History Film / Eli

'''Eli:''' LIE!!!\\

'''Eli:''' '''''[[BigNo NO!!!]]''''' (''sets Dr. Horn and the nurses on fire'')\\

* TheDeadHaveNames: When Eli finds the medical files [[spoiler:on the other children who were killed, he reads each child's name aloud]].

** One of Eli's [[spoiler: half-siblings]] is named Agnes [[Film/TheOmen Thorne]].

* TheDeadHaveNames: When Eli finds the medical files [[spoiler: on the other children who were killed, he reads each child's name aloud]].

* SatanIsGood: [[spoiler: All we know about him is that he allows infertile women to have children. The children inherit his powers, but seem mostly normal, and don't seem to want to hurt anyone who isn't trying to have them killed just for existing]].

* WheresTheFunInThat: Haley knows what's going on, but insists that Eli has to figure it out on his own.

* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: When Eli's father tries to stab him, Eli responds with this]].

** Another nurse asks Eli "Do you know what happened to the boy who asked too many questions?", after he been asking a lot of questions. When Eli said "he got answers?", the nurse subtly shook her head, saying nothing. This seems like a snide response to get him to shut up, but comes off as a threat on a RewatchBonus.

** Another nurse asks Eli "Do you know what happened to the boy who asked too many questions?" after he been asking a lot of questions, and didn't say anything else. This seems like a snide response to get him to shut up, but comes off as a threat on a RewatchBonus.

The film is about an 11-year-old boy named Eli (Charlie Shotwell), who suffers from a crippling, debilitating autoimmune disorder that has required him to live in seclusion for most of his life. His parents tell him that they have found an autoimmune specialist, Dr. Isabella Horn (Creator/LiliTaylor), who has a perfect track record for curing other children with his condition. The family drives out to an isolated medical facility run by Dr. Horn, but as things progress, Eli becomes convinced something is not right. The treatment seems to be making him sicker, and he's convinced that the place is haunted. He becomes suspicious that his own parents are lying to him, and must unravel the truth with the help of his only friend, an enigmatic girl named Haley (Creator/SadieSink) who lives nearby.

* BullyingADragon: The film essentially runs on this. [[spoiler: Every child with undeveloped demonic abilities is subject to unethical experiments and then killed when this fails to contain their powers. Eli is stronger than the rest of them, and shows why this really isn't a good idea]].

** Another nurse asks Eli "Do you know what happened to the boy who asked too many questions?" after he been asking a lot of questions, and didn't say anything else. At first, this seems like a snide response to get him to shut up, but comes off differently on a Rewatch Bonus.

** When arriving at the treatment center, Eli's mother tells him, [[Film/{{Poltergeist}} "This is a clean house."]]

The film is about an 11-year-old boy named Eli (Charlie Shotwell), who suffers from a crippling, debilitating autoimmune disorder that has required him to live in seclusion for most of his life. His parents tell him that they have found an autoimmune specialist, Dr. Isabella Horn (Lili Taylor), who has a perfect track record for curing other children with his condition. The family drives out to an isolated medical facility run by Dr. Horn, but as things progress, Eli becomes convinced something is not right. The treatment seems to be making him sicker, and he's convinced that the place is haunted. He becomes suspicious that his own parents are lying to him, and must unravel the truth with the help of his only friend, an enigmatic girl named Haley (Creator/SadieSink) who lives nearby.

''Eli'' is a 2019 horror film, directed by Ciaran Foy. It premiered on Netflix on October 18, 2019.

The film is about an 11-year old boy named Eli (Charlie Shotwell), who suffers from a crippling, debilitating autoimmune disorder that has required him to live in seclusion for most of his life. His parents tell him that they have found an autoimmune specialist, Dr. Isabella Horn (Lili Taylor), who has a perfect track record for curing other children with his condition. The family drives out to an isolated medical facility run by Dr. Horn, but as things progress, Eli becomes convinced something is not right. The treatment seems to be making him sicker, and he's convinced that the place is haunted. He becomes suspicious that his own parents are lying to him, and must unravel the truth with the help of his only friend, an enigmatic girl named Haley (Creator/SadieSink) who lives nearby.

!! Contains examples of the following tropes:

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Dr. Horn and her associates spend the movie torturing Eli simply for having undeveloped powers that he doesn't understand, and have been murdering every other child they treated after the initial experiments were deemed a failure. They try to do the same to Eli, who tears them apart with his newfound powers]].

* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: When Eli's father tries to stab him, Eli responds with this]].

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Dr. Horn and her associates spend the movie torturing Eli simply for having undeveloped powers that he doesn't understand, and have been murdering every other child they treated after the initial experiments were deemed a failure. They try to do the same to Eli, who tears them apart with his newfound powers]].

** Dr. Horn comments that isolation is good for the soul, and comments on the "purity" of the facility's water.

** It's an early red flag when Eli asks how many patients have been cured, and Dr. Horn is unwilling to give a straight answer.