Unwelcome
2022 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 5.8 · 64% critics
A couple leave a frightening life in the city for a fresh start in rural Ireland, only to find their new home comes with unsettling local rules and a lurking threat in the nearby woods. As tensions rise with hostile neighbors and strange folklore turns real, the expectant mother must decide how far she’ll go to keep her family safe.
Also known as The Little People
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2023-01-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (185 votes)
- Box office
- $392,846
About
If you enjoy oddball horror that swings between grim home-invasion tension and mischievous creature mayhem, this could be a fun ride; Not for you if you want straight, serious scares or tight logic like Joshua.
Pros: bonkers creature chaos; dark folk-horror vibe; some sharp laughs | Cons: uneven tone shifts; slow first half; characters can irritate
Themes
- country house
- forest
- murder
- inheritance
- ireland
- dog
- decapitated head
- stabbed in the back
- goblins
- pregnancy test
- pub
- pregnant
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Hannah John-Kamen
as Maya
Douglas Booth
as Jamie
Jamie Lee O'Donnell
as Aisling Whelan
Chris Walley
as Killian Whelan
Kristian Nairn
as Eoin Whelan
Colm Meaney
as Colm “Daddy” Whelan
Niamh Cusack
as Niamh
Lalor Roddy
as Rory
Finbar Lynch
as Father Brendan
Bradley Turner
as Hoodie Leader
Directed by Jon Wright