From a cute kid to a bloody maniac: who did Kevin from "Home Alone" become, according to a new theory

A new theory about the image of Kevin McCallister can destroy the warm childhood memories of fans of the Christmas comedy "Home Alone". Users of social networks have found many coincidences in the character of a resourceful cute boy and one of the most violent maniacs. The torture of robbers, laughter at their torments and carefully thought-out traps make Kevin's image not so bright and harmless. Find out what kind of villain he turned into, according to the assumption of film lovers.

An eight-year-old boy, played by Macaulay Culkin, dealt harshly with two robbers. Kevin enjoyed setting traps for thieves and hurting them. He watched the thieves suffer and suffer with a smile. The kid was laughing when Marv burned his hand on the red-hot door handle, and then "knocked out" him with an iron. Kevin had no less fun setting fire to Harry's scalp with a soldering iron and shooting him in the groin with an air rifle.

Some fans of the comedy noticed the similarity of the sadistic behavior of the boy and another famous movie villain. Pale, blond and blue-eyed maniac Saw from the horror movie of the same name also enjoyed torturing his victims. Moviegoers correlated the two characters and came to the conclusion that Kevin grew up and became the bloody killer John Kramer.

The similarities don't end there. The saw communicates with the victims through a screen installed in the room where they are trapped. Kevin also talks to the robbers through an electronic gadget — Talkboy walkie-talkie. He uses a player with recordings of the bandits' voices from the movie, including them as a warning to Harry and Marv.

In Saw-2, a maniac plans to burn someone alive. Viewers are convinced that this creepy idea originates in Kevin's fear of the furnace in the basement, which comes to life in his ideas. Some moviegoers saw signs of Kevin's perverted nature when he became obsessed with Marley's neighbor, who was called a serial killer behind his back.

Fans of the comedy vividly discuss on social networks possible ways of turning Kevin into the cruel John Kramer. Some suggest that the boy, growing up, was looking for new ways to hurt someone. Maybe one day he accidentally killed someone. However, instead of stopping and feeling guilty, Kevin falls into an obsession and starts killing more and more.

Some users of social networks notice the same features in the images of Kevin and Kramer. They both organize intricate traps for their victims and enjoy the torment of others. Saw's room is a lot like Kevin's basement.

But there is a huge gap in this explosive theory. And people with well-developed logical thinking immediately noticed it. The comedy "Home Alone" was filmed in the early 90s, and the horror film "Saw" ‑ in the early 2000s. Kevin couldn't have aged to 50 in such a short period of time.

The director of "Saw" James Wang has refuted a new theory about the connection between a popular Christmas comedy and a horror movie. He never meant a grown-up Kevin McCallister in the place of John Kramer. Nevertheless, he liked the unusual idea. Perhaps he would even have invited Macaulay Culkin to play the role of the Saw if he had known about such assumptions earlier.

More than 30 years have passed, but the comedy "Home Alone" continues to be reviewed on the eve of the New Year holidays with the same interest. The fates of her actors turned out differently, despite the success and fame after the release of the film.