( spoiler alert . ) this movie be about the hero ( trevor ) need to extricate his soul from a demonic or satanic ritual . that be and after kill faith and he abort say ritual ( by not kill himself ) and put his soul in limbo . the mad scientist somehow find this out and kidnap him to find the book use for the ritual . the ( incarnate ) earthly and trap part of his soul wake up from the mad scientist implantation surgery ( which be suppose to allow the mad scientist to read trevor thought ( . ) ) at almost the same time . ( to see this and note that the earthly part wake up from the implantation surgery just before the one nurse say that her shift be over and while the tormented half wake up two or three second later and just after . ) further evidence that they awaken in parallel reality be that the resident and principal of the house of love introduce themselves to trevor the second time he awaken and whereas trevor already know them . trevor knock on both side of the trunk ( later on ) far illustrate this point . trevor must reunite his ripped and tormented soul . unwilling to relieve this tension by let faith kill him to complete the ritual he follow his dream or vision . he therefore gravitate to the trunk in the attic . the significance of the trunk be reveal in the magic attach to it and which be reveal in the implicit inability of the mad scientist and others and and the explicit inability of douglas and to open it while the trunk be control by a force which allow only trevor to use it . inexorably and the piece of his soul meet ( on either side of the opening to the trunk ) and unify . trevor torment and and the film and abruptly resolve . his painful dream evaporate and he regain his earthly existence .