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''Welcome Home'' is a 2018 suspense thriller film directed by George Ratliff and written by David Levinson.

Bryan (Creator/AaronPaul) and Cassie (Creator/EmilyRatajkowski) are a young couple who rent out a secluded villa in the Italian countryside for a week in an attempt to repair their failing relationship after a drunken act of unfaithfulness by Cassie.

But their romantic weekend doesn't go according to plan thanks to Cassie meeting Federico (Creator/RiccardoScamarcio), their handsome local who inserts himself in their lives and fuels Bryan's jealousy. And their idyllic villa may hold a few secrets of its own.

Not to be confused with [[ARG/WelcomeHome the alternate reality game]].
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!!This film provides examples of:

* ActorAllusion: One of Federico's female accomplices is played by Italian actress Katy Saunders, who starred opposite Riccardo Scamarcio (Federico) in the latter's BreakoutRole, the movie adaptation of the book ''Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo''.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Federico and Edoardo rent the villa to unaware couples and record to sell it to voyeurs on the Internet; both end up killed by Cassie and Bryan.]]
* BathingBeauty: Cassie takes a ''lot'' of showers through the movie, two in the first thirty minutes!
* BedTrick: Federico pretends to be Bryan to sleep with Cassie while she's blindfolded (but Bryan making noise in the house interrupts him before he gets too far). He records the whole thing and leaves it for Bryan to watch, taking advantage of his paranoia and making it look like Cassie was cheating on him.
* BeingWatched: Bryan feels like he's being watched while in the villa. He's right.
* BigFancyHouse: The Italian villa they rent is this. Turns out to be a voyeuristic trap and it's filled with cameras to record the couples inside.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Federico pretends to be a friendly neighbor to Cassie and Bryan while plotting against them.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: The entire point of the couple's getaway is to try to fix their relationship.
* CellPhonesAreUseless: Bryan's cell phone stops working when he needs to call the police after they find out about Federico's cameras.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Cassie is paranoid Bryan will cheat on her for payback and is shown to be jealous when Federico tells her about the girls they met in the bar.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Bryan became one after Cassie cheated on him while drunk, and he's paranoid about her doing it again.
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: [[spoiler: After Cassie kills Federico in self-defense Bryan is still worried they might get in trouble over it, since they're Americans in a foreign country.]]
* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler: It turns out Federico was also uploading the house's footage to the internet. including Cassie and Bryan killing him and Edoardo and hiding their bodies.]]
* DirtyOldMan: [[spoiler: One of Federico's clients who watches his video is an old man.]]
* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler: Cassie and Bryan bury Federico and Edoardo's bodies, which is recorded and uploaded to the internet.]]
* DrowningMySorrows:
** Before the movie started, Cassie was drinking after a fight with Bryan when she cheated on him.
** After they fight in the city, Bryan goes drinking in a bar.
* EmasculatedCuckold: Cassie cheated on Bryan by sleeping with a co-worker while drunk and it drives Bryan insane with jealousy. The whole trip is actually them attempting to see if they can get over it as a couple, but Bryan can't even bring himself to have sex with her without imagining her with another guy, leaving him [[TheLoinsSleepTonight unable to perform]]. [[spoiler: Federico cruelly takes advantage of it when he almost has sex with Cassie and leaves a recording of it for Bryan to find, which almost drives Bryan into a murderous rage]].
* FreakOut: [[spoiler: Cassie starts freaking out after she kills Federico.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Bryan looks at Edoardo's picture near the beginning of the movie, hinting that Federico is not posing as the owner of the house and Edoardo ''does'' exist.]]
* HandsomeLech: Federico is attractive and popular, despite being a creepy voyeur and stalker.
* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler: Cassie kills Federico after he attacks her and Bryan. They also end up killing Edoardo when he confronts them about it.]]
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: It happens to Bryan due to trauma over Cassie sleeping with her co-worker, as he can't stop picturing the two together. [[spoiler: He gets over it near the end of the movie; after they kill Federico and Edoardo, they have GladToBeAliveSex in the shower.]]
* LustObject: Cassie to Federico. He says he normally is content with only watching and recording couples, but he became obsessed with Cassie after he met her.
* ManipulativeBastard: Federico, who takes advantage of the couple's mistrust to wedge them apart. [[spoiler: He drugs Bryan and records him having sex with his two friends, then pretends to be Bryan while molesting a blindfolded Cassie and records it. He then has them find the videos individually, fueling their jealousy.]]
* MinimalistCast: Bryan, Cassie, Federico and Edoardo are the only characters in the film, with a couple of extras in the few scenes in town.
* ModestyTowel: Cassie wears one after a shower, at which point Bryan tackles her and they start having sex, but the visions he has of her cheating on him [[TheLoinsSleepTonight get the better of him]].
* MsFanservice: Cassie, unsurprisingly for a character played by Emily Ratajkowski, is constantly in a state of undress through the movie and has several shower scenes.
* NosyNeighbour: Federico seems like this at first, but it turns out he's not even Edoardo's neighbor.
* RealMenCook: Federico cooks rabbit stew for Bryan and Cassie.
* RescueRomance: A one-sided example; Federico falls in love with Cassie after he rescues her in the road when she injures her foot.
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Cassie and Bryan are reconciled after the ordeal they suffer at Federico's hands.
* SceneryCensor: [[spoiler: When Cassie bashes Federico's head, the pillar blocks the view of his head.]]
* SexForSolace:
** Cassie had drunken sex with a co-worker after a big fight with Bryan. She regretted it immediately after.
** Bryan confesses to Federico that he sometimes wishes to sleep with a random stranger just to get back at Cassie. Federico helpfully brings two attractive friends to him to fulfill his wish.
* ShowerScene: ''Many'' throughout the film, normally involving [[MsFanservice Cassie]].
** ShowerOfAngst: Bryan when he comes back to the villa after sleeping in the hotel.
** ShowerOfLove: Cassie invites Bryan to join her in the shower, but he still can't bring himself to do it due to their relationship issues. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, he does join her while she's washing off the blood from their murders and they finally make love.]]
* SideBoob[=/=]ToplessnessFromTheBack: How Cassie's nudity is shown throughout the movie.
* SkinnyDipping: Bryan and Cassie go skinny dipping together in the pool, but Bryan can't get into it due to feeling like they're BeingWatched.
* SlippingAMickey: Federico is implied to have drugged Bryan to make him have sex with his two friends while he records it.
* SpyCam: Federico has put several hidden cameras around the house to spy on the couples who rent it [[spoiler:and is also broadcasting it to the internet]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Federico is normally only a voyeur, but he becomes obsessed with Cassie, which is why he personally tries to sabotage the relationship.
* StealthHiBye: Federico constantly does this to Cassie.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Federico is shown to be a popular guy in town.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Cassie [[spoiler: ends up smashing Federico's head in after he tries to kill Bryan and stabs Eduardo when he has Bryan at gunpoint]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Bryan does this to let out his sexual frustration, since Cassie cheating on him has left him impotent when he's with her.

Not to be confused with [[ARG/WelcomeHome the alternate reality game]] or the [[Literature/WelcomeHome slice-of-life novel]].

* ClingyJealousGirl: Cassie is paranoid Bryan will cheat on her for payback and is shown to be jealous when Federico tells her about the girls they met on the bar.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Bryan became one after Cassie cheated on him while drunk, and it's paranoid about her doing it again.

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler: Turns out Federico was also uploading the house's footage to the internet. including Cassie and Bryan killing him and Edoardo and hiding their bodies.]]

* EmasculatedCuckold: Cassie cheated on Bryan by sleeping with a co-worker while drunk and it drives Bryan insane with jealousy. The whole trip is actually them attempting to see if they can get over it as a couple, but Bryan can even bring himself to have sex with her without imagining her with another guy, leaving him [[TheLoinsSleepTonight unable to perform]]. [[spoiler: Federico cruelly takes advantage of it when he almost has sex with Cassie and leaves a recording of it for Bryan to find, which almost drives Bryan into a murderous rage]].

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Happens to Bryan due to trauma over Cassie sleeping with her co-worker, as he can't stop picturing the two together. [[spoiler: He gets over it near the end of the movie; after they kill Federico and Edoardo, they have GladToBeAliveSex in the shower.]]

** Bryan confesses to Federico that he sometimes wishes to sleep with a random stranger just to get back on Cassie. Federico helpfully brings two attractive friends to him to fulfill his wish.
* StalkerWithACrush: Federico is normally only a voyeur, but he becomes obsessed with Cassie, which is why he personally tries to sabotage the relationship.

* SkinnyDipping: Bryan and Cassie go skinny dipping together in the pool, but Bryan can't get into it due feeling like they're BeingWatched.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Cassie [[spoiler: ends up smashing Federico's head after he tries to kill Bryan and stabs Eduardo when he has Bryan at gunpoint]].

Bryan (Creator/AaronPaul) and Cassie (Creator/EmilyRatajkowski) are a young couple who rent out a secluded villa in the Italian countryside for a week in an attempt to repair their failing relationship after an drunken act of unfaithfulness by Cassie.

* LustObject: Cassie to Federico. He says he normally is content to only watching and recording couples, but he became obsessed with Cassie after he met her.

* {{Cuckold}}: Cassie slept with a co-worker while drunk and it drives Bryan insane with jealousy. [[spoiler: Federico cruelly takes advantage of it when he almost has sex with Cassie and leaves a recording of it for Bryan to find.]]

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Happens to Bryan due to trauma over Cassie sleeping with her co-worker, as he can't stop picturing the two together. [[spoiler:He gets over it near the end of the movie after they kill Federico and Edoardo, they have GladToBeAliveSex in the shower.]]

* ModestyTowel: Cassie wears one after a shower, when Bryan tackles her and they start having sex, but the visions he has of her cheating on him [[TheLoinsSleepTonight get the better of him.]]

* SlippingAMickey: Federico it's implied to have drugged Bryan to make him have sex with his two friends while he records it.

Bryan and Cassie (Creator/AaronPaul and Creator/EmilyRatajkowski) are a young couple who rent out a secluded villa in the Italian countryside for a week in an attempt to repair their failing relationship after an drunken act of unfaithfulness by Cassie.

But their romantic weekend doesn't go according to plan thanks to Cassie meeting Federico (Creator/RiccardoScamarcio), their handsome local who inserts himself in their lives and fuels Bryan's jealousy. And their idyllic villa may hold a few secrets of it's own.

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Turns out Federico was also uploading the house's footage to the internet. including Cassie and Bryan killing him and Edoardo and hiding their bodies.]]

* DirtyOldMan: [[spoiler:One of Federico's clients who watches his video is an old man.]]
* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler:Cassie and Bryan bury Federico and Edoardo's body, which is recorded and uploaded to the internet.]]

* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:Cassie kills Federico after he attacks her and Bryan. They also end up killing Edoardo when he confronts them about it.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: Federico who takes advantage of the couple's mistrust to wedge them apart. [[spoiler: He drugs Bryan and records him having sex with his two friends and pretends to be Bryan while molesting a blindfolded Cassie and records it. He then has them find the videos individually, fueling their jealousy.]]

* RescueRomance: Federico falls in love with Cassie after he rescues her in the road when she injures her foot.

* StalkerWithACrush: Federico is normally only a voyeur but he becomes obsessed with Cassie, which is why he personally tries to sabotage the relationship.

** ShowerOfAngst: Bryan after he comes back to the villa after sleeping in the hotel.

* ToplessnessFromTheBack=/=]SideBoob: How Cassie's nudity is shown throughout the movie.

* YourCheatingHeart: Before the movie started, Cassie slept with a co-worker while drunk, due to having had a fight with Bryan. The whole reason for the trip is for them to try to repair their relationship. [[spoiler: Federico drugs Bryan and has his two friends have sex with him while he records it so he can show it to Cassie.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Federico and Eduardo rent the villa to unaware couples and record to sell it to voyeurs on the Internet; both end up killed by Cassie and Bryan.]]

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Turns out Federico was also uploading the house's footage to the internet. including Cassie and Bryan killing him and Eduardo and hiding their bodies.]]

* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler:Cassie and Bryan bury Federico and Eduardo's body, which is recorded and uploaded to the internet.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Bryan looks at Eduardo's picture near the beginning of the movie, hinting that Federico is not posing as the owner of the house and Eduardo ''does'' exist.]]

* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:Cassie kills Federico after he attacks her and Bryan. They also end up killing Eduardo when he confronts them about it.]]
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Happens to Bryan due to trauma over Cassie sleeping with her co-worker, as he can't stop picturing the two together. [[spoiler:He gets over it near the end of the movie after they kill Federico and Eduardo, they have GladToBeAliveSex in the shower.]]

* MinimalistCast: Bryan, Cassie, Federico and Eduardo are the only characters in the film, with a couple of extras in the few scenes in town.

* NosyNeighbour: Federico seems like this at first, but it turns out he's not even Eduardo's neighbor.

* SceneryCensor: [[spoiler: When Cassie bashes Feredico's head, the pillar blocks the view of his head.]]

* Evil Foreigner: Federico is an evil Italian voyeur and stalker.

* EvilForeigner: Federico is an evil Italian voyeur and stalker.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Federico and Eduardo rent the villa to unaware couples and record to sell it to voyeurs on the internet both end up killed by Cassie and Bryan.]]
* BathingBeauty: Cassie takes a ''lot'' of showers through the movie, two in the first 30 minutes!

* BigFancyHouse: Italian villa they rent is this. Turns out to be a voyeuristic trap and it's filled with camera's to record the couples inside.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Bryan became one after Cassie cheated on him, and it's paranoid about her doing it again.
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: [[spoiler:After Cassie kills Federico in self-defense Bryan is still worried they might get in trouble over it, since they're Americans in a foreign country.]]

* {{Cuckold}}: Cassie slept with a co-worker while drunk and it drives Bryan insane with jealousy. [[spoiler:Federico cruelly takes advantage of it when he almost has sex with Cassie and leaves a recording of it for Bryan to find.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Bryan does this to let out his sexual frustration since Cassie cheating on him leaves him impotent when he's with her.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Bryan looks at Eduardo's picture near the beginning of the movie, hinting Federico is not posing as the owner of the house and that Eduardo ''does'' exist.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: Federico who takes advantage of the couple's mistrust to wedge them apart. [[spoiler:He drugs Bryan and records him having sex with his two friends and pretends to be Bryan while molesting a blindfolded Cassie and records it. He then has them find the videos individually, fueling their jealousy.]]

* MsFanservice: Cassie, played by ''Emily Ratajkowski'' who is constantly in a state of undress through the movie and has several shower scenes.

* RescueRomance: Federico falls in love with Cassie after he rescues her in the road after she injured her foot.
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Cassie and Bryan are brought close after the ordeal they suffered at Federico's hands.
* SceneryCensor: [[spoiler:When Cassie bashes Feredico's head, he pillar blocks the view of his head.]]
* SexForSolace:

** Bryan confesses to Federico he sometimes wishes to sleep with a random stranger just to get back on Cassie. Federico helpfully brings two attractive friends to him to fulfill his wish.

* ShowerScene: ''Many'' throughout the film, normally involving [[MsFanservice Cassie.]]
** ShowerOfLove: Cassie invites Bryan to join her in the shower, but he still couldn't bring himself to do it due to their relationship issues. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, he does join her while she's washing off the blood from their murders and they make love.]]

* ToplessnessFromTheBack / SideBoob: How Cassie's nudity is shown throughout the movie.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Cassie [[spoiler:ends up smashing Federico's head after he tries to kill Bryan and stabs Eduardo when he has Bryan at gunpoint]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Before the movie started, Cassie slept with a co-worker while drunk. The whole reason for the trip is for them to try to repair their relationship. [[spoiler:Federico drugs Bryan and has his two friends have sex with him while he records it so he can show it to Cassie.]]

Bryan and Cassie (Creator/AaronPaul and Creator/EmilyRatajkowski), are a young couple who rent out a secluded villa in the Italian countryside for a week in an attempt to repair their failing relationship after an drunken act of unfaithfulness by Cassie.

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Happens to Bryan due to trauma over Cassie sleeping with her co-worker, as he can't stop picturing the two together. [[spoiler:He gets over it near the end of the movie after they kill Federico and Eduardo, they have SoGladToBeAliveSex in the shower.]]

* Crime of Self-Defense: [[spoiler:After Cassie kills Federico in self-defense Bryan is still worried they might get in trouble over it, since they're Americans in a foreign country.]]