When they finally arrive at the compound, she belatedly gives them the names she denied them in the outside world. She accepts Tom's advice that children need to be allowed to dream and hope, refusing to allow either child to risk death by looking at the rapids. It's only at the end of their journey down the river does Malorie finally allow herself to open up and become whole again. She can't even bring herself to give them real names, referring to them only as "Boy" and "Girl." In her mind, training them to survive a deadly new world is more important than instilling feelings of love or hope. She reluctantly embraces her responsibilities as a mother after the global disaster unfolds, but even then she maintains a very militant approach to raising her children. Malorie's detachment from the rest of the human world is made apparent towards the beginning of the film, as we see her pushing away her boyfriend and even her own mother in order to focus on her art. Ultimately, Bird Box is a story about a woman overcoming severe depression and learning to feel hope and connect with others once more. The monsters are more a means to an end in terms of advancing Malorie's narrative. Malorie's JourneyThe reason Bird Box never definitively explains the nature of its monsters is that the answer doesn't really matter in the end. This could also lend support to the idea that these creatures are literal demons from Hell, tempting humans into committing suicide and damning their souls to an eternity of torment. That could imply they don't actually have a physical body.
They can only do their best to trick humans into looking. At the same time, they don't seem capable of directly harming their victims. They're crafty enough to manipulate their victims. This implies both an intelligence and a certain malevolence on the part of the creatures. If anyone's voice is going to make her slip up and open her eyes, it's his. That's why Sandra Bullock's character Malorie hears the voice of Trevante Rhodes' Tom during the final rush to the compound. The one thing Bird Box's climax makes clear, though, is that these creatures are able to read minds and assume the voice of whatever person their would-be victim will be most susceptible to. It's not clear if they're meant to be demons or ghosts or aliens or some sort of mass hallucination. Play Unfortunately, the film never winds up revealing much about these monsters or their origin.
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