Okay, So I Have a Wild Theory About 'Return to Salem's Lot' (Hear Me Out!)

Hey everyone! Ashley here, watching with the crew, and we just finished 'A Return to Salem's Lot'. WHOA. Okay, first things first, did anyone else find that ending super abrupt? Like, the kid just randomly reads from the bible-thing and bam, everyone's poofing away? I think that's the key to everything happening in that movie. Hear me out: what if the whole movie is structured like a bad dream Joe's having? Or, even wilder, maybe it's a story he's writing? Think about it. The movie jumps all over the place narratively, we get these random, vaguely artsy 'visions' of vampires in the past, and the dialogue feels…off. Like someone's trying too hard to be creepy. I think Joe is struggling with writer's block or something and the town of Salem's Lot is just a metaphor for his anxieties about faith and fatherhood. That old preacher was like his conscious nagging him. You could even argue that the vampires represent the seductive power of giving in to his doubts. Plus, even Sonny seems to have more awareness than a kid normally would. The 'bible' thing is kinda clunky anyway--doesn't quite fit in with vampires or any mythology. So I think Joe is trying to find a way out of the story he created. But he doesn't know how. That's why it ends so suddenly. Sonny finishing the bible is just him writing the resolution. That's why the ending is quick and sorta lame. It's a metaphor for Joe getting over his writer's block and getting done with the book. I know it's a reach, but it kinda makes sense considering how…weird…the movie is. Plus, if you watch it with this in mind, some of the more bizarre scenes suddenly have a new kind of meaning. What do you guys think? Am I totally off my rocker, or does this theory actually hold some water?! Let me know!