The ending suggests the ritual has kept the people of the island safe from typhoons, disease and other disasters for hundreds of years. The title comes from the phrase "be the death of," which means "cause someone to die" either literally or figuratively. I'm naturally drawn to dark topics and how people react when they're thrust into a situation that scares or confuses them, but I like to balance that with hope and humor.

It seems that the islanders never actually meant to kill her, but instead meant to get her pregnant and sow up her face as a part of the ritual. This shares many elements with the basic plot of The Wicker Man, arguably one of the grandparents of modern human sacrifice horror movies, the other grandparent being Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery. While Christine seems to be alive at the end, the events on the island did happen, and she is likely to continue suffering the effects of the island's magic, whether she believes in it or not. The real meaning of Death of Me, both its title and its story, is that there are always some people in any society that are willing to sacrifice themselves or others for the greater good. Every islander who benefits from the island magic must make a choice between these two types of sacrifice, and it seems that they have all chosen to sacrifice Christine and not themselves.In Death of Me, Christine and her husband are lured into participating in the ritual by an entire island of people. Because the ritual was not completed at the end, the island is destroyed by the typhoon, which means that the island's magic is real in the movie.

Christine maintains her disbelief right up until the very end when she escapes the island on a motorboat and heads straight into the typhoon, all but ensuring her death. Throughout the movie, Christine interacts with several islanders, and through them she discovers the plan they have for her and what it means. So when the three unexpectedly run into each other, they decide to avoid their problems by ditching. It turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common…like a connection to the dead kid. It's not certain that she is actually still alive, since one of the islanders said that she exists on a spiritual plane somewhere between life and death.In this way, Death of Me's real meaning is not that human sacrifice is evil (which it most often is) or that Christine is an innocent victim (which she definitely is), but instead, that in varying degrees, societies thrive when they contain people either willing to sacrifice themselves or others for the prosperity of the group. Books featuring mystery and suspense have always been my favorites as a reader, from Agatha Christie when I was a kid to Gillian Flynn as an adult. I got the idea for One of Us Is Lying while I was driving to work and heard the theme from "The Breakfast Club" movie (I talk more about that here if you're interested).

After she manages to escape the ritual, Christine steals a motorboat and rides off into the oncoming typhoon. In addition, this article from Entertainment Weekly outlines my must-haves for a captivating thriller. It’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly–and fatally–wrong. Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. Since Christine does seem to be alive at the end, she will ultimately have to make a decision about the sacrifice she herself is willing to make, because she likely is still carrying the island's baby and the amulet, both of which have the potential to continue the island's dark tradition wherever she goes next.

until they spot another Carlton High student skipping school–and follow him to the scene of his own murder. What plans they had for her baby (which is part human, part island) remains unclear, though its birth is likely their ultimate goal. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. It seems that their plans were for her to join the stitch-faced people who had kidnapped her earlier.