The people in the basement. That scene is probably in the book, but I won't say anymore just in case.
Haha! I knew you would say that. I haven't seen the film but as I said read the book at least 4 times and yes, that scene is in the book and it's terribly haunting/shocking in it. I remember being thoroughly terrified and enthralled while reading the entire thing. It's also an interesting book, Cormac Mcarthy does interesting things with grammar that few other people would dare to. For example he removes any speech marks that should be present from the entire novel. It's amazing, yet you never have any trouble knowing whether someone is speaking or not. It reminded me of Annie Proulx' style of writing in The Shipping News. She basically broke all rules when it comes to English grammar and just did what she wanted. I think that Mcarthy and Proulx alike both realise that they are good enough to bend the rules however they want, and the result is fascinating. I actually studied The Shipping News in school, and as my literature teacher said "If any of you students handed in writing like this it would be an instant fail" 
In an almost lifeless world with no hope for the future that scene symbolises what mankind has been reduced to, wasting away in the darkness.
