What are the mysterious beings in Bird Box?— the Cthulhu hypothesis
坊間眾多假說之中,最可靠的看來就是克蘇魯神話的神祗/怪物/惡靈/(其他...)
The film Netflix film Bird Box (2018) has kept the deadly, mysterious beings, which lead to the apocalyptic condition of the world, invisible and cryptic. Are they aliens, ghosts or gods? One plausible hypothesis refers to the Cthulhu Mythos, the fictitious shared words of indescribable of cosmic deities and monstrous beings.
Although they are invisible to the audience, they can cast shadows on windows and appear to be seen by the characters, and move the trees when they pass by.
These beings create the hallucination of “someone is calling my name” which tempts the people to open their eyes or commit suicide.
Most who saw these beings would kill themselves. Some people seem to be immune to the suicidal force, and they would force other people to see those beings, claiming they cannot be the only ones to “see the truth”.
No one describes how they look like. But in one scene their appearances are hinted in some gothic drawings: