Why did Medora kill Bailey? ... In the novel by William Giraldi in which the film is based, it says of Medora that "the first day she was alone with her child she fought an urge to toss him into the fire. She was convinced that his birth meant the death of her."

What was the point of the movie Hold the Dark?

That's because Hold the Dark isn't a movie concerned with plot, but rather with Big Ideas: life at the edge of civilization, revenge, people who are wolves, wolves who spare people, mothers who do the unthinkable — and why.

Who killed the kid in Hold the Dark?

He visits Shan, an old friend, to gets his wound treated. Waking up from a dream of himself and Medora in the hot springs, Vernon overhears Shan talking to the police and kills Shan. Core and Marium theorize that Medora killed Bailey to “save him from darkness”.