History Film / TheCottage

''The Cottage'' is a 2008 {{British|Films}} darkly comedic SlasherMovie.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: David and Peter are constantly bickering, but when the Farmer abducts Peter, David is legitimately concerned for his life, [[spoiler: and when the Farmer kills David Peter is outraged.]]

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: First half is a BlackComedy about a bungled kidnapping. Second half is a SlasherMovie where a psychotic farmer slashes his way through the criminals.

-->''"Sleeps six bloody comfortably."''

'''''The Cottage''''' is a 2008 {{British|Films}} darkly comedic SlasherMovie.

* AndThisIsFor: David takes this UpToEleven after punching Andrew:

* KnifeNut: Muk Li San and Chun Yo Fu.

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* ShoutOut: When first entering the farm, David quips that Old [=MacDonald=] of the nursery rhyme lives there.

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* OutsideContextProblem: The Farmer is this for the rest of the characters.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: David and Peter are constantly bickering, but when the farmer abducts Peter, David is legitimately concerned for his life, [[spoiler: and when the Farmer kills David Peter is outraged.]]

* BigBadWannabe: David is a rare example of the VillainProtagonist being this, as he is the mastermind of the kidnapping plot, but it's made very clear throught the film that his plan is ruined by the stupidity of his partners and he's upstaged by a psychotic farmer who starts killing everybody.

* BigBadWannabe: David is a rare example of the VillainProtagonist being this, as he is the mastermind of the kidnapping plot, but it's made very clear throught the film that he's an utter incompetent at ransoming people, and he's upstaged by a psychotic farmer who starts killing everybody.

* CreepySouvenir: The farmer keeps the heads of all his victims in his pantry.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Muk Li San and Chun Yo Fu seem to be the BigBadDuumvirate of the film, being the two hitmen [[GreaterScopeVillain Arnie]] sent to fetch his daughter, but the farmer makes short work of them halfway through the film, causing the film to take a GenreShift from crime comedy to SlasherMovie.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After being rendered the sole survivor of our victim pool with the death of his brother, Peter manages to seemingly kill the farmer. In the course of these events, Peter falls into the basement, which is closed with the farmer's corpse and a large dresser on top. Unable to escape through the cellar door, Peter decides to investigate the rest of the room for an escape route, only to find the farmer's equally insane and cannibalistic family down there, who have decided that he's their next lunch. The ending reveals that the farmer survived his fight with Peter, too.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: The farmer has hands in his freezer.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After being rendered the sole survivor of our victim pool with the death of his brother, Peter snaps and kills the farmer. In the course of these events, Peter falls into the basement, which is closed with the farmer's corpse and a large dresser on top. Unable to escape through the cellar door, Peter decides to investigate the rest of the room for an escape route, only to find the farmer's equally insane and cannibalistic family down there, who have decided that he's their next lunch.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Arnie is the ruthless head of a group of {{London Gangster}}s, and his daughter is the one our protagonists kidnap, but he only appears as a voice and a homicidal farmer becomes the more immediate threat.