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Gothika is a 2003 American supernatural horror-thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and starts with Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr.
Gothika Film Ending Explanation in Full Plot Story
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The movie starts with a psychiatrist Dr. Miranda Grey who works at a high-security prison hospital. Miranda visits a patient Chloe and she tells that every night she is haunted by a ghost. But as a rational psychiatrist Miranda tries to make a conclusion for the incident.
Miranda returns home by car at night. Suddenly she notices a girl middle of the road. Miranda crashes her car to save the girl. When Miranda comes near to her to help the girl just burnt herself and hug Miranda. Then she collapses.
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Miranda wakes up at her workplace but this time she is a prisoner. She is treated by her colleague Dr. Pete and he informs her that she was unconscious for 3 days and middle of these days some major occurrences happen outside. Miranda’s husband Douglas was murdered brutally with an ax and the prime suspect as a murderer is Miranda. This is the reason she was kept in prison in a security cell.
Miranda shocks too and tries to explain everything that happens to her that night but Dr. Pete is also a rational psychiatrist. So Miranda doesn’t get any favor from her observer.
In the meantime, Miranda feels some unusual incident occurring around her. Every night she sees the same dream with a man with a burning girl tattoo. She feels someones’ presence staring at her but no other person is there in the cell. She sees a note ‘not alone’ in many places and vanishes it later on its own.
One day when Miranda taking bath in the mass bathroom with other lady prisoners then suddenly she sees that mysterious girl again. This time the girl attacks her with a knife and cuts her arm in many places. Later she finds writing her arm ‘not alone’ in the wounds and the hospital staff presumes Miranda is self-harming.
Afterward, she discovers that Douglas’s blood inside their home had the same phrase scrawled on it. Miranda meets with her lawyer and prepares to go to trial. She also contacts Dougs best friend Sheriff Bob Ryan.
Miranda’s cell door opens one night, and she quietly wanders through the ward. In passing Chloe’s cell, she sees Chloe being raped, and she notices the Anima Sola tattoo on the perpetrator’s chest. Later, she is found by guards, who do not believe her story. Miranda now believes Chloe.
Miranda gradually remembers what happened the night of the accident. Consequently, one day she finds out that the mysterious girl is the daughter of Dr. Phil who committed suicide four years back near the bridge where Miranda first meet with her. Her name was Rachel and Dr. Phil is the head of the hospital.
At night, Miranda is attacked by Rachel’s ghost in her cell and subsequently manages to escape from the hospital. She returns to her home. The crime scene remains unchanged so she observes the blood-stained spot. This triggers vivid memories of Miranda committing Douglas’s murder. She finds out that she was possessed though Rachel and killed Doug with an ax.
Miranda gets a sign from Rachel to go to Doug’s farmhouse where he went with Ryan and hunted animals. Miranda visits the site and finds a secret chamber underground. While she investigates the secret room then a mysterious and shocking truth comes to light.
Doug was a sex predator and he kidnapped girls in the room and assaulted them. He also recorded all the outrageous incidents with a video camera.
Miranda finds that Rachel was one of Doug’s victims. So, it is now clear that Rachel was murdered by Doug and she took revenge. On the spot, she sees other girls’ spirits so she gets the message of the note ‘not alone.’
There is another guy who helped Doug to do all this stuff. And that person is none other than Ryan. Miranda confirmed by seeing the tattoo on his chest.
Rayan realizes that Miranda identified him as the second murderer. So he tries to inject her with a high-dose sedative. But Miranda manages to escape and push the syringe into Ryan’s body.
In a drugged state Ryan shoots Miranda but it is actually a gas cylinder. So a massive explosion occurs and Ryan dies on the spot. Afterward, Miranda is saved by Dr. Pete and he also identifies the truth.
Scene changes to one year later.
Miranda and Chloe are now legally free and they become friends. On the street, Miranda suddenly sees a young boy in the middle of the road. A car just sped through his body but the boy has no effect at all. So, Miranda realizes that boy is nothing but a sad spirit.
In the next scene, we see a missing person flyer in a telephone booth and the person is a young boy.
The movie ends here.
The movie is worth watching as The Host (2006 Korean), Legion (2010).
Summary
Original Title Gothika
Other Titles Oan Hồn (Vietnam)
Genre Supernatural horror/ Thriller
Runtime 1hr 38min
Original Language English
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Written by Sebastian Gutierrez
Produced by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Susan Levin
Tagline ‘Because someone is dead doesn’t mean they’re gone.’
Release date November 21, 2003 (USA)
Origin Country United States
Official Website Gothika Official Website
Cast of Characters
| Actor/Actress Name | Character Name |
|---|---|
| Halle Berry | Dr. Miranda Grey |
| Robert Downey Jr. | Dr. Pete Graham |
| Penélope Cruz | Chloe |
| John Carroll Lynch | Sheriff Ryan |
