History Film / TheHallow

* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: Adam's ravings about Finn being a changeling appear to be paranoid delusions from the fungus infecting his mind, and the AxeCrazy way he pursues Clare and "Finn" doesn't help his case. He turns out to be completely right, however.]]
** On the same note, [[spoiler: After Clare escapes from the mutated and disoriented Adam, he calms down and smashes out the light before picking up a scythe, implying he has fully succumbed to the fungus and is about to continue chasing his wife and child with intent to kill. Instead, he's regained his senses and is going to rescue his ''real'' son from the Hallow.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Anyone who comes into contact with the fungus starts to go through this, particularly Adam.]]

* CassandraTruth: Colm Donnelly's warnings are completely founded, but they're delivered in such a hostile and antagonistic manner that when things take a turn for the worst Adam is convinced [[CassandraDidIt Colm is the one behind everything]].
** Despite it seeming as if Adam [[spoiler: has lost his mind to the fungus and is about to kill his infant son, he is entirely correct that Finn was actually a Hallow doppelganger, and Adam even recovers the real Finn in the climax.]]
* ChangelingTale: After studying the book Donnely gave them, Adam comes to suspect that the Hallow's plan is to steal his son Finn and replace him with a changeling. [[spoiler:He is right, and manages to thwart their plan]].
* ColdIron: The Hallow won't come close to it as it burns them [[spoiler:as shown by Adam]].

* EyeScream: the creatures have branch-like fingers they use to poke in the eye [[spoiler:of Adam through the keyhole]]
* TheFairFolk: A modern take on why it is not wise to trespass in their territory.

** Near the beginning, Adam talks about a fungus that infects and spreads through ants, turning them into automatons. [[spoiler:The Hallow are "born" in a similar way]].

** And, more tellingly, there's a picture in the book where one of The Hallow is embracing a woman and a baby. [[spoiler:Which is Adam's ultimate fate]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Adam]] goes through hell to protect [[spoiler:his]] son and ultimately dies [[spoiler:after realizing he succeeded]].
* HopeSpot: When Claire reaches the well-lit [[spoiler:Donnelly farm]] the audience believes that she and Finn are finally safe. [[spoiler: Donnelly turns them away at gun point because he doesn't dare to face the Hallow and he believes the creatures will follow them to his house]].

* ImprobableInfantSurvival: PlayedStraight in the main story, but {{Averted}} in the backstory [[spoiler:as shown by Cora]].

* PapaWolf: After Adam realizes [[spoiler:he's becoming one of the Hallow]], his primary goal is keeping his son and wife safe. Ultimately he [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice dies]] saving his son and getting his wife to abandon the changeling]].

* SupernaturalProofFather: {{Downplayed}} at the beginning when Adam is convinced that Colm Donnelly is behind most of the mysterious occurrences; but Claire doesn't seem any more inclined to believe in TheFairFolk than he is and she doesn't even open the book about them that Colm brought. When she accepts that The Hallow are real and tells Adam so, he doesn't disagree and they all run for the car. Later it gets {{Inverted}}, when Adam insists that the baby Claire is holding is really a changeling and she doesn't believe him [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror with good reason]]. He turns out to be right]].

* WeakenedByTheLight: The creatures are mainly nocturnal, but any source of light will repel them.

''The Hallow'' (originally titled ''The Woods'') is a 2015 horror film directed by Corin Hardy, written by Hardy and Felipe Marino, and starring Creator/JosephMawle, Bojana Novakovic, Creator/MichaelMcElhatton, and Creator/MichaelSmiley.

''The Hallow'' (originally titled ''The Woods'') is a 2015 horror film directed by Corin Hardy, written by Hardy and Felipe Marino, and starring Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Creator/MichaelMcElhatton, and Creator/MichaelSmiley.

* InfantImmortality: PlayedStraight in the main story, but {{Averted}} in the backstory [[spoiler:as shown by Cora]].

** Despite it seeming as if Adam [[spoiler has lost his mind to the fungus and is about to kill his infant son, he is entirely correct that Finn was actually a Hallow doppelganger, and Adam even recovers the real Finn in the climax.]]

* JumpScare: Quite a few.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: While the movie sometimes is DoingInTheWizard, a few things are left without proper explanation, such as [[spoiler:the hallow seeming to strategically rot wood at an accelerated pace]]; as well as their weakness to iron, and most of the Changeling stuff, neither of which are readily explained by the fungus.

* PapaWolf: After Adam realizes [[spoiler:he's becoming one of The Hallow]], his primary goal is keeping his son and wife safe. Ultimately he [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice dies]] saving his son and getting his wife to abandon the changeling]].

Adam Hitchens (Mawle), a British conservationalist, moves his wife Clare (Novakovic) and their infant son into a remote mill house in Ireland so he can continue his work. Ignoring the warnings of the local townsfolk, in particular intimidating farmer Colm Donnelly ([=McElhatton=), the family soon find themselves encountering strange going-ons; ripped apart deer, their dog's erratic behavior, and strangest of all, a mysterious black fungus slowly growing everywhere...

Adam Hitchens, a British conservationalist, moves his wife and baby son into a remote mill house in Ireland so he can continue his work. Ignoring the warnings of the local townsfolk, in particular intimidating farmer Colm Donnelly (Creator/MichaelMcElhatton), the family soon find themselves encountering strange going-ons; ripped apart deer, their dog's erratic behavior, and strangest of all, a mysterious black fungus slowly growing everywhere...

The Hallow (originally titled The Woods) is a 2015 horror film directed by Corin Hardy, written by Hardy and Felipe Marino, and starring Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Creator/MichaelMcElhatton, and Creator/MichaelSmiley.

* NothingIsScarier: Arguably, the film is scarier when the creatures are only seen as silhouettes with glowing eyes in the forest.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: While the movie sometimes is DoingInTheWizard, a few things are left without proper explanation, such as [[spoiler:the floorboard rotting at an accelerated pace just by being near The Hallow, though not always]]; and most of the Changeling stuff, which is not aligned with the fungus explanation.

* SupernaturalProofFather: Adam, who is convinced that Colm Donnelly is behind most of the mysterious occurrences.

%%* InfantImmortality

* MamaBear: Claire.

* PoliceAreUseless: The police who come to investigate the broken window. While they can't be faulted for not considering the Hallow as possible suspects, they come up with a ridiculous theory so they don't have to investigate a legitimate suspect.

%%* OurFairiesAreDifferent

%%* ChangelingTale

%%* TheFairFolk

%%* WeakenedByTheLight

Adam Hitchens, a British conversationalist, moves his wife and baby son into a remote mill house in Ireland so he can continue his work. Ignoring the warnings of the local townsfolk, in particular intimidating farmer Colm Donnelly (Creator/MichaelMcElhatton), the family soon find themselves encountering strange going-ons; ripped apart deer, their dog's erratic behavior, and strangest of all, a mysterious black fungus slowly growing everywhere...