Another strength of this script! DMTH has several strong (and timely) themes. 1) "Evil" in not always committed by evil people. To use the recent financial crisis as an example, it's totally correct but insufficient to villainize a few execs at Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Bear Stearns. After all, there must have been thousands of mid-level managers like Stephanie/Christine who willingly carried out actions they knew to be wrong. Whether it's approving a subprime mortgage to a couple with no collateral or foreclosing on an old lady despite having a choice, otherwise good, intelligent people can do immoral things. Scary indeed. 2) Life ain't fair. Seriously. Most of us believe that the world is generally fair place (thanks in part to Hollywood films and tv shows). The nice guy will get the girl he loves. The villain will get what he deserves. The enemy/obstacle will be overcome. But that's not always the case in real life. In real life -- and in DMTH -- awful things do happen to good people. Christine doesn't deserve to go to Hell for such a small sin. Neither does the little boy in the prologue. But they both do. Mrs. Hey, Mrs. Ganush didn't deserve to lose her house. But she did. Now, the movie isn't totally cynical -- Stu gets his comeuppance; Clay's mother warms to Christine; Rham Jas turns out to be a helpful, honorable guy. But DMTH's treatment of these themes suggests a simple, but important moral -- Don't take a day off from being good...one little slip may cost you your soul. In this case, literally.

"Don’t take a day off from being good…one little slip may cost you your soul. In this case, literally." I can't think of a better way to round up the theme on this one.

Joe, that summation - as Annika points out - is terrific. And that to me was the most interesting dynamic of the story. There are so-called 'slippery slope' stories, where a character is tempted to make a small, but not-good choice. They do. Then another slightly bigger and worse choice. They do. So on and so on until suddenly they find themselves sliding downward [morally and otherwise] and out of control. In this story, it's one choice that undoes the Protagonist. Moreover a choice framed in such a way that a part of us can understand why she made it (i.e., desire for career advancement). That threat -- one bad choice, no matter how small can undo you -- is a really scary thought. And so in its own way DMTH is a morality tale, again hearkening back to the Biblical reference I made in the first day's thread of comments. Thanks for your analysis of the themes. You nailed it as far as I'm concerned.

Very well said. I have nothing to add.

Thanks, all. Appreciate it! "That threat — one bad choice, no matter how small can undo you — is a really scary thought." Exactly. And that's where the real "horror" of this horror-comedy lies. That's what makes it work far better than most other films in the genre.