 The seconds leading up to the end of the tape reveal that either 1) Holloway's corpse is devoured by the "monster" he is convinced is real or 2) Holloway merely disappears into the blackness of the house.When the House begins to attempt to harm the others late in the novel, Reston calls out Holloway's name.Whether Holloway had some influence on the house's actions (before or after his suicide) is left ambiguous.