History Main / ProtectThisHouse

* ''Film/TheStrangers''. A couple is threatened in their home by three masked assailants.
* The finale of ''Film/StrawDogs''. The guys trying to break in are ''bad'', no question, but David's own capacity for horrific violence is shocking, rather than cool.
-->'''David Sumner''': This is where I live. This is ''me.'' I will not allow violence against this house.

* ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'': A family's home is invaded by ghosts and their youngest daughter is kidnapped by them. Or, perhaps, this could be inversion given that the home was built on a former cemetery and therefore ''the home'' could be invading the ghosts' final resting place.
* ''Film/ThePurge'' has a family trying to fend off a bunch of criminals trying to invade their heavily fortified home during a night were all crime is legal. Both sequels also have multiple scenes wherein someone's house or livelihood are besieged by deranged Purgers [[spoiler:or members of the GovernmentConspiracy that is willing to do ''anything'' to protect the Purge ([[KillThePoor and its true reason for existing]]).]]

* While he was the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, Baker Mayfield starred in a series of commercials by Progressive Insurance that Parodied this trope. He wanders around the Browns' home of [=FirstEnergy=] Stadium and treats it like his actual home, such as wandering through all of the corridors and checking all the toilets for a dripping leak in the pipes.

* ''Film/JaneGotAGun'': After Dan saves Jane from Fitchum, Jane and Dan ride back to her house. Ham is still alive but very weak. Dan has changed his mind about helping Jane, so they start preparing for the expected attack from the Bishop gang. Dan digs a shallow trench in Jane's front yard, and they fill it with jars containing kerosene, nails and pieces of glass.

* A [[FlameBait heated topic of discussion]] in the United States is the concept of "Castle Doctrine", from the phrase "a man's home is his castle", a legal argument that an individual has the right to use deadly force to protect his home and property within, as opposed to only being allowed to protect life and limb[[note]]It doesn't necessarily mean you can kill an intruder to protect your property, but it does assume a reasonable fear for the occupants' safety is implicit should an intruder force their way into an occupied home. [[https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/irresponsible-gun-owner-of-the-day-byron-smith/ There are definitely limits to this, however]].[[/note]]. (Non-Castle Doctrine laws generally require you to show that you are unable to escape your house before considering the use of lethal force to be justified.) Laws regarding this vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement as do personal opinions.]] JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith "Stand Your Ground", a legal doctrine that states that an individual can use deadly force to protect themselves ''anywhere'', even when retreat is arguably an option, which is an even ''more'' heated topic of discussion.

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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', the "noobs" (basically a parody of Halo players who eternally die and respawn) treat their capture-the-flag game as this.

* ''VideoGame/TheCastleDoctrine'' ([[http://thecastledoctrine.net/ website here]]) is an MMO based on this premise: each player character is a man building a DeathCourse into his house to protect his family and his safe ... and simultaneously a thief, invading his neighbors' houses to steal the money from their safes (or families).

* The TV movie ''Film/{{Adrift}}'' takes this and sets it on the water. An estranged couple on a luxury yacht rescue another couple out at sea. The rescued couple are actually criminals who take over the yacht and injure the husband. It's up to the wife to outwit them.

* The indie film ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' (also known as ''Shut In'') subverts this when three petty thieves break into the house of a seemingly demure woman, only to find the house already booby-trapped prior to their arrival. [[spoiler:Turns out, the woman and her late brother were a pair of vigilante serial killers.]]

* ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'': A family's home is invaded by ghosts and their youngest daughter is kidnapped by them.

The main character's home comes under attack or siege by some sort of malign force, whether it be foreign, criminal or supernatural. He or she then has to look after the safety and security of his or her person, possessions, family and possible guests, either by driving away the invader(s) or by keeping them at bay until TheCavalry can arrive.

* ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'' isn't really this until the second half of the game, at which point an already dark game [[UpToEleven becomes even worse]]. Your room, which was once a safe haven where you could restore health and be perfectly safe, is now haunted by ghosts you have to exorcise. These ghosts can even damage you in your once completely safe base. It's entirely up to you whether you want them out or not, but [[spoiler: if you don't get 80% of them out of the way, you can't get the best ending and are at risk of getting the worst ending]].