when he escaped from the institution (nice Dad, huh?) then the Dad goes home to his new wife and son to start the horror all over again…”

Stacey’s comment in post#4 is also correct when she wrote “…the movie was in kurt’s mind, and it was based on the picture he could see outside his room at the mental hospital. His characters were based on the people in the photo…”

That covers the jist of the end twists, but some people have raised other questions regarding Sara’s knowledge of what was going on with the Sheriff, how Kurt escaped and whether he actually killed anyone. I’m curious what your take is…
Nicki September 14th, 2009 6:50 am :
What Stacet said is exactly what happened. The movie was in Kurt’s mind. The people were based off of what he saw in the picture. The clown like figure represents his dad when he molested him. Then towards the end, it shows Kurt getting shot by his dad on the street. Thats what happened in real life. Kurt woke up in the officer’s uniform because his father killed them both, probably knocked Kurt out, and dressed him in the outfit to make it look like Kurt killed them. Kurt woke up confused and fell down the hill where his dad shot him. His dad planned the whole thing out to make Kurt look like the killer. His father was actually the one who killed the mom and when his father goes home to his real family, the movie ends with him peering into his new son’s room. I watched the movie 5 times because the movie was really good. The best actor was Aaron Blakely who played as Kurt. I give the movie 5 stars!
scott September 17th, 2009 4:56 pm :
how cool a filmmaker chimed in..
i was a little unsure abt the end, figured that was the real sara and new stepmom and the kid was w/ the 2nd wife, but also thought that the kid may have been kurt dreaming up the whole thing, except i couldn’t connect that kid in bed w/ the softball team photo that he dreamed up the characters through.
thinking kurt did have to kill the guard for reals – he was still wearing the guard’s uniform on the side of the road when his dad found him.
sara saying she knew what happened to him was where i was more confused- could she have known? when she talks to him (unaware its him) she doesn’t remember much of him, and if she knew was pretty unsympathetic about it – of course, the whole episode was in kurt’s head, so the “real” sara may not have known anything, but the imagined sara could know or not know whatever kurt’s fantasy world let her
Charity October 1st, 2009 4:09 pm :
One of THE best movies I have seen in a very long time. I can usually figure out what is going on fairly quickly but this movie kept me guessing. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time I was watching. I told all my friends about it. I was glad that the film maker also left a comment to ensure that the ending came across the way he wanted. The dad was totally the unexpected villian here. I love to be be shocked when the movie gets to the end. Can’t wait to see what this group of film makers put out in the future.
Greg M October 12th, 2009 6:28 am :
Just viewed the movie last night with my GF. As with everyone else we have debated the ending as well. During the core fo the movie my GF correctly guessed that it was Kurt doing the killing and seeing himself as the hooded figure. The twist at the end really had us baffled. I did assume that all the “action” in the movie was just a fantasy by Kurt. I was a bit baffled by the ending with the officer going home as I had never seen those characters. One question that still needs to be answered is”what happened to the sister?”. She was not present in the ending. FRAYED2??
jonathan October 31st, 2009 6:39 pm :
THE MOIE WAS GREAT BUT I DID GUESS THAT THE GUARD WAS THE SON GONE CRAZY WHO WAS NOT REALLY CRAZY IT WAS CRAZY TO SEE THE SON WAS RAPED AND MOLESTED AND WEN THE BIGINING THE MOTHER GOT KILLED I WAS LIKE IS CRAZY A KID WITH SO MUCH STREGHT RITE.AS FOR THE ENDING I THINK IS THAT THE LITTLE BOY WAS IMAGINING EVERYTHING WITH CHARATERS FROM THE PICTURE HE COULD SEE FROM HIS ROOM AS FOR THE FAMILY IN THE END I THINK THAT THE GIRL IS HIS REAL SISTER THE BOY IS THE NEW SON THE FATHER HAD WITH HIS NEW WIFE THAT THE FATHER IS ALSO MOLESTING.
michelle November 11th, 2009 10:00 am :
ok i just watched the movie it was great the boy curt dreamed it all the dad killed the mom and framed the dad so no one will know what he did to the son and killed him to keep him quiet then when he went home the daughters friend in the movie is really his sister cause you hear her call him dad and thats his new wife and son in the bed upstairs asleep who is is doing the same thing as he sis curt and thats how it ends but im not sure why they changed sisters in the movie
michelle November 11th, 2009 10:01 am :
im sorry i made a type o the dad killed the mom and framed the son sorry guys
luke December 21st, 2009 10:54 pm :
how come the picture of the people on the softball team said 1974 when those people werent even born yet caz the camera said 94 on the sisters fifth birthday which means she was born in 89 doesnt make sense too me. but great movie i have watched it back to back days lol. also whats the name of the song tht plays when the sister is first viewed when shes older?
Rachel January 11th, 2010 6:25 am :
What happends is, in the beggining you see the character who looks to be Gary but is really Kurt fall down and black out. Kurts only reality is the picture out side his window, and the fact that his dad (dressed like a clown at the time) molested him. After he blacks out the dad puts him in the uniform, and while hes out he “dreams” what happened. The Only people he “knows” are the people in the picture outside of his window. He then liknks his family to who he sees in the picture, when in reality they look and act completely different.Then during the credits the father goes back to the real Baker family and checks on his son whom he has molested in the past.
Nette January 22nd, 2010 10:16 pm :
I love this movie. I love mr. Norb for his informing post, that was awesome of u! My only confusion is where reality ends and dream begins. Is any of search real? I figured the dad got spooked by the art in secret room because he recognized himself. So then he decided to kill kurt, so that part was real?? Its really fun doing this. What a great movie watching experience!
Tia January 23rd, 2010 7:10 am :
My friend and I were SOOOO confused, we just talked about it and still couldnt figure it out…until we came to this site….whew!
Norb January 28th, 2010 10:29 am :
Thank you to all of you who have contributed to this site. My fellow filmmakers and I love the fact that you’ve taken the time to share your thoughts on our film and it is very satisfying to know that FRAYED made an impact on you to want to seek answers and discuss them.

Nette, I’m glad you liked the movie. As many have figured out here, the reality is everything that happened up to the point that Gary/Kurt falls down the hill and hits his head on the side of the road. After that, everything that happened was imagined based on the faces in the picture outside his room. Where reality kicks back in is where his father, the Sheriff, drives up to the side of the road and shoots Kurt. Sheriff Baker then returns home to his real family and real son (not Kurt, but his new real son from his real second wife) with whom he continues his abusive behavior.

So answer to your question, did the search and the Sheriff’s discovery of the creepy artwork in his room actually happen as you saw it in the film? No. It couldn’t have because it occurred in Kurt’s mind. However, it is possible that the hidden part of his room with the creepy artwork did actually exist and it is possible that the Sheriff could have discovered it in a way that was not revealed in the movie.

I like about what Rachel (1/11) said in her comment. Almost everything she said about the story was right… almost. However, the part about the dad actually putting Kurt in the uniform before he blacks out and imagines what happens is questionable – we never actually showed that. Does that mean it didn’t happen? Possibly… But it is also possible he very well COULD have done that. He certainly was capable of it. But did he really? We intentionally left certain details ambiguous, so as to let you come up with your own conclusion about certain details about the story. We, as the writers, have even had our own debates as to what REALLY happened in some of those mysterious moments. We love the fact that some of you have come up with some theories about what really happened that have been even more elaborate than what we had originally conceived and we’d be like, “Wow! I never thought of it happening that way! But it makes sense!” Your intelligent insight has given us food for thought, for sure.

You can only imagine how crazy our ideas have gotten when brainstorming the possible sequel to FRAYED. I challenge you to come up with a sequel premise that would make for an interesting film without destroying the context of the original one! It’s not easy…

Thanks again for all of your thoughts. Please let us know where and how you are finding out about our movie. Since Lionsgate hasn’t done much to market the film, we like to know how people have come to rent FRAYED.

Norb
Co-Director/Writer/Editor/Composer, FRAYED