Stalker Movies: The Phantom of the Opera, Split

💎💎THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA💎💎 – A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. Begins when an opera ghost terrorizes the cast and crew of the French Opera House while tutoring a chorus girl. He finally drives the lead soprano crazy so she and her friend leave. The girl is able to sing lead one night, but the soprano doesn’t want her show stolen, so she comes back. The ghost demands they keep giving his protégé lead roles. Meanwhile, his pupil falls in love with the Vicomte de Chagny, but the Phantom is in love with Christine, his student. The Phantom is outraged by their love and kidnaps Christine to be his eternal bride. Will Raoul, the Vicomte, be able to stop this dastardly plan? Our story begins with Opera Populaire’s Manager, Lefevre, leaving. His successors, Andre and Firmin, take over the opera and bring with them their new patron, Le Vicomte Raoul de Chagny. To celebrate their new Managers, the opera throws a gala, at which the leading diva refuses to perform, due to the mysterious “Opera Ghost” who seems determined to have the screeching diva leave. Without a diva, Andre and Firmin are strong-minded to find a new leading lady, so they invoke the talents of a young, chorus-singer named Christine Daae, who has been taking lessons from a mysterious tutor. Raoul, Christine’s old childhood sweetheart, who recognizes her at her triumphant gala performance, wants to bring Christine back into his life. But, suddenly, Christine’s mysterious tutor reveals himself to her… Now, will Christine ask everything of Raoul or listen to the Music of the Night? Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the Opera House and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love. The Phantom decides to kidnap her and imprison her with him in his lair. Raoul is now the only one who can stop him.

The story of a young chorus girl, Christine – a young talented singer, who with the right training, could become world famous. While rehearsing at the Opera Populaire, where weird and unexplainable things happen, she captures the attention and the heart of The Phantom, or as the Opera Populaire call him… The Opera Ghost. But he is no ghost – he is a disfigured musical genius who has hidden away for years to avoid the cruel stares of strangers. With the Phantom’s help, Christine becomes the venue’s leading lady, but tragedy awaits as the young soprano has fallen for the charms of handsome noble Viscount Raoul De Chagney, not realizing her Angel of Music is deeply in love with her. Insane with jealously and unable to see the object of his affection and ultimately is obsession, in the arms of another man, The Phantom kidnaps Christine- unaware of the lengths Raoul is prepared to go to get her back. An architect and designer, a composer and magician. He’s a genius who must hide his facial disfigurement behind a mask and in the catacombs beneath Paris’s Opera Populaire, known only as the Phantom of the Opera or Opera Ghost. His one companion is his young singing protégé, a soprano named Christine Daae who is drawn to and mystified but at the same time terrified of her Angel of Music whose rapturous voice sings songs in her head while she sleeps and whispers in her ear during day. Everyone at the Opera House is used to the Phantom’s deadly pranks when his demands are not met but when a canopy falls on top of her, nearly crushing her, the Opera’s leading diva: Carllota resigns. With no understudy, the Managers turn to Christine who at the time was no more than a chorus girl. The show casts her into immediate fame. But when Christine, whom the Phantom has fallen in love with, accepts a marriage proposal from her childhood sweetheart Viscount Raoul de Chagney, the Phantom’s heart is broken. His despair quickly turns to furious, jealous rage and is willing to do anything to win her, even if it means raising the stakes to the ultimate level in Christine’s choice between her love for Raoul and her strange attraction to the Phantom.

The movie starts with an auction being held in the Paris Opera House. The Opera has been shut down and they are auctioning off props to make some money. One of the items is a stuffed monkey dressed in Persian robes and playing the cymbals sitting on top of a music box. An older gentleman in a wheelchair buys the monkey and holds on to it tightly. The next item is a chandelier that was broken but has been repaired. When the chandelier is revealed, we are whisked back to 1870 (“Overture”) where we see the Opera House in full swing for its performance of Hannibal by Chalemau. Rehearsals are under way when the Opera Manager informs the cast and crew that he is leaving for Australia and that the Opera House is now under the command of Gilles Andre and Richard Firmin (Simon Callow and Cirian Hinds). When they resume rehearsal, a stage prop falls on the lead diva, Carlotta (Minnie Driver). After she storms out refusing to sing, Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson), the Ballet instructor, convinces the new owners to let Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum), one of the dancers, to take Carlotta’s part. After a stunning performance (“Think of Me”), Christine goes down to the small Chapel under the Opera House to pray for her father who died long ago. Meg (Jennifer Ellison) one of the Ballet dancers and Christine’s best friend comes to find her inquiring of her singing prowess (“Angel of Music”).

Later, Christine’s childhood friend, Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagney and Patron of the Opera House, comes to visit her in her dressing room. He had been in the audience and had recognized her. After inviting her to a party and leaving to prepare for the ride, Christine is locked in her room and hears singing. The Phantom (Gerard Butler) is mad at Raoul for taking credit in his work in training Christine to sing. He then lures Christine to a mirror where she sees him then follows him to his lair under the Opera House (“The Phantom of the Opera”). Once there the Phantom expresses his feelings for Christine and tries to convince her to stay with him (“Music of the Night”). Later she unmasks him and the Phantom is furious with her. Although he is raging and angry, he becomes vulnerable and begins crying. He wishes he didn’t have a loathsome gargoyle face (“I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt It”). He then returns her to the surface. While Christine is gone, Andre and Firmin are upset because Christine has disappeared and they no longer have a lead to play in the Operas. After receiving a series of notes all signed O.G. (Opera Ghost) they find out that Christine has returned and they have been instructed by the Phantom to put Christine in the lead role of the upcoming Opera II Muto. They refuse and put Carlotta in the lead part after convincing her to return (“Prima Donna”) and give Christine a silent role, which infuriates the Phantom. He then disables Carlotta’s voice giving her the voice of a toad, which forces the Opera Managers to put Christine in the lead role. While Christine is getting ready, Joseph Buquet (Kevin McNally) finds the Phantom in the rafters and after trying to escape is caught and hung from the rafters on stage in full view of everyone. This frightens Christine and she turns to the roof with Raoul pursuing her where he comforts her telling her that loves her and will never leave her (“All I Ask of You”). The Phantom overhears and is now in a state of shock because Christine loves Raoul and not him. Three months later, we see that the Opera House is in full swing without any appearance from the Phantom since he disabled Carlotta’s voice. The Opera House is holding a Masquerade to celebrate (“Masquerade”). During the Masquerade the Phantom interrupts and presents the Managers with a new Opera he has written called Don Juan. He then gives them an ultimatum. Follow his instructions or bad things will happen. Christine visits the graveyard where her father is buried. (“Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”). The Phantom is also there and tries to lure her to him, but Raoul arrives and fights off the Phantom in a sword battle. They then leave the Phantom there and he swears to get revenge.

The performance of Don Juan has finally come and everyone is nervous. Raoul, Andre and Firmin are positive the Phantom will make an appearance, so they set a trap. Christine is torn. She explains that she can’t be a part of the trap without the Phantom taking her back. The play starts and Christine comes on stage singing. Backstage, Piangi (Victor McGuire) is getting ready for his next scene when the Phantom kills him and takes his place on stage. Christine sings with the Phantom, expressing her love for him. Raoul, who is in the audience, sadly realizes that Christine loves the Phantom (“The Point of No Return”). The Phantom then sings passionately to Christine who takes his mask off, revealing to the audience the distortion of his face. He takes her once again down to his lair, causing the Opera theatre to catch on fire in the progress after bringing down the chandelier. (“Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer”). The Phantom gives Christine the ring that he took from her at the Masquerade ball and asks her to stay with him. Meanwhile, Raoul gets Madame Giry to take him to the Phantom’s lair. She leaves Raoul halfway through their journey and Raoul goes the rest of the way alone. After nearly drowning, he shows up in the Phantom’s lair to save Christine. The Phantom then gives Christine the difficult decision: She can either stay with the Phantom and Raoul (who has been tied up by the Phantom) goes free, or she refuses the Phantom and Raoul dies but Christine goes free. Christine decides to stay with the Phantom and tells him that he is not alone. She kisses him passionately. At this point the Phantom realizes that Christine truly loves him, but his horrible actions have ruined any chance they have together. In an act of selflessness, he frees both Christine and Raoul. Christine gives the ring back to the Phantom who sadly tells Christine that he loves her. Christine forces herself to leave with Raoul in the boat. She looks back at the Phantom sadly, knowing that she loves him. Heartbroken, the Phantom destroys the mirrors and escapes through a secret passage just before the mob shows up. Meg Giry finds only his mask.

The scene then switches back to 1919. The elderly gentleman now known to be Raoul leaves the monkey music box on Christine’s grave. He looks down and sees that the Phantom has left a rose tied with a black ribbon (his trademark) and the ring that he gave to Christine: The Phantom still loves her. Raoul sadly looks at it knowing that Christine truly loved the Phantom.

In 1919, a public auction is held to clear an abandoned Opera theatre’s vaults in Paris. Viscount Raoul de Chagny, bids against the elderly Madame Giry for a papier-mache music box shaped like a barrel organ with the figure of a cymbal-playing monkey attached to it. The auctioneer presents a shattered chandelier, relating it to “the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera.” As it is hoisted up to the roof, the story moves back to 1870. The theatre prepares for the performance of the grand opera, Hannibal, headed by soprano Carlotta Gludlicelli. Theatre Manager Monsieur Lefevre plans to retire, leaving the theatre to Richard Firmin and Gilles Andre. Carlotta refuses to perform after three years’ worth of torment by the theatre’s resident “Opera Ghost”, a mysterious figure said to live in the catacombs below. Facing the performance’s cancellation, Madame Giry, the Ballet instructor, suggests that dancer Christine Daae, stand in as the lead actress. Christine displays her singing talents and is a huge success on opening night. Christine tells Giry’s daughter, Meg, that she is being coached by a tutor she calls the “Angel of Music”. Christine reunites with Raoul, a new patron of the theatre and her childhood sweetheart, but he dismisses her secrets. That night, the masked Phantom of the Opera appears before Christine, spiriting her away to his underground lair. He confesses his love to Christine, but when she removes his mask out of curiosity, he reacts violently. She returns his mask to him and the Phantom returns her to the theatre unharmed but orders the Managers to make her the lead in II Muto. However, the Managers choose Carlotta instead. During the performance, the Phantom tampers with Carlotta’s throat spray, causing her to sing out of tune and Christine steps in. The Phantom encounters stagehand Joseph Buquet and hangs him above the stage. Christine and Raoul flee to the roof, where they declare their love for each other. The Phantom, eavesdropping, vows revenge.

Three months later, in 1871, at a New Year Masquerade ball, Christine and Raoul announce their engagement. The Phantom crashes the Ball and orders his own opera, Don Juan Triumphant, to be performed. Upon seeing Christine’s engagement ring, the Phantom steals it and flees, pursued by Raoul, but Giry stops him. Giry explains that when she was a teenager, she met the Phantom, a deformed young boy, billed as the “Devil’s Child” in a freak show and abused by the owner. When the Phantom rebelled and strangled the man to death, Giry helped him to evade the resulting mob and hid him within the Opera House. The next day, Christine visits her father’s tomb with the Phantom posing as his spirit to win her back, but Raoul intervenes. Raoul and the Managers plot to capture the Phantom during his opera. The Phantom murders Carlotta’s lover, Ubaldo Piangi and takes his place as the male lead to sing opposite Christine. During their passionate duet, Christine unmasks the Phantom, revealing his deformities to the horrified audience. He drags her to the catacombs, bringing down the chandelier, as a mob forms to hunt the Phantom down. Giry leads Raoul down to the catacombs to rescue Christine. The Phantom has Christine wear a wedding dress he made for her and proposes marriage. Christine admits that she does not fear the Phantom for his appearance but for his rage and willingness to kill. Raoul arrives, the Phantom threatening to kill him unless Christine weds him. Christine, pitying the Phantom, kisses him. Moved by her kindness, the Phantom allows the lovers to flee. Finding comfort in the music box, the Phantom weeps alone and Christine gives her ring to him in remembrance. He vanishes as the mob appears with Meg finding his discarded mask. Back in the present, Raoul visits Christine’s gravestone, placing the music box before it. Before leaving, he notices a freshly laid rose with Christine’s ring attached to it, implying that the Phantom is still alive and that he will always love her.

💎💎 SPLIT💎💎 – Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful 24^th. Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all of the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him – as well as everyone around him – as the walls between his compartments shatter. Kevin Wendell Church, a man with 23 different personalities, abducts and keeps three teenage girls in his basement for unknown reasons. As Kevin’s therapist delves deeper into his mysterious disorder, the girls must find ways to escape before a new and sinister 24^th personality reveals itself. After a birthday party in a mall, teenagers Casey Cooke, Claire Benoit and Marcia are abducted by a man. Soon they learn that the man has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) with several personalities. His psychiatrist Dr. Karen Fletcher is aware of his personalities but does not suspect that he is the kidnapper of the three girls. Casey tries to manipulate the weakest personalities to escape, but the stronger personalities fight back. Three girls, led by the wittiest Casey are abducted by a man with a multiple personality disorder. He has 23 personalities and the girls have to find the ones that will help set them free. Yet, things get a little scarier when a frightening 24^th persona, “The Beast”, is coming for them. In broad daylight, after an innocent birthday party at a mall, the unsuspecting Art class schoolmates – Casey, Claire and Marcia – fall prey to the creepy predator, Kevin Wendell Crumb, a shattered man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Not one, but twenty-three distinct and suppressed personalities reside inside Kevin; however, from the horde that plagues him, some identities are, inevitably, more sinister than others. Sooner or later, the elusive 24^th “Beast” persona will emerge in all its glory, as an amalgam of Kevin’s qualities and the highest form of human evolution. Nevertheless, is the feared monster within real, or is it a figment of Crumb’s morbidly demented imagination?

The film opens with a birthday party for Claire (Haley Lu Richardson). Her classmate Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) was invited out of pity, as Claire tells her father (Neal Huff) that Casey frequently gets into trouble with teachers and gets sent to detention. Casey calls for a ride home but is told the car broke down. She’s about to take the bus, but Claire’s dad insists that she go home with them. The girls leave along with another friend, Marcia (Jessica Sula). Claire’s dad is approached by an unseen person: Moments later, the person, a man named Kevin (James McAvoy), gets into the car. Claire thinks he just got in the wrong car by mistake, but Kevin puts on a face mask and sprays the girls with some kind of toxin that knocks them out. Casey slowly attempts to open the door to get out, but Kevin gets her too. Kevin brings the girls into a windowless room in an unknown location. He pulls Marcia out and takes her outside. After a brief moment, Marcia runs back into the room after she peed herself. She tells the others that Kevin wanted her to dance for him. Claire says they need to fight back together to get out. Casey is calm and says they need to find out what they are there for before they make any sort of move.

We see a flashback in which a 5-year-old Casey (here played by Izzie Leigh Coffey) is with her father (Sebastian Arcelus) and her Uncle John (Brad William Henke). They are both hunters and they teach Casey how to hunt. Uncle John talks about hunting a deer but being distracted by the buck. A therapist, Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley) is watching a news report on the three missing girls and how Claire’s father woke up to find the girls and his car gone. Karen then receives an email from someone named Barry, saying that they need to speak and it is urgent. Barry is really one of Kevin’s multiple personalities. This “alter” is a sketch artist with a heavy Boston accent. He meets with Karen regularly in this persona. The girls continue to try to find a way out. They look through a crack in the door and sees what appears to be a woman talking to their captor. Claire and Marcia call to the woman for help. She approaches the door, but it just Kevin wearing a skirt and high heels. This alter is known as Patricia, a polite British woman. Patricia assures the girls that their captor knows why they are there and that he is not allowed to touch them.

Karen is in a conference via Skype in which she discusses her patients, most of whom are suffering from DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), including Kevin. Karen talks about how some identities have capabilities that the other identities may not possess, as well as the way she can sense who has come to “the light” (which alter is in control). She adds that people with DID can change their body chemistry with their thoughts. The girls meet another identity, Hedwig, who has the mannerisms of a 9-year-old boy. He claims that Patricia and Dennis (the persona that captured the girls) are mad at him and that he is in trouble. Casey talks to Hedwig in an attempt to get a way out of there by telling him that Patricia and Dennis are still mad at him and that he’s in trouble. Hedwig leaves and the girls start looking for a way out through the walls. Claire finds a hollow spot in the ceiling and starts breaking off the plaster. Hedwig starts to come back, but Casey and Marcia hold the door back as Claire tries climbing out. Kevin reverts to Dennis as Claire starts crawling through the vents. She finds and exit and starts running for help. She hides in a locker but her trembling breath is so loud that Dennis finds her. He orders Claire to take off her shirt because it’s dirty. He then locks her in a room by herself.

In another session with Karen, Kevin returns as Barry. Karen doesn’t believe she is really talking to Barry. She has notices certain characteristics that Barry is displaying normally seen with other alters like Dennis, such as OCD. Barry insists that he’s gotten better. Karen mentions that Kevin has 23 distinct identities. Kevin then becomes Dennis as Karen mentions a 24^th identity, “The Beast”, whom Dennis says is indeed real. Patricia brings Casey and Marcia out for some food. Marcia is forced to remove her skirt and Casey takes off her flannel shirt. Patricia brings the girls into a dining room and starts to make another sandwich. He becomes upset when he accidentally cuts the sandwich crookedly, so he starts making another one. Marcia seizes the opportunity to take a chair and strike Patricia in the back with it. She runs out for help and Casey tries to run too, but Patricia catches her and orders her to go to her room. Marcia is eventually caught as well and is locked in a room by herself. Karen and her assistant Jai (M. Night Shyamalan) review security footage of outside the building. A trash bin is knocked over with garbage everywhere. One couple walks around it, but Dennis walks right through it, which is something Karen believes is deliberate.

Hedwig talks to Casey playfully. He asks to kiss her and she allows him to, though it is awkward. Hedwig mentions his music collection and how he likes to dance to some Kanye West. Casey asks him to show her his room and his music collection. He takes her there and she mentions a window that’s next to his music. It’s just a drawing of a closed window over another drawing of an open window. Hedwig starts to realize that Casey is trying to escape. She becomes frightened and attempts to placate him. He pulls out a Walkie-Talkie, which Casey uses to start calling for help while fighting off Hedwig. Hedwig subdues Casey and takes the Walkie back. We see another flashback with Little Casey on a hunting trip. With her dad not around, Uncle John starts wanting to “play”. He strips down to his underwear and tells Casey to take off her clothes because “animals don’t wear clothes.” Later, John emerges from behind a rock and sees Casey holding a rifle at him. He manages to take it back from her so that she doesn’t pull the trigger. Claire and Marcia attempt to escape using a wire to unlock the door from the outside of Marcia’s room. They are unsuccessful.

Karen goes to Kevin’s home and is greeted by Dennis. He invites her inside and they continue to discuss “The Beast”, as well as “The Horde”, which is the name given for the major identities that control Kevin (Dennis, Barry, Patricia and Hedwig). Karen then becomes genuinely terrified. She goes outside and finds Claire trapped in her room, but Dennis pulls Karen away before she can help. Casey finds a laptop with videos on every one of Kevin’s identities. She sees one called Orwell, who discusses philosophy and another named Jade, who is Diabetic. Dennis goes to an abandoned train car and starts to transform into “The Beast”. He is significantly taller and stronger than any other identity. He returns home and finds Karen writing something on a piece of paper. She grabs a small knife as he crawls on the wall and grabs her. Karen starts trying to stab him, but the knife breaks. “The Beast” then squeezes Karen until her spine snaps and she dies.

Casey gets out and tries to find the other girls. She finds Marcia dead with her stomach having been ripped open. Casey then finds Claire alive, but she gets dragged as “The Beast” starts attacking her. Casey finds the paper that Karen wrote on. It says, “Say his name – Kevin Wendell Crumb”. “The Beast” finds Casey, but she repeatedly shouts his name, making him revert to normal. We briefly see a flashback of Kevin’s mother yelling at him as a child by saying his full name and telling him he’s made a mess. Present Day: Kevin has no memory of what he’s done as Casey tells him he killed Karen, Claire and Marcia. He tells Casey there’s a gun in one of the cabinets and that she must kill him. The major identity starts to take control all at once. Casey runs as “The Beast” starts to come back. Casey finds some shells and loads them into the gun. “The Beast” starts crawling up on the ceiling and starts taking out the lights, leaving Casey with no sight to shoot at him. “The Beast” attacks Casey, ripping her shirt and biting her leg, but she gets away. She closes herself in a cage and loads the gun with more shells. “The Beast” starts bending the bars to get in, but he then notices multiple scars on Casey’s body. Another flashback shows Little Casey after her father’s funeral and John telling her he will be her new guardian. “The Beast” then proclaims that Casey is pure-hearted and he leaves her alone. Not long after, a man goes downstairs and finds Casey. He carries her outside to safety. She looks around on the outside and sees many animals in an enclosure. Medics arrive and take Casey in.

Kevin is somewhere by himself with “The Horde” controlling him completely now. Patricia says that “The Beast” will protect them now. The last scene is in a diner where people are watching a news report on what Kevin did. The anchorwoman mentions how “The Beast” identity displays characteristics of the animals in the enclosure where he worked. A patron mentions that the case is similar to a man in a wheelchair from 15 years earlier. When she can’t remember his name, someone next to her replies, “Mr. Glass.” We see that it is David Dunn (Bruce Willis; his character from “Unbreakable” in a surprise cameo). Fade out.

Split is a 2016 American psychological horror thriller film and the second installment in the Unbreakable trilogy written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man with 24 different personalities who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility. Principal photography began on November 11, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 26, 2016 and was released in the United States on January 20, 2017, by Universal Studios. The film received generally positive reviews with McAvoy’s performance earning high praise and some critics labeling it a welcome return to from Shyamalan, although some criticized the film for its perceived stigmatization of mental illness. The film grossed $278 million worldwide on a budget of $9 million. The film is a standalone sequel to the 2000 film Unbreakable, which was also written, produced and directed by Shyamalan. The film was not marketed as a sequel, instead saving the revelation for a scene featuring Bruce Willis reprising his Unbreakable role in an uncredited cameo. Split is noted as the first solo supervillain origin movie. It is also Shyamalan’s first sequel. The final part of the trilogy, titled Glass, was released in January 2019, combining the casts and characters of both previous films.

Casey Cooke is a withdrawn teenager, having been molested as a child by her Uncle and legal guardian, John. After being invited to a birthday party, she accepts a ride home from her classmate, Claire’s father, who also takes Claire’s friend Marcia. As the girls wait in the car, Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), knocks Claire’s father unconscious before kidnapping them. Kevin is in therapy with Dr. Karen Fletcher, who has 23 identified 23 distinct personalities formed after Kevin was abused as a child by his mother after his father left on a train one day and never returned. The dominant personality, “Barry,” controls when and which of the others can manifest. “Barry” has not allowed “Dennis” or “Patricia” to have control due to their undesirable traits and their belief in “The Beast”, a 24^th personality who plans to rid the world of the “impure”. Fletcher recognizes in their sessions that “Dennis” has recently displaced “Barry” as the dominant personality.

“Dennis” imprisons the girls in an underground cell. By taking advantage of a childlike personality called “Hedwig”, the girls attempt to escape and Casey manages to find a Walkie Talkie but her attempts to get help are dismissed as a prank. The girls are separated from each other by “Dennis” and “Patricia”. Fletcher visits Kevin’s quarters, where he reveals that he has met “The Beast”. Fletcher realizes that there is an internal conflict between the personalities and becomes suspicious. She feigns going to the bathroom and finds Claire who is locked in a storage room. “Dennis” appears ad sedates Fletcher. “Dennis” goes to a train station, where he boards an empty train car, which allows “The Beast” to take over, who has enhanced physical abilities. Fletcher writes Kevin’s full name on a piece of paper before “The Beast” arrives and kills her. Casey escapes from her cell, only to find that “The Beast” has already killed and eaten some of Marcia and sees him attack Claire too. Casey finds Fletcher’s body and the piece of paper. “The Beast” approaches her, but she calls out Kevin’s full name, bringing Kevin forth. Upon learning of the situation and realizing that he has not been in control for two years, a horrified Kevin begs Casey to kill him with a shotgun he has hidden.

This prompts all 24 personalities to fight for control and “Hedwig” is the victor. Casey is told that “Kevin” has been made to sleep far away and he will not awaken now even if his name is called. “Hedwig” gives control over to “Dennis” and “Patricia” and they once again let “The Beast” take hold. Casey retrieves the gun and ammunition before escaping into a tunnel, where she shoots “The Beast” twice who only sustains minor wounds. She locks herself in a caged area whose bars “The Beast” begins to pull apart. He sees faded self-harm scars across her body, considers Casey to be “pure” and more evolved due to her being “broken” and spares her. Casey is rescued and learns that she was being held at the Philadelphia Zoo, where Kevin had been an employee. When Casey is asked by the police if she is ready to return home with her Uncle, she hesitates to answer. In another hideout, “Dennis”, “Patricia” and “Hedwig” discuss the power of “The Beast” and their plans to change the world. In a diner, several patrons watch a news report of Kevin’s crimes, with the correspondent mentioning that his numerous personalities have earned him the nickname “The Horde”. A waitress notes the similarity to a criminal in a wheelchair who was incarcerated fifteen years earlier and who also received a nickname. As she tries to remember the nickname, the man sitting next to her, David Dunn, says it was “Mr. Glass.”