Alright, so you wanna know about that Starve Acre movie ending, huh? It’s a bit of a head-scratcher, that’s for sure. Not gonna lie, it left me kinda spooked and confused, like when that rooster started crowing at midnight last summer. But I’ll try to explain it best I can, the way I see it, you know, plain and simple.
So, this couple, Richard and Juliette, they’re living out in the sticks, in Yorkshire. Real country folk, or at least they’re trying to be. Something bad happened to their boy, Owen, real sad like. Died from one of them asthma attacks, poor little fella. Left his parents heartbroken, you can imagine. That kinda grief, it sticks to you like mud on boots after a rainstorm.
Now, this is where things get weird. They find this dead hare, right? Like, roadkill dead. But then, bam! It comes back to life. Not like a zombie movie or nothin’, but all of a sudden it’s hopping around, sticking to Juliette like glue. And this ain’t no cute bunny rabbit, mind you. It’s got somethin’ evil about it. Kills their dog, mean as a snake. But Juliette, she starts treatin’ it like a baby, nursin’ it and all. Creepy as all get out, if you ask me.
The whole movie, it’s about this grief, see? And how it can mess with your head. Richard, he’s diggin’ in the dirt, lookin’ for old bones and stuff. Says he’s doin’ research, but it seems more like he’s tryin’ to dig up somethin’ he lost, maybe some kinda peace. And Juliette, well, she’s found somethin’ to fill that hole in her heart, even if it is a creepy, killer hare.
- They tried livin’ in the countryside, thinkin’ it would help, but sometimes, fresh air and open spaces ain’t enough.
- Grief, it can twist things, make you see things that ain’t there, or maybe make you see things that are there, but you shouldn’t.
- That hare, it’s like a symbol, I reckon. Of what, exactly? Well, that’s the tricky part.
The endin’, that’s where it really gets ya. They make these sacrifices, three of ’em. Don’t ask me why or what for, it’s all a bit muddled. But the last thing you see is Juliette, cuddlin’ that hare like it’s her own child. And that’s it. The movie just stops. No big explanations, no happy ever after. Just a woman and her evil bunny.
Now, some folks might say it’s about rebirth, or nature, or some such fancy talk. But to me, it seems like Juliette, she’s just so desperate to have somethin’ to love, somethin’ to fill that empty space where her son used to be, that she’ll take whatever she can get, even if it’s a creepy, crawly thing that came back from the dead. It’s like she’s traded one loss for another, and maybe she don’t even realize it. It’s like tradin’ a good milk cow for a goat that bites, makes no sense, but grief does that to ya.
And that’s the scary part, ain’t it? How grief can make you do things, see things, believe things, that you wouldn’t normally. It can make you hold on tight to somethin’ that ain’t good for you, just ’cause it’s somethin’. And maybe, just maybe, it’s better that we don’t know what happens next. Some things are best left buried, like them old bones Richard keeps diggin’ up. Like that saying goes, let sleeping dogs lie, or in this case, let creepy hares hop.
So, yeah, that’s my take on it. No fancy words, no big theories. Just a story about loss, and how it can mess you up real good. And a creepy hare, of course. Don’t forget the creepy hare. It left me with more questions than answers. But then again, life’s like that sometimes, ain’t it?
Tags: [Starve Acre, Ending Explained, Horror, Film, Movie, Grief, Symbolism, British Film, Matt Smith]
