In the sequel Octavio explains the creatures are quantum beings using the observer's effect on humanity. There were even doll models for Malorie's vision of the Creatures, but the idea was dropped because Sandra Bullock found them too ridiculous. They would look differently for each person and Malorie would see them as beings with withered, bald, baby-like heads. People's greatest fears and their hesitation in facing them.ĭesign of the Creatures as they would look to MalorieOriginally, the Creatures were going to have a physical form in the movie. Mental illnesses – how sane people see the mentally ill. Social media – how it makes people unaware of important events. 
Depression – how the truth about the world can depress people.Cthulhu - the titular antagonist from H.P.Mass hysteria – a massive panic caused by simple suggestion that there is danger.Biological warfare – insanity caused by weapons for warfare goals or terrorism.Ancient prehistoric creatures reappearing in the modern world.Demons, especially in a biblical context.Beings from another dimension accidentally transported to our own.
Friendly aliens trying to contact humans without knowing that their presence drives us mad. Alien invaders trying to wipe out humanity by using our own weak minds. There are several theories about what the Creatures are and represent. The only main characters who never see the Creatures are Malorie, her children, Lucy, Felix and Douglas, although they were all tempted at some point. Tom, by killing himself when fighting a group of possessed humans. Cheryl, by stabbing herself with a pair of scissors. Olympia, by running towards the window and jumping out of it. Charlie, after he stopped his possessed co-worker from affecting the group. Greg, when looking at security cameras. In the movie, a total of 7 named characters are seen possessed by the Creatures by looking at them and eventually kill themselves. A map shows that, at some point, they were also present in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, much of the Middle East, almost all of Europe, northern Africa, Peru and Colombia, and southern Greenland. They eventually spread via Alaska towards the western coast of North America. Starting in Romania, at some point the Creatures began appearing in Russia. There is only one known case of an affected able to resist the impulse of killing himself, Tom, and only for several seconds, to kill another affected, to save his wife, Mallory.ĭistribution of the Creatures at a given time. For example, seagulls who saw the creature immediately dove for glass, instantly killing them. Others, seemingly those already suffering from mental instability, come to revere the Creatures in an almost holy manner, referring to them as "Beautiful" and helping them in hunting down other humans, usually by persuading them to look at the Creatures, and when they cannot, killing them.Īny life form possessing sight is immediately driven to some form of madness, and eventually suicide. This drives the victims to commit suicide by any means available. The damage they inflict is not biological, but rather mental.Īny human who looks at the Creatures immediately suffers from severe psychological damage, apparently entering a trance evidenced by the victim's eyes turning grey. Although this is never confirmed, it is shown that they have the ability to produce human voices to its mesmerized victims. 
Charlie, a store clerk, theorizes that they are demons capable of assuming the appearance of a target's worst fears.
However, beside that, they appear unable to affect anything physically. Their physical presence involves a shadowy wind that blows and sweeps over leaves where they pass. The origin, motives, intent and appearance of the Creatures are unknown.
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