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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcharoo: [[spoiler:It is implied towards the end of the film that the family might not be related at all]].
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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcharoo: [[spoiler:It is implied towards FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: [[spoiler:Gabe discovers at the end of the film that the family might not be related at all]].
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* BecomingTheMask: How the Stranger manages to weasel his way into the family structure. [[spoiler:It's implied at the end of the film that this is perhaps how all of them came to be in this family, only they forgot who they were before]].
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* BecomingTheMask: How the Stranger manages to weasel his way into the family structure. [[spoiler:It's implied at the end of the film that this is perhaps how all of them came to be in this into the family, only they forgot perhaps unwittingly and having forgotten who they were before]].
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* DevilInPlainSight: The Stranger obviously [[spoiler:murdered Mother]], but no one ever suspects it was him.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcharoo: [[spoiler:It is implied towards the end of the film that the family might not be related at all]].
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcharoo: [[spoiler:It is implied towards the end of the film that the family might not be related at all]].
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* BecomingTheMask: How the Stranger manages to weasel his way into the family structure. [[spoiler:It's implied at the end of the film that this is perhaps how all of them came to be in this family, only they forgot who they were before]].
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* TheImmune: The Stranger shows up wounded but unaffected by the Shred.
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* TheImmune: The Stranger shows up wounded but is somehow unaffected by the Shred.
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* BecomingTheMask: How the Stranger manages to weasel his way into the family structure.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Bee, craving human connection, finds herself drawn to the injured Stranger.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Bee, craving dreaming of human connection, finds herself drawn to the injured Stranger.
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* TheImmune: The Stranger shows up wounded but unaffected by the Shred.
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* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:Evie takes on her mother's role after her death, taking on her responsibility of managing the family's memories]].
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* FrameUp: The Stranger frames Gabe for [[spoiler:killing Mother]].
* HumanResources: The family have a ritual of shooting Forgetters (or presumed Forgetters) who trespass on sight and using their remains as fertiliser or as glue to keep the glasshouse airtight.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Stranger sows division in the family.
* LongLostRelative: Luca, another brother who wandered off some time ago. Bee in particular longs for his return.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Stranger sows division in the family.
* LongLostRelative: Luca, another brother who wandered off some time ago. Bee in particular longs for his return.
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* SmallSecludedWorld: The glasshouse itself. Based on the establishing AstronomicZoom, it appears to be located in a patch of forest surrounded by more barren land, as if it is the LastFertileRegion. The Stranger reveals "it's the only patch of green for a three days' walk".
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* WhatTheHellHero: Mother to Bee when she blames Evie for Gabe's exposure to the Shred.
-->'''Mother:''' Not all changes are good, Bee. You didn't used to be cruel.
-->'''Mother:''' Not all changes are good, Bee. You didn't used to be cruel.
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''Glasshouse'' is a 2021 South African film directed by Kelsey Egan from a screenplay by Egan and Emma Lungiswa de Wet. It centres on a ritualistic family who shield themselves from the Shred, a viral dementia that wipes people's memories, in a greenhouse until their order is disturbed by a injured stranger.
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''Glasshouse'' is a 2021 South African film directed by Kelsey Egan from a screenplay by Egan and Emma Lungiswa de Wet. It centres on a ritualistic family who shield themselves from the Shred, a viral dementia that wipes people's memories, in a greenhouse until their order is disturbed by a injured stranger. \n It is essentially post-apocalypstic/dystopian science fiction mixed with gothic and folk horror elements.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Although set in the future, the story takes place in a Victorian glasshouse and the costumes are evocative of [[OutdatedOutfit Edwardian fashion]]. In addition, it is not made clear when the Shred started nor how much time has since passed other than the fact that the youngest daughter appears to have no memory of a time before.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Although set in the future, the story takes place in a Victorian glasshouse greenhouse and the costumes are evocative of [[OutdatedOutfit Edwardian fashion]]. In addition, it is not made clear when the Shred started nor how much time has since passed other than the fact that the youngest daughter appears to have no memory of a time before.before.
* BottleEpisode: The entire film is shot in and around the vicinity of the greenhouse.
* BottleEpisode: The entire film is shot in and around the vicinity of the greenhouse.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The youngest daughter Daisy, ConditionedToAcceptHorror from a young age or possibly even from birth, is disturbingly willing to murder and dismember trespassers.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The youngest daughter Daisy, ConditionedToAcceptHorror from a young age or possibly even from birth, is disturbingly willing to murder and dismember trespassers.trespassers.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Although set in the future, the story takes place in a Victorian glasshouse and the costumes are evocative of [[OutdatedOutfit Edwardian fashion. fashion]]. In addition, it is not made clear when the Shred started nor how much time has since passed.passed other than the fact that the youngest daughter appears to have no memory of a time before.
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* GreyAndGreyMorality: It is difficult to know who to root for in this film, as most of the characters have done pretty despicable things.
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* GreyAndGreyMorality: It is difficult to know who to root for in this film, as most of the characters have done pretty despicable things.things largely in the name of self-preservation.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The youngest daughter Daisy, [[having never known another way ConditionedToAcceptHorror]], is disturbingly willing to murder and dismember trespassers.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The youngest daughter Daisy, [[having never known another way ConditionedToAcceptHorror]], ConditionedToAcceptHorror from a young age or possibly even from birth, is disturbingly willing to murder and dismember trespassers.
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-> Not to be confused with the novel ''Literature/{{Glasshouse}}'' by Creator/CharlesStross.
''Glasshouse'' is a 2021 South African film directed by Kelsey Egan from a screenplay by Egan and Emma Lungiswa de Wet. It centres on a ritualistic family who shield themselves from the Shred, a viral dementia that wipes people's memories, in a greenhouse until their order is disturbed by a injured stranger.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Although set in the future, the story takes place in a Victorian glasshouse and the costumes are evocative of Edwardian fashion. In addition, it is not made clear when the Shred started nor how much time has since passed.
* DeathOfPersonality: This is essentially the IdentityAmnesia effect of the Shred, that you stop being a person without your memories.
* DespairEventHorizon: So filled with pain and regret, [[spoiler:Bee gives up and intentionally breathes in the toxic air]].
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Bee, craving human connection, finds herself drawn to the injured Stranger.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Bee is the foolish to Evie's responsible.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: It is difficult to know who to root for in this film, as most of the characters have done pretty despicable things.
* MistakenIdentity: Bee brings the Stranger in because she mistakes him for her missing twin brother Luca.
* SadisticChoice: Bee [[spoiler:getting pregnant has terrible implications, as there is not enough air in the glasshouse for another person]].
* SanitySlippage: Gabe's mental health and memory has been gradually declining since he was accidentally exposed to the Shred at a young age.
* SmallSecludedWorld: The glasshouse itself.
* TheSpook: The Stranger does not even have a name.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The youngest daughter Daisy, [[having never known another way ConditionedToAcceptHorror]], is disturbingly willing to murder and dismember trespassers.
''Glasshouse'' is a 2021 South African film directed by Kelsey Egan from a screenplay by Egan and Emma Lungiswa de Wet. It centres on a ritualistic family who shield themselves from the Shred, a viral dementia that wipes people's memories, in a greenhouse until their order is disturbed by a injured stranger.
!!Tropes:
* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Although set in the future, the story takes place in a Victorian glasshouse and the costumes are evocative of Edwardian fashion. In addition, it is not made clear when the Shred started nor how much time has since passed.
* DeathOfPersonality: This is essentially the IdentityAmnesia effect of the Shred, that you stop being a person without your memories.
* DespairEventHorizon: So filled with pain and regret, [[spoiler:Bee gives up and intentionally breathes in the toxic air]].
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Bee, craving human connection, finds herself drawn to the injured Stranger.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Bee is the foolish to Evie's responsible.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: It is difficult to know who to root for in this film, as most of the characters have done pretty despicable things.
* MistakenIdentity: Bee brings the Stranger in because she mistakes him for her missing twin brother Luca.
* SadisticChoice: Bee [[spoiler:getting pregnant has terrible implications, as there is not enough air in the glasshouse for another person]].
* SanitySlippage: Gabe's mental health and memory has been gradually declining since he was accidentally exposed to the Shred at a young age.
* SmallSecludedWorld: The glasshouse itself.
* TheSpook: The Stranger does not even have a name.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The youngest daughter Daisy, [[having never known another way ConditionedToAcceptHorror]], is disturbingly willing to murder and dismember trespassers.
