Turns out she just wants to know what happened to her sister. Red Herring: Debbie, after she apparently abducts Jake after he mentions Samantha's name, especially since Tom sees red whenever he looks at her.At one point he fills his whole fridge with Minute Maid cartons.
Product Placement: The ghost haunting makes Tom thirsty, so he's constantly chugging Minute Maid orange juice.The only alternative being that she didn't want to involve him too much because of his age. which raises the question why she didn't just tell the kid all her woes directly. She even convinced his son to talk to her sister to make more connections. She communicated with Tom as clearly as she could, considering his low power psychic ability meant she couldn't literally talk to him as she did with his son. Our Ghosts Are Different: The ghost was cleverer post-death than in life, and more direct than a lot of ghosts in other media.Only Sane Man: Maggie believes she's this, because she didn't develop any psychic sensitivities.Imaginary Friend: Tom and Maggie mistake who Jake speaks to at first as one of these.Though it seems that Tom is being a complete idiot for warning Frank ahead of time that he knows about his son's involvement in Samantha's murder with no witnesses around, Frank doesn't kill him to keep the secret and ends up saving him. Here We Go Again!: Tom and Maggie move into a new neighborhood at the end of the film, but the fact that Jake hears far more whispers than before suggests that the paranormal experiences won't be over any time soon.He Knows Too Much: Harry and Kurt try to murder Tom after the latter uncovers Samantha's body.Ghostly Goals: Entirely benign in this case: she just wants her corpse found and her murderer brought to justice.The song was playing during the murder, and was the last thing the victim heard as she suffocated. Tom hears his son humming a song, and Tom becomes obsessed with figuring out what song it is: "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones (Band), specifically a cover version by Gob. Driven to Suicide: Frank is ready to kill himself for his complicity in covering up Samantha's murder, but changes his mind at the last second to save Tom and Maggie.
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