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Julian invites Lydia to sit for a portrait. She agrees, reluctantly.
The screen cuts to black.
Lydia confronts Edward Vane (played by the original actor from 1978, , now 68 and terrifyingly serene). He sits in a wheelchair by the lake, painting a canvas that is entirely black.
Clearwater is not the sleepy lakeside town from the first movie. It’s dying. A boarded-up main street. A single gas station. A diner where the jukebox plays only Patsy Cline, on loop.