History Film / Men

* LogoJoke: In the trailer, the Creator/A24 logo is depicted through an overhead shot of the garden with apples falling in the shape of the logo.

* DaylightHorror: The mysterious stalker is first seen by Harper as he trails her around from a distance in bright daylight.

* NatureSpirit: While it is not obvious at first, the mysterious stalker who menaces Harper is seen adorning himself with oak leaves, which then even later begin to outright grow out of his skin, implying him to be the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man Green Man]], a figure in English folklore who has a somewhat ambiguous origin, but is commonly associated with paganism and is seen as a symbol of spring and rebirth.

* AbusiveParents: Geoffrey says that his father told him, "You have the precise qualities of a failed military man" when he was only seven years old and then says, "It's time to show him what's what" before running off to defend the "DamselInDistress."

* BarefootSuicide: [[spoiler:James is barefoot when he throws himself off the building.]]

* EntitledToHaveYou: [[spoiler:At the end of the film, a worn-out Harper asks the grisly reborn James what he wants from her. James laconically replies, "Your love."]]

* NatureSpirit: While it is not obvious at first, the mysterious stalker who menaces Harper is seen adorning himself with oak leafs, which then even later begin to outright grow out of his skin, implying him to be the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man Green Man]], a figure in English folklore who has a somewhat ambiguous origin, but is commonly associated with paganism and is seen as a symbol of spring and rebirth.

** The vicar quotes the poem "[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Leda and the Swan]]" to Harper, and refers to himself as "the swan" - the swan in the poem being a shapeshifted [[JerkassGods Zeus]] who took on the form to rape a human woman, [[spoiler:not unlike the mysterious entity's apparent goal.]]

* MisterSeahorse: Possibly one of the most disgusting examples in film history. [[spoiler:Near the end of the film, after she successfully fights all the men off, they start giving birth to each other, one after another in sequence. Given that they are, for the most part, full-grown men, this process mutilates their bodies.]]

->[[spoiler: '''Harper:''' James... what is it that you want from me?]]
->[[spoiler: '''James:''' Your love.]]

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* CampbellCountry: The film is set in rural England, in a village where something strange is clearly going on, with Alex Garland stating that a big focus of the film is ''"the horror of rural England. It's certain kinds of churches, certain kinds of forest -- the shadows within dark green."''

** One shot features Harper's screaming face underneath some clear water; the distortion the water creates makes her mouth seem abnormally long.

* HauntedHeroine: While speaking to the priest, Harper explicitly refers to herself as being "haunted"; her husband recently died in a possible suicide (which she witnessed) and she's travelled to the countryside in an attempt to recuperate, only to be [[spoiler:stalked by the either the men in town, something mimicking them, or both.]]
* HellIsThatNoise: Whenever Harper feels menaced, we hear a horrible barking/screeching sound. It's unclear if Harper hears it too, or if it's just part of the soundtrack.

* NoEnding: [[spoiler:After a horrifying sequence where the men of the town give birth to each other one after another in a row, the last one takes the form of James. He blames Harper for his death and asks for her love]] but the film ends before we see her response, though [[spoiler:she appears to refuse]]. There is a stinger, but all it confirms is that [[spoiler:Harper survived]], and that [[spoiler:the car crashed into the stone fixture and the trail of blood leading into the house are real, as Riley can see them]].

* PoliceAreUseless: While they do arrest the naked man who tried to break into Harper's rental house, they just as quickly clothe him and let him go, claiming no crime was committed. When Harper reiterates that the man was trying to break in, the policeman just shrugs and tells her to call again if she needs help.

* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: Downplayed. There ''is'' a soundtrack, but it isn't used all the time, and there are long stretches with no soundtrack but the English countryside.

* WombHorror: In the film's climax, [[spoiler:the presence menacing Harper gets pregnant and gives birth to himself through increasingly strange orifices several subsequent times]].

* SinisterSilhouettes: When Harper is walking through the tunnel, she sees the silhouette of a male figure get up off the ground and then stand at the other side, motionless. Given that she can't make out any detail of the figure to explain his behavior or gauge his intentions, Harper is immediately put on guard. Then he starts inexplicably running toward her, making Harper immediately turn around and flee. It's never explained who (of which) man this is, but given that he appears to be wearing a jacket, he's likely ''not'' the naked man she's menaced by shortly thereafter.