Question: Why does the boy scream like a maniac when he spots the Michael Jackson poster on the wall?
Carl MissouriChosen answer: Not only is it a reference to Jackson's general scary weirdness, but also his alleged pedophilia (child molestation), causing the boy to react in fear.
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Impossible, the first pedophilia accusations were made just a few months before the movie came out.
Question: In the very last scene of the movie, we see Christina Ricci and David Krumholtz sitting in the Addams Family graveyard, and Krumholtz is placing flowers at Debbie Jellinski's tombstone, when a full human arm (presumably the late Debbie's) shoots out of the grave and grabs his wrist, sending him into screaming fits. However, Debbie was completely cremated to ash by electricity a few minutes earlier in the film. Nothing left of her but ash, shoes and credit cards. So, whose arm reached out from Debbie's grave?
Charles Austin MillerAnswer: It was a prank Wednesday was pulling on Joel. She mentions she would scare her husband to death and then smiles when Joel starts screaming.
BaconIsMyBFFYes, she said she'd scare her husband to death. But it is a very animate human arm that reaches out of the grave, causing me to wonder WHO was in the grave to pull off the prank?
Charles Austin MillerI mean, if it was just a hand coming out of the grave, I would be satisfied that it was "Thing" taking part in the prank. But it was a whole human forearm (which Thing does not have).
Charles Austin MillerThere's no evidence in the film to answer the question. They never show you who the arm belongs to, and with good reason. It would ruin the joke. This is just one of those questions that can't be definitively answered.
BaconIsMyBFFThis is also a reference to the end scene of Carrie.
Oliver BaumAnswer: We are never told whose arm it was that came out of the grave.
Answer: It could be Thing (The Addam's disembodied hand).
It couldn't be Thing. It's a whole arm that came out of the ground and Thing only goes to the wrist.
Answer: If memory serves, it's a poster for Heal the World? I think he probably screams because this song was WAY over-played on radio stations at the time! It certainly was in the UK where I am from so I imagine in America it was over-played so much more.