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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Creator/OliverPlatt).

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Charlie (Creator/Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Creator/OliverPlatt).
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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).
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* ProductPlacement: Dr. Wilson is shown to be using an [=iMac=] in his Skype sessions with Mary, with the Apple logo prominently displayed in several shots.

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* ProductPlacement: Dr. Wilson is shown to be using an [=iMac=] and a [=MacBook=] in his Skype sessions with Mary, with the Apple logo prominently displayed in several shots.
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* ProductPlacement: Dr. Wilson is shown to be using an [=iMac=] in his Skype sessions with Mary, with the Apple logo prominently displayed in several shots.

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* CuteMute: Tom is a deaf little boy who is silent for the entire film.



* DownerBeginning: The film's prologue ends with a car accident that kills Stephen's father and [[spoiler: supposedly]] paralyzes Stephen.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The film cuts away right before the car that Stephen and his dad are in impacts with the truck in the prologue.



* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} Stephen]]. He will do ''anything'' to have his stepmother all to himself, including trapping Tom (a child) in the house.]]

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* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} Stephen]]. He will do ''anything'' to have his stepmother all to himself, including trapping Tom [[WouldHurtAChild (a child) child)]] in the house.]]]]
* TimeSkip: The bulk of the film occurs six months after the prologue.

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* AllJustADream: At one point, Mary appears to drown Stephen for some unexplained reason. However, it then cuts to her waking up, revealing it to be a dream.



* IdiotBall: A pretty spectacular case. [[spoiler: [[PlotHole Somehow]], neither Mary nor any of Stephen's doctors have noticed that he has been faking his paralysis over the course of several months.]]

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* IdiotBall: IdiotBall:
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A pretty spectacular case. [[spoiler: [[PlotHole Somehow]], neither Mary nor any of Stephen's doctors have noticed that he has been faking his paralysis over the course of several months.]]
** A smaller one: [[spoiler: Mary tries to calm down Stephen (who is clearly insane) by telling him that he's a good boy, despite being a ''psychologist''. Unsurprisingly, it doesn't work.
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* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Neither Mary nor any of Stephen's doctors have noticed that he has been faking his paralysis over the course of several months.]]

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* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Neither A pretty spectacular case. [[spoiler: [[PlotHole Somehow]], neither Mary nor any of Stephen's doctors have noticed that he has been faking his paralysis over the course of several months.]]
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* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Neither Mary nor any of Stephen's doctors have noticed that he has been faking his paralysis over the course of several months.]]
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* CatScare: More like "Raccoon Scare". At one point, a raccoon jumps out and scares Mary.

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* CatScare: More like "Raccoon Scare". At one point, a raccoon jumps out and scares Mary.Mary, complete with ScareChord.
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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Stephen for Mary, very much so.]]
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* Yandere: [[spoiler:Stephen, for Mary. Very much so.]]
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* Yandere: [[spoiler:Stephen, for Mary. Very much so.]]
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* JumpScare: The film has a lot of these. A particularly {{egregious}} one is the CatScare mentioned above.

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* JumpScare: The film has a lot of these. A particularly {{egregious}} JustForFun/{{egregious}} one is the CatScare mentioned above.
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* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:Stephen. He will do ''anything'' to have his stepmother all to himself, including trapping Tom (a child) in the house.]]

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* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:Stephen.[[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} Stephen]]. He will do ''anything'' to have his stepmother all to himself, including trapping Tom (a child) in the house.]]



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* TrailersAwlaysLie: The trailers set this up to look like a paranormal horror movie.

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* TrailersAwlaysLie: TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers set this up to look like a paranormal horror movie.
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No relation to ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' which was also released as ''Shut In''

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No relation to ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' which was also released as ''Shut In''
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No relation to ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' which was also released as ''Shut In''

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When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone (or something) else in the house that wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…

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When a deaf young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone (or something) else in the house that wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…



* AdultFear: [[spoiler:What if your stepchild turned out to be insane?]]



* DisappearedDad: Stephen's father.

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* DisappearedDad: Stephen's father.father, who dies at the beginning of the film.



* JumpScare: The film has a lot of these.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Stephen is not actually paralyzed, and he's the one who trapped Tom in the house and has been drugging Mary throughout the film.]]
* SanitySlippage: Mary has to deal with this throughout the film.
* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:Stephen has been drugging his mother the whole time.]]

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* JumpScare: The film has a lot of these.
these. A particularly {{egregious}} one is the CatScare mentioned above.
* TheReveal: In the film's third act, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Stephen is not actually paralyzed, has been [[ObfuscatingDisability faking his paralysis the whole time]], and he's the one who trapped Tom in the house and has been drugging Mary throughout the film.]]
* SanitySlippage: Mary has to deal with this throughout the film.
film, as she soon starts seeing strange things in her house.
* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:Stephen has been drugging his mother the whole time.time, which was the cause of her strange visions.]]
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* SnowedIn

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* SnowedInSnowedIn: The film's premise revolves around Mary and Stephen being trapped in the house by the winter storm and having to survive it.
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When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone (or something) else in the house who wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…

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When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone (or something) else in the house who that wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…
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When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…

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When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone (or something) else in the house who wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…
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When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events which occur seem to indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…

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When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which occur seem to indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…
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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed son Stephen (Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).

When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange occurrences in the house indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm...

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed son stepson Stephen (Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).

When a young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange occurrences in the house events which occur seem to indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm...
harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…



* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Stephen has secretly been in love with his mother, and he gets jealous when she shows concern for Tom.]]

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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Stephen has secretly been in love with his mother, stepmother, and he gets jealous when she shows concern for Tom.]]



* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:Stephen. He will do ''anything'' to have his mother all to himself, including trapping Tom (a child) in the house.]]

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* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:Stephen. He will do ''anything'' to have his mother stepmother all to himself, including trapping Tom (a child) in the house.]]
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* DisappearedDad: Stephen's father, who was killed in the same accident that paralysed Stephen.

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* DisappearedDad: Stephen's father, who was killed in the same accident that paralysed Stephen.father.



* WidowWoman: Mary, whose husband (Stephen's father) died before the events of the film.

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* WidowWoman: Mary, whose husband (Stephen's father) died before the events of the film.
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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed son Stephen ([[Series/StrangerThings Charlie Heaton]]) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).

When a young boy named Tom ([[Literature/{{Room}} Jacob Tremblay]]) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange occurrences in the house indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm...

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed son Stephen ([[Series/StrangerThings Charlie Heaton]]) (Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).

When a young boy named Tom ([[Literature/{{Room}} Jacob Tremblay]]) (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange occurrences in the house indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm...
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When a young boy named Tom ([[Film/{{Room}} Jacob Tremblay]]) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange occurrences in the house indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm...

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When a young boy named Tom ([[Film/{{Room}} ([[Literature/{{Room}} Jacob Tremblay]]) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange occurrences in the house indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm...

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed son Stephen ([[Series/StrangerThings Charlie Heaton]]) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the accident with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed son Stephen ([[Series/StrangerThings Charlie Heaton]]) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).


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* CatScare: More like "Raccoon Scare". At one point, a raccoon jumps out and scares Mary.

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''Shut In'' is a 2016 thriller film directed by Farren Blackburn of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' fame, starring Creator/NaomiWatts.

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''Shut In'' is a 2016 thriller horror/thriller film directed by Farren Blackburn of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' fame, starring Creator/NaomiWatts.



* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:Stephen has been drugging his mother the whole time.]]



* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:Stephen. He will do ''anything'' to have his mother all to himself.]]

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* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:Stephen. He will do ''anything'' to have his mother all to himself.himself, including trapping Tom (a child) in the house.]]
* WidowWoman: Mary, whose husband (Stephen's father) died before the events of the film.
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''Shut In'' is a 2016 thriller film directed by Farren Blackburn of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' fame, starring Creator/NaomiWatts.

Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed son Stephen ([[Series/StrangerThings Charlie Heaton]]) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the accident with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Oliver Platt).

When a young boy named Tom ([[Film/{{Room}} Jacob Tremblay]]) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange occurrences in the house indicate that there is someone else in the house who wishes them harm...

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!!''Shut In'' provides examples of:

* DisappearedDad: Stephen's father, who was killed in the same accident that paralysed Stephen.
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Stephen has secretly been in love with his mother, and he gets jealous when she shows concern for Tom.]]
* JumpScare: The film has a lot of these.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Stephen is not actually paralyzed, and he's the one who trapped Tom in the house and has been drugging Mary throughout the film.]]
* SanitySlippage: Mary has to deal with this throughout the film.
* SnowedIn
* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:Stephen. He will do ''anything'' to have his mother all to himself.]]

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