A remake of 2022 Danish thriller in which a Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
This movie contains 57 potentially triggering events.
Ben is consistently ableist towards his daughter, who’s anxious and attached to a comfort stuffed animal (stating that they should be concerned that she’s still attached even though it helps calm her—and saying outright that he doesn’t care if she overhears this and is upset by it; shaming her for still sleeping with it at twelve years old).
Paddy regularly mocks and taunts Ant, is physically rough with him, and makes it clear that he’s willing to kill him towards the end of the film.
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(Not sure if the last bit qualifies as an abusive *parent* situation, given that Paddy is Ant’s kidnapper—but I figure it’s similar enough to upset people who are triggered by that sort of thing, especially before you know the twist.)
Ciara tells Ben and Louise that she was Paddy’s first victim at a young age and didn’t have a choice.
Given the way she and Paddy have been gaslighting and manipulating the other couple throughout the movie up until that point, I’d say that could be interpreted as another ploy, though. It’s really up to the viewer.
Paddy’s parents are stated to have been abusive, and Ciara tells Ben and Louise that she was his first victim at a young age and didn’t have a choice.
Given the way those two have been gaslighting and manipulating the other couple throughout the movie up until that point, I’d say those things could be interpreted as another ploy, though. It’s really up to the viewer.
Nothing comes to pass—but once one of the villains realizes their partner is dead, they heavily imply that they intend to groom the protagonists’ daughter to be their new partner.
No, but
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One of the protagonists sprays acid onto the antagonist, burning his face slightly but the antagonist recovers not long after being sprayed.
Yes. It is very brief.
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Towards the finale, the villain implies that after the loss of his partner, he will groom a very young girl into being his next partner and lover. The moment does not last very long and is quickly moved past.
No but early on in the movie, a character purposefully talks about 2 methods of wiping one's ass after pooping which visibly discomforts the people he talks to in order to make them leave in which he succeeds.
At one point, Paddy brings Ben along for a small trip. They look over a grass field and Paddy begins to scream, encouraging Ben to scream alongside him which he does.
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Later on in the movie during the cat-and-mouse game, there's more screaming involved of characters being terrorized.
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The abducted child screams when he kills his abuser.
Fuck, cunt are used as swear words.
At one point, someone pretends to give another character a blowjob underneath the table while the receiver makes horny expressions.
Ben is consistently ableist towards his daughter, who’s anxious and attached to a comfort stuffed animal (stating that they should be concerned that she’s still attached even though it helps calm her—and saying outright that he doesn’t care if she overhears this and is upset by it; shaming her for still sleeping with it at twelve years old).
Paddy regularly mocks and taunts Ant, who is mute.
No, but an ongoing theme is that the male protagonist doesn't feel adequate enough to his family: he lost his job.
He also compares himself to the other family man in the movie who looks more like a typical masculine father: muscular, active sex life, provider of the family, etc.
The protagonist mainly beats himself up about this but isn't ridiculed by others.
In the 2024 American remake, the good guys are victorious, but the ending has a profound sadness to it nonetheless because of the horrible losses a character has suffered.