We Need To Do Something Ending & Creature Explained
Sean King O’Grady’s We Need To Do Something ends horrifically, with the last two potential survivors being killed offscreen by an entity shrouded in mystery — here's what the ending means. Based on Max Booth III’s eponymous novella, We Need To Do Something navigates the fabric of confinement horror. A family of four is stuck in a bathroom whilst attempting to ride out a thunderstorm. The anxiety of being trapped with a dysfunctional family is palpable throughout this psychological horror, heightened by the threat of the unknown, which lurks right outside the narrative premise.
Before its ending, We Need To Do Something introduces its protagonist, Melissa. Teenage Melissa (Sierra McCormick) is an amalgamation of overused tropes — she is disconnected from her family, battles with a crisis of identity, and expresses herself via her goth attire and pink-infused shimmery eyeshadow. Right from the beginning, Melissa is misplaced and frantic, trying to reach out to her classmate Amy (Lisette Alexis) via texts, which are neither acknowledged nor answered. Her little brother, Bobby (John James Cronin), although terrified of the natural calamity, finds solace in the reassuring words of his mother, Diane (Vinessa Shaw), who is instigated by her volatile husband Robert (Pat Healy) intermittently.
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We Need To Do Something's ending employs surrealism, a Rick Roll, and a kind of terror that almost borders on Lovecraftian, as evidenced by a writhing severed tongue with tendrils that the family devours afterward. Stuck in a confined space with no apparent exits, and a familial dynamic palpable with rage and tension, the characters are exposed to a new brand of horror in
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