Will Atenton Mental Illness

Looking from the outside in, we can say that Will Atenton suffered from a mental illness and he had major hallucinations. The movie opened with Will leaving his job and heading home to his beautiful wife Libby and their two children to spend more time. His coworkers appeared to be saddened about Atenton leaving as they cheered, we see here that Atenton was of good character and was a beloved employee.
The seemingly perfect house and perfect family appeared to enjoy Will’s being home but that later took a turn when the girls noticed someone staring through the windows and night. The “peeping tom” act did not sit well with Will or Libby so they started to do a minor research into the house that they recently moved in. With no help from the local police, the couple found out that a terrible murder happened in the house five years ago and the man who was arrested was “Peter Ward”. He killed his wife and two children and has been recently released. …show more content…
After doing his research Will came across the location of a half-way house that Peter was staying so he ventured out to find the man that has been watching their house. While at the premises Will was confronted by the man a tussle ensued and Will warned him against his family. Felling confused as to what he saw in the house Will went home. Still researching Peter Ward, Will comes across a psychiatric hospital that Ward was admitted to. Things got even more interested when Will was told that he was Peter Ward and the identity of Will Atenton was only created to mast the tragedy of what happened to his