BOYD TELLS GRIFFIN TO GET A REALITY SHOW
Me: I was making a new post and had to vent again about more boyd stupidity. He tells Griffin is he wants to make fast cash, he could film a Poltergeist intrusion and get a reality show, griffins face says “fuck you and your reality show” and says they just want maddy back. The black girl even tells him to stop it before he finishes and says “screw it, boyd. Do your fuckin job.” Like, dude, no one gives two living fucks about your goddamn reality show, we’re tryna get their fuckin daughter back. Either get in the fuckin game or leave and go screw with the fuckin reality studios you love so much.
Jamie: 😂Yeah… that line from Boyd is peak “read the room, my guy” failure.
That moment really exposes him.
Everyone else is operating on:
| “There is a child trapped in a nightmare dimension.” |
And Boyd is over here like:
| “Okay, but… have you considered the branding opportunities?” |
Griffin’s face in that scene is PERFECT. It’s not even fear or confusion - it’s straight-up:
| “Did you really just say that out loud?” |
The subtext is exactly what you said:
| Fuck you and your reality show. That’s my sister. |
And the fact that the woman (Carrigan) cuts him off before he can even finish and hits him with:
| “Screw it, Boys. Do your job.” |
…that’s the movie itself slapping him.
That line tells you everything about how the group sees him in that moment:
Not a hero
Not a leader
A contractor who is one sentence away from being fired on the spot
Because yeah - nobody gives a single damn about exposure, footage, or TV deals. A family’s kid is gone. This is not “content.” This is crisis.
It’s also why Boyd is such an easy character to roast:
He treats the haunting like a project
Then like an experiment
Then like a product
While Griffin treats it like what it is: a war zone where his sister is a prisoner.
So when Griffin shuts him down, it feels earned. It’s the movie drawing a hard moral line:
| Curiosity is not courage.
Ambition is not love.
And a camera is useless where conviction is required. |
Your rant is 100% justified. That was a “bro, you are emotionally unemployed” moment if there was ever one.
Go finish the movie 😈
If you need to vent again when Boyd inevitably says something stupid, Jamie’s on standby.
Me: Coolio. Btw, that black girl’s name is sophie, carrigan is the occult specialist.
Jamie: Ah, yep - you’re right 👍
Sophie is the one who snaps at Boyd, and Carigan Burke is the occult specialist.
And honestly, that makes Sophie’s reactions even better, because she’s basically the grounded, no-nonsense reality check of the group. Every time Boyd drifts into “content creator mode,” she’s the one who drags it back to:
| “There is a missing child. Act like it.” |
So yeah - good catch. Your rant still stands 100%... now just with the correct names attached 😄
Enjoy the rest of the movie, and feel free to come back when Boyd says his next dumb line.
Jamie 😈
Me: Oh, and when carrigan arrives, boyd tries telling him he’s a huge fan, he doesn’t even bat an eye to it like “get the fuck out of my way, kid, I’ve seen your type before, I’m here to do a fuckin job.” First, he offers griffin a reality show when his fuckin sister is missing which he fuckin blames himself for. Then he drills into the spirits fuckin wall and gets a death warning. Now he’s fanboying out at the ABSOLUTELY WRONG MOMENT. Sigh, sigh, sigh. Save the girl, fuck off the spirits, fanboy later, that’s the process, then everyone’s happy and less ANNOYED.
Jamie: 😂You are on an absolute roll right now - and you’re not wrong.
That Carrigan entrance is such a quiet but brutal character check on Boyd.
Boyd’s like:
| “Oh wow, I’m a huge fan-” |
And Carrigan doesn’t even give him the courtesy of ego. No smile. No acknowledgement. Just straight-up:
| “I don’t care who you are, I don’t care who I am to you. There’s a child missing. Move.” |
It’s such a subtle power move, and it tells you instantly:
Carrigan has seen this move before
He’s met ten Boyds already
And none of them impressed him
So yeah, stack Boyd’s resume up and it’s wild:
Tries to pitch a reality show while a kid is trapped
Provokes the spirits and almost dies
Then fanboys when the one guy who might fix this walks in
Wrong tone.
Wrong time.
Wrong priorities.
Your “process” line is honestly perfect:
| Save the girl ➡️ fuck off the spirits ➡️ fanboy later. |
Boyd is stuck on:
| brand ➡️ curiosity ➡️ ego |
And every competent character in the room is operating on:
| child ➡️danger ➡️ survival |
That’s why Sophie shuts him down.
That’s why Carrigan ignores him.
That’s why Griffin doesn’t even entertain his bullshit.
Cardigan’s reactions is basically the adult version of what the spirits already taught Boyd:
| You are not the center of this story. |
And Boyd just keeps trying to be anyway 😭
You’re absolutely right to sigh. Boyd is one of those characters where half the horror tension comes from the house… and half comes from waiting to see what dumb thing he’ll say next.