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''Unwelcome'' is a 2023 FolkHorror movie directed by Jon Wright.

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''Unwelcome'' is a 2023 FolkHorror movie directed by Jon Wright.
Wright, starring Creator/HannahJohnKamen, Creator/DouglasBooth, and Creator/ColmMeaney.
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[spoiler: Subverted. Whelan isn't feeling so charitable after the Redcaps have slaughtered his children and puts a bullet in Jamie's shoulder instead.]]
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* DoNotCallMePaul: Colm Whelan insists that everyone, even those outside his family, refer to him as "Daddy".
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* DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler: After killing Eion, the Redcaps present his head to Maya as a gift.]]

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* DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler: After killing Eion, Eoin, the Redcaps present his head to Maya as a gift.]]



* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Eion is dead, Whelan sets the house on fire to kill Jamie and Maya inside of it.]]

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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Upon Upon learning that Eion [[spoiler:Eoin is dead, Whelan sets the house on fire to kill Jamie and Maya inside of it.]]
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* HeroicDog: [[spoiler: Maya]] is spared by Molly latching onto [[spoiler: "Daddy" Whelan's arm when he's about to use his shotgun.]]
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* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler: "Daddy" Whelan makes a point to tell Maya the birdshot he's about to fire into her won't kill at the current distance. Upon losing the gun and Maya having it pointed inches from his head - ]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Maya:''' How close do I need to get? ''[pulls trigger]'']]
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* GuttedLikeAFish: [[spoiler: Aisling is pinned down and slashed across the stomach by the Redcaps, spilling her intestines. She survives long enough to call for her Da and see her killers chortle at her fate.]]
* IWantMyMommy: Played straight during [[spoiler: Aisling's death.]]
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* DeathByMocking: Realistically [[spoiler: her]] chances were never good, but [[spoiler: Aisling]] derisively asking if [[spoiler: the little monsters that have her by the arms and feet]] were going to [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbLYDKU_fcg give her the "birthday bumps"]] - where you're lifted into the air however many times depending on your age - ]] wasn't a great idea.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Or baby just about to be born. "Daddy" Whelan levels his shotgun at Maya's pregnant belly, planning to fill her full of birdshot as revenge for [[AndThisIsFor his own children's deaths.]]]]
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* DangerTakesABackseat: [[spoiler: Killian]] flees the house to the safety of the family van, fully prepared to [[spoiler: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave his father behind]] right outside its door. Too bad a Redcap beats him there, crawling out of the back seat to [[SlashedThroat slit his throat.]]]]

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* EyeScream: The [[spoiler: Redcap Queen]] goes out with [[spoiler: Maya's thumbs knuckle deep in her eyes.]]

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* EyeScream: The [[spoiler: Redcap Queen]] Mother Redcap]] goes out with [[spoiler: Maya's thumbs knuckle deep in her eyes.]]


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* LeftStuckAfterAttack: A cleaver [[spoiler: Killian's]] using to defend [[spoiler: himself]] gets stuck midway in [[spoiler: a still screaming Redcap's head]]; the struggle to get it out and [[spoiler: time wasted on [[YouAreAlreadyDead taunting the little creature]] leaves him open to an ambush from [[ZergRush more of them.]]]]
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* EyeScream: The [[spoiler: Redcap Queen]] goes out with [[spoiler: Maya's thumbs knuckle deep in her eyes.]]


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*ToServeMan: [[spoiler: Upon disemboweling Aisling the Redcaps squabble over the good parts, returning before long to drag away the remains of the Whelan clan.]]

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* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Maya's baby gets taken by the redcaps; she follows them and kills one of them and the girl they took from Maeve, in the process however, her and Jamie seem to have lost their sanity as Maya is crowned "Mother Redcap".]]

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* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Maya's baby gets taken by the redcaps; Redcaps; she follows them and kills one of them and the girl they took from Maeve, in Maeve. In the process process, however, her and Jamie seem to have lost their sanity as Maya is crowned "Mother Redcap".]]
* DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler: After killing Eion, the Redcaps present his head to Maya as a gift.
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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Eion is dead, he sets the house on fire to kill Jamie and Maya inside of it.]]

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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Eion is dead, he Whelan sets the house on fire to kill Jamie and Maya inside of it.]]


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* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler: After killing the old woman acting as Mother Redcap, Maya is "crowned" as her replacement.]]
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* RedHerring: The story is clearly setting up something with Jamie's newfound interest in boxing and fighting. [[spoiler:It's more of a anti-climatic joke; his attempt at asking Whelan for them to fight mano-a-mano is rebuked and Whelan just shoots him.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:It is quite sad seeing Aisling and Killian dying while asking for help from their father who has to watch them die. That said, they're still quite the massive assholes, so it's still quite deserved.]]

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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:It is quite sad seeing Aisling and Killian dying while asking for help from their father who has to watch them die. That said, they're still quite the massive assholes, so it's still quite deserved.]]
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* {{Bookends}}: The story begins with a man taunting Maya to use her knife when he stands in front of her and her knife is on his throat and calling her a nice girl when she can't seem to do it. [[spoiler:It ends with her calling herself nasty as she kills one of the redcaps by stabbing his neck and kills an elderly woman by crushing her skull.]]


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* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Maya's baby gets taken by the redcaps; she follows them and kills one of them and the girl they took from Maeve, in the process however, her and Jamie seem to have lost their sanity as Maya is crowned "Mother Redcap".]]


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* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Maya kills a Redcap and the woman that seems to be something of their acting leader when they take away her daughter.]]


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* RedSkyTakeWarning: The sky is red during the final scene where [[spoiler:blood rains down on Maya being "crowned" Mother Redcap.]]

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* AbusiveParents: Whelan would physically brutalize his own son whenever pissed at him.
* TheFairFolk: A significant part of the story revolves around the goblins living in the Irish woods behind the main characters' new house.

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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:It is quite sad seeing Aisling and Killian dying while asking for help from their father who has to watch them die. That said, they're still quite the massive assholes, so it's still quite deserved.]]
* AssholeVictim: The Whelan family are pretty awful people. At best, they're a dysfunctional, petty mess, [[spoiler:at worst, they're a murderous menace. It's not really a challenge to see them being killed by the Redcaps.]]
* AbusiveParents: "Daddy" Whelan would physically brutalize his own son whenever pissed at him.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Molly, the lost dog that goes missing with the town drunk returns twice. Once to guide Maya to the Redcaps, and another to save her from being shot by Whelan.]]
* TheFairFolk: A significant part of the story revolves around the goblins (Far Darrig, The Little People, or Redcaps) living in the Irish woods behind the main characters' new house.
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''Unwelcome'' is a 2023 FolkHorror movie directed by Jon Wright.

Jamie and Maya are a London couple. After being blessed with the news that Maya is finally pregnant, they have their home invaded and are assaulted by three men. Terrified, they move to a house in rural Ireland following Jamie's aunt's passing, but are warned that his aunt would leave an offering of liver to "The Little People", mysterious woodland beings that supposedly are responsible for the death of her family after she failed to follow ancient local traditions.

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* AbusiveParents: Whelan would physically brutalize his own son whenever pissed at him.
* TheFairFolk: A significant part of the story revolves around the goblins living in the Irish woods behind the main characters' new house.
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Eion is dead, he sets the house on fire to kill Jamie and Maya inside of it.]]
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