What do flares do in Content Warning

[Ronnie1001]

Do they have a use or are they just to be used as light sources?
Use as in can they be used to distract monsters or scare them away?

[Shnizza with a z]

The ceiling monsters that hold you until you die, seem to let you go when you throw the flare at them, though I'm not sure if that's their only use.

[Ronnie1001]

Originally posted by Shnizza with a z:

The ceiling monsters that hold you until you die, seem to let you go when you throw the flare at them, though I'm not sure if that's their only use.

Those let go when you throw anything at them