Criminal Minds
Here ’s the eery ending ofCriminal Minds"Heathridge Manor " explained - and whether or not the Devil really turn up . WhileCriminal Mindsmay have been a procedural in a similiar vein to the likes ofCSI , it often blurred the line between being a thriller and horror show . It followed the FBI ’s Behavioral Analysis Unit ( AKA the BAU ) , who traveled all over the country to track down " unsub " slayer . The liquidator in query often apply unequalled method and while the BAU and many of these unsubs were comparatively grounded in how they were describe , others often feel like they came from a horror movie .
The likes ofcannibalistic killer " Lucky " ( Jamie Kennedy ) , Brad Dourif ’s Adam Rain - who rick victims into marionettes - or Mark Hamill ’s The Replicator all could have featured in their own solo picture . Matthew Gray Gubler - who played resident BAU wiz Spencer Reid - is also a huge repugnance fan in world , so whenever he get a chance to manoeuvre an episode , they often took on a horror theme . One of the most memorable was season 9 ’s " Blood Relations , " which featured guest appearance from genre royalty Tobin Bell and Adrienne Barbeau and a mete supernatural cause of death who was one of the few to evade the squad completely .
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Another Gubler - helmed outing wasCriminal Mindsseason 7 episode"Heathridge Manor . " This consider the unit chasing down a killer who kidnaps young women , believing them to be the wives of the Devil . The grampus is James Heathstone ( Kyle Gallner ) , who first drowns his victims to see if they exist , and if they do , this " confirm " they are witches . He then kills them and dresses them up in costume from Shakespeare’sThe Merry Wives of Windsor . James also had a reluctant accomplice in sister Lara ( Madeleine Martin ) , but by the oddment of " Heathridge Manor , " James is killed during a fighting with the BAU and Lara is left alone . James conceive he was fighting the Devil by kill his married woman , but in the finish Lara - who is still hold out in the titulary house - answers the door to be recognise by an unseen design with a creepy-crawly cane , connote to be the Devil come for her .
However , the last shot ofCriminal Minds ' " Heathridge Manor"pulls back to reveal it was a hallucination , as Lara is alone on the porch . The significance is that the same hallucinations that chivvy Lara ’s mother - who cut off her weapon system when she was a baby to make her less " appeal " to the Devil - and her pal have now contain her , and she might become a killer whale in the time to come . Of course , viewer could register that maybe the Devil did actually come for Lara at the end , but given the ( relatively ) grounded nature ofCriminal Minds , this feel unlikely .
Criminal Minds ' " Heathridge Manor " is one of the eery episodes , because while it ’s not overly graphic , the methods James uses to vote out and his ancestry into delusion are unnerving . This expedition is also notable for a Edgar Albert Guest office fromFreddy Krueger ikon Robert Englundas a local detective help the BAU , though unfortunately , he does n’t get much to do .
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