Lover Come Hack to Me story
Peggy and Charles are a newlywed couple who, after a car accident, end up settling for the night inside a decrepit mansion belonging to Peggy's aunt. While inside, Charles plans to kill Peggy for her inheritance, but he soon learns that Peggy's family has a dark past, and that Peggy herself is not who she seems to be. Directed by: Tom Holland. Story by: Michael McDowell.
10 total · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fear of abandonment | major | Peggy explained to Charles that she was killing him because knew his momentarily perfect love for her would not last. The viewer must therefore ponder a woman who is stereotypically (hell hath no fury like...) mad about (possibly) being spurned, only here she takes vengeance before the fact or acts to preempt the disagreeable contingency. |
| greed for riches | major | Charles plotted to shoot Peggy dead on their wedding night and inherit her fortune, but things didn't quite go according to plan. |
| newlywed couple | major | The story follows Peggy and Charles as they spend their wedding night in a spooky, derelict mansion. |
| obsessive love | major | The story culminated with Peggy axe murdering Charles on their wedding night out of a deranged desire to end their love while it was in a state of perfection. |
| spouse murder | major | The story culminated with Peggy axe murdering Charles on their wedding night out of a deranged desire to end their love while it was in a state of perfection. In a dream, Charles saw the ghosts of his Peggy's late mother murdering her father moments after she was conceived. |
| aunt and niece | minor | The story began with Peggy's aunt disapproving of her marrying a blatant gold digger, and ended with the aunt happily picking up Peggy from the mansion after Peggy axe murdered the guy. |
| ghost | minor | Charles dreamed he saw the ghosts of Peggy's parents. |
| haunted house | minor | The detail were left somewhat vague, but we are clearly meant to ponder the possibility that Peggy and Charles had arrived at a haunted house in the middle of that stormy night. Charles saw apparitions of his new wife's late mother murdering her own newlywed spouse. |
| living corpse | minor | The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| sexual debut | minor | Peggy lost her virginity to Charles on their wedding night. Peggy's ecstasy was so intense by the climax of their union that the glass facing on a grandfather clock shattered from the sound of her screams. |