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Florence Cathcart (Hall) is a driven paranormal debunker called to a boarding school by teacher Robert Mallory (West) to investigate an alleged haunting there. She duly goes about her work, only to find that the house contains an old [[spoiler:and personal]] secret. Not to be confused with the novel by Kate Chopin.
Florence Cathcart (Hall) is a driven paranormal debunker called to a boarding school by teacher Robert Mallory (West) to investigate an alleged haunting there. She duly goes about her work, only to find that the house contains an old [[spoiler:and personal]] secret. Not to be confused with the novel by Kate Chopin.
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A 2011 British horror film directed by Nick Murphy and starring Creator/RebeccaHall, Creator/DominicWest and Creator/RebeccaHall and Creator/ImeldaStaunton.
The story [[PeriodPieceset takes place in 1921]], in the aftermath of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Florence Cathcart (Hall) is a driven paranormal debunker who is called to a boys' boarding school by teacher Robert Mallory (West) to investigate an alleged haunting there. She duly goes about her work, only to find that the house contains an old [[spoiler:and personal]] secret.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Florence and her parents never lived in Africa, they lived in the school back when it was still a mansion private house and her father shot and killed her mother and half brother then himself. Tom is her father's bastard son, and he's been a ghost this whole time.]]
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'''[[HollywoodAtheist Florence Cathcart]]:''' Boys believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. I'm sure some of them even believe in God.
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Florence Cathcart (Hall) is a driven paranormal debunker called to a boarding school by teacher Robert Malory Mallory (West) to investigate an alleged haunting there. She duly goes about her work, only to find that the house contains an old [[spoiler:and personal]] secret. Not to be confused with the novel by Kate Chopin.
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The movie ends without confirming whether or not Florence is dead; Apparently Tom helped her throw up the poison, but no vomit is seen, and though the headmaster only talks about one death, he makes a crude comment about Florence right as she's in his line of vision.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The movie ends without confirming whether or not Florence is dead; Apparently Tom helped her throw up the poison, but no vomit is seen, and though the headmaster only talks about one death, he makes a crude comment about Florence right as she's in his line of vision. WordOfGod is that [[http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/728739-exclusive-interview-the-awakening-director-nick-murphy she's alive]], as evidenced by the fact that she takes Mallory's cigarette from him and then mentions that there's a car waiting for her at the end of the drive.]]
* FanDisservice: Florence spies on Mallory as he gets out of the bath -- and proceeds to pry at a large scab on his thigh, causing blood to flow from the wound as he bites his towel to stop from crying out.
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* SurvivorGuilt: Malory feels responsible for the deaths of his squad.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Edward Judd]] is accidentally killed by [[spoiler:Florence]] in self-defense.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The paintings in the room with the great staircase. [[spoiler:While no general gets seduced and killed, Florence knows what one of the paintings represents because she's ''seen it before'', in the very same place. As for the other painting, it's where she got the "my parents were mauled by lions" part of her false memories.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A good portion of the movie plays with it, with both options being possible. [[spoiler:It's not mundane.]]
* RedHerring: While not exactly a nice person, [[spoiler:[=McNair=]]] is not responsible for any death.
** There are scenes that hint that [[spoiler:Robert]] may be hiding something, even working with whoever or whatever is behind the things going on the house. [[spoiler:He isn't. He sees his own ghosts, although they are never shown.]]
** There are scenes that hint that [[spoiler:Robert]] may be hiding something, even working with whoever or whatever is behind the things going on the house. [[spoiler:He isn't. He sees his own ghosts, although they are never shown.]]
* RewatchBonus: Some scenes take a new meaning once we learn that [[spoiler:Florence used to live here, and Tom is her dead half-brother, with Maud being his mum]]. For example, when Tom asks Florence about her loss, [[spoiler:it's a brother and childhood friend inquiring about the sister/friend he hasn't seen in years]].
** Much earlier, when Florence first arrives, [[spoiler:Maud is very happy to see her...''again''.]].
** Much earlier, when Florence first arrives, [[spoiler:Maud is very happy to see her...''again''.]].
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* FridgeLogic: InUniverse, Mallory drops a weird one while developing photographs with Florence.
-->'''Mallory''': When I was a lad, I'd huddle into my bed, wanting to see what was there, but too frightened [of the dark] to open my eyes. It's never darker than when we close our eyes, and yet we keep them shut. Why is that?
-->'''Mallory''': When I was a lad, I'd huddle into my bed, wanting to see what was there, but too frightened [of the dark] to open my eyes. It's never darker than when we close our eyes, and yet we keep them shut. Why is that?
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* BatmanColdOpen: The movie opens with Florence performing an undercover debunking of a fake medium.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Florence is about to have one in the bath, but is interrupted.
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The movie ends without confirming whether or not Florence is dead; Apparently Tom helped her throw up the poison, but no vomit is seen, and though the headmaster only talks about one death, he makes a crude comment about Florence right as she's in his line of vision.]]
* AttemptedRape: By Edward, on Florence.
* AttemptedRape: By Edward, on Florence.
* CoitusEnsues: There's tension between Florence and Robert, but their sex scene comes off as rather abrupt.
* DirtyCoward: Robert notes that Edward faked a limp in order to get out of the trenches.
* FuroScene: Both Florence and Robert each get one.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: Florence lost her boyfriend in the war.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: Florence lost her boyfriend in the war.
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* JerkAss: Edward.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Florence repressed the memories of her actual past.]]
* NightmareFace: The ghost's.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Florence and her parents never lived in Africa, they lived in the school when it was still a mansion and her father shot and killed her mother and half brother thenhimself]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Florence repressed the memories of her actual past.]]
* NightmareFace: The ghost's.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: At the end, one of the teachers mentions that he'd "read a study last term. Ladies' minds often can't cope with further education".
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Maud makes for an extremely sympathetic character, even when poisoning herself and Florence to reunite them with Tom in the afterlife]].
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: At the end, [[spoiler: Tom spirits himself up to Maud's room to retrieve something to make Florence sick and thus save her life]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: At the end, [[spoiler: Tom spirits himself up to Maud's room to retrieve something to make Florence sick and thus save her life]].
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Florence Cathcart (Hall) is a driven paranormal debunker called to a boarding school by teacher Robert Malory (West) to investigate an alleged haunting there. She duly goes about her work, only to find that the house contains an old [[spoiler:and personal]] secret.
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[[HollywoodAtheist Florence Cathcart]]: Boys believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. I'm sure some of them even believe in God.
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--> Robert Mallory: '''Robert Mallory:''' There have been other sightings. The boys believe...\\
[[HollywoodAtheist '''[[HollywoodAtheist Florence Cathcart]]: Cathcart]]:''' Boys believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. I'm sure some of them even believe in God.
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--> Robert Mallory: There have been other sightings. The boys believe...\\
[[HollywoodAtheist Florence Cathcart]]: Boys believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. I'm sure some of them even believe in God.
Florence Cathcart (Hall) is a driven paranormal debunker called to a boarding school by teacher Robert Malory (West) to investigate an alleged haunting there. She duly goes about her work, only to find that the house contains an old [[spoiler:and personal]] secret.
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* BoardingSchool - the school is depicted fairly realistically for 1921 - discipline is strong and includes caning, but the teachers [[CruelToBeKind genuinely believe that they're acting in the pupils' interest]]. The haunting might make it a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors though...
* DisappearedDad - being set immediately after WorldWarOne, there's a reason why there aren't many middle-aged men picking up their children from school
* SurvivorGuilt - Malory feels responsible for the deaths of his squad
* ShellShockedVeteran - [[spoiler:[=McNair=]]] is one of these; he [[TrainingFromHell pushes the pupils]] so they'll be strong enough to face the horrors of war
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--> Robert Mallory: There have been other sightings. The boys believe...\\
[[HollywoodAtheist Florence Cathcart]]: Boys believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. I'm sure some of them even believe in God.
Florence Cathcart (Hall) is a driven paranormal debunker called to a boarding school by teacher Robert Malory (West) to investigate an alleged haunting there. She duly goes about her work, only to find that the house contains an old [[spoiler:and personal]] secret.
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!!This movie provides examples of:
* BoardingSchool - the school is depicted fairly realistically for 1921 - discipline is strong and includes caning, but the teachers [[CruelToBeKind genuinely believe that they're acting in the pupils' interest]]. The haunting might make it a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors though...
* DisappearedDad - being set immediately after WorldWarOne, there's a reason why there aren't many middle-aged men picking up their children from school
* SurvivorGuilt - Malory feels responsible for the deaths of his squad
* ShellShockedVeteran - [[spoiler:[=McNair=]]] is one of these; he [[TrainingFromHell pushes the pupils]] so they'll be strong enough to face the horrors of war
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