


Their bodies are buried in the hole Tom spent all his time digging, and their creepy adoptee takes their car and leaves Yonder to go replace Martin at the same real estate office that Tom and Gemma visited at the beginning of the movie. Gemma dies shortly after, but not before trying to escape and discovering that there are a number of other trapped couples in the same circumstances. By the time the child matures into an adult, Tom has grown seriously ill and dies. He becomes absolutely obsessed with digging a hole in the front yard, convinced their salvation lies therein.

Gemma frequently says, "I'm not your mommy" whenever the off-putting little pod-person attempts to address her as such.Įventually, Gemma gives in to her forced maternal role, and Tom becomes a caricature of the detached paternal figure who works himself into an early grave, literally. They greet him with raised middle fingers. Gemma and Tom are not fond of the child, given the circumstances. The instructions on the box are simple: "Raise the child and be released." They quickly realize that this child is not human, as it grows at an alarmingly rapid pace, engages in eerie mimicry, and speaks with a detached, vaguely adult-sounding voice. Eventually, one of those boxes contains what appears to be a human baby. Because there is no apparent escape, they eat the food.
