2011 film
| The Woman |
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 Theatrical release poster |
| Directed by | Lucky McKee |
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| Written by | Jack Ketchum
Lucky McKee |
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| Produced by | Robert Tonino
Andrew van den Houten |
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| Starring | Pollyanna McIntosh
Angela Bettis
Sean Bridgers
Lauren Ashley Carter
Carlee Baker
Alexa Marcigliano
Zach Rand
Shyla Molhusen |
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| Cinematography | Alex Vendler |
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| Edited by | Zach Passero |
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| Music by | Sean Spillane |
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Production
company | Modernciné |
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| Distributed by | The Collective
Bloody Disgusting
Salient Media |
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Release date |
- January 23, 2011 (2011-01-23)
(US) |
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Running time | 101 minutes[1] |
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| Country | Template:Film US |
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| Language | English |
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The Woman is a 2011 American horror film directed by Lucky McKee. This movie is a sequel to the film Offspring. The film stars Pollyanna McIntosh, Angela Bettis, Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Carlee Baker, Alexa Marcigliano, and introducing Zach Rand and Shyla Molhusen.
Synopsis
The movie opens with the feral woman (Pollyanna McIntosh) circling what appears as her child. A wolf, apparently tamed by the feral woman, circles the infant as well but pays it no harm. Although it is not referenced in the film, the woman is the last remaining member of a cannibalistic tribe that has roamed the north-east coast for decades (as seen in the 2009 film Offspring).
The movie preceded to show Chris Cleek (Sean Bridgers) and his family at a local BBQ, referenced later in the movie. The family enjoys BBQ while the oldest daughter, Peggy (Lauren Ashley Carter) sits off to the sad clearly detached and upset. The only son, Brian Cleek (Zach Rand) watches as three or four violate and push a small girl into a corner. He stands up and appears to come towards her but instead shots a basketball. As they leave, the father Chris asked the son how was it, to which he replied, he shot 9 out of 10 baskets. There is no mention of the girl or anything else.
Later that night while out hunting, Chris Cleek happens upon the woman who is bathing. He watches and later returns to in efforts to capture her. He manages to trap the woman in a net and knocks her out. Chris restrains her in a cellar and directs his family to participate in "civilizing" her. The next day at school, with the woman in the cellar, the kids begin to show their true personalities. Brian is showed up by a girl while playing basketball, so he maliciously puts gum in her brush. She unsuspectedly brushes her hair, he offers aid, but hurts her as he brushes. He appears to enjoy watching her scream in pain. Peggy is withdrawn at school, detached, and often seen wearing very baggy clothes. Her teacher begins to think she is with child and approaches her. Peggy does her best to avoid the topic and returns home. Chris's first attempt to approach the woman results in her biting off and swallowing the end of his ring finger. She spits his wedding ring out into a pool of blood beneath her feet. Chris eldest daughter Peggy and his wife Belle (Angela Bettis) protest, and the youngest daughter Darlin' (Shyla Molhusen) attempts to befriend the imprisoned woman. Nonetheless, Chris' will prevails, and he orchestrates an increasingly violent series of civilizing measures. Later that night Peggy is sitting her bed very detached. Her father walks in and sits next her. She is clearly afraid of him, her mother happens to walk by and quietly watches in the shadows. As Chris begins to talk, he moves closer to Peggy. He tries to reassure her everything will work out because she is very smart and beautiful. Her mother closes in and walks into the room as he kisses Peggy on the forehead. They both leave into their room with Belle and Chris discussing mondane issues. Belle asks him if this is a good idea, considering the dogs (german shepherds encaged in the barn), and everything else. He doesn't respond, only slaps her across the face.
The next day Chris goes to work. He gives the appearance of a sharp, smart, charming man. His innocently flirts with clients and his secretary. Brain continues to maliciously attacks his classmates, and Peggy is seen crying on the soccer field by her teacher. Chris picks off the kids from school, with Peggy being very uncomfortable. Once at home, Chris baths the woman with boiling hot water. Belle watches on as he caresses the woman's breast. Belle appears to have snapped as she connects eye contact with the woman however, she aids Chris in his efforts. Later Chris decides to bath the woman with a power washer. Belle watches on in horror but Peggy cannot stand it anymore and rushes to her aid by turning off the power washer. Peggy is forced into the house while Belle and Chris move the woman back into the celler. In the celler, he dresses her with a gown Belle made for her. Later that night, Chris sneaks out of bed raping her and his son Brian secretly observes. As Chris enters the celler, he turns out the light and lits a candle instead. This is the same candle seen in his daughter Peggy's room. It's implied he may have raped his daughter too. The next day Brian comes home early from school and tortures the woman by using a pliers on her nipple.
When Peggy catches her brother assaulting the imprisoned woman, she tells her mother who reports the incident to Chris. Chris laughs off the attack as typical of "adolescent urges," upsetting the normally complacent Belle and driving her to announce her intention to leave Chris and take their two daughters, but not their "rapist" son. Chris knocks Belle unconscious just as Peggy's teacher Ms. Raton (Carlee Baker) rings the doorbell. Ms. Raton, suspicious about Peggy's recent depression and baggy clothes, tells Chris that she believes Peggy is pregnant. He becomes angry, stating that Ms. Raton has accused him of impregnating his daughter, and hits her. He and Brian tie her hands and drag her to the barn where he keeps the dogs. Peggy protests but Chris pushes her away and then subjects her to a vicious verbal assault.
In the barn, Chris and Brian lock Ms. Raton in the dog's cage where two German Shepherds taunt her. It's soon revealed that the cage also contains an eyeless girl named "Socket" (Alexa Marcigliano) who behaves like the two dogs (Chris references Socket obliquely earlier, repeating the word "anophthalmia" several times to Belle). Socket and the dogs kill and eat Ms. Raton as Chris and Brian look on smiling. He later instructs Brian to bring in the wood chipper, rake, and bags because the dogs can never eat it all.
Meanwhile, Peggy releases the imprisoned woman from the cellar. The woman bursts from her dungeon and attacks Belle (who has recently regained consciousness) gnawing off most of her face before tossing her lifeless body in the air. She then proceeds to the barn where she attacks Brian with a lawnmower blade, severing his torso, and then rips Chris's heart out of his chest and eats it. With her mother, father, and brother dead, a terrified Peggy attempts to escape with her little sister. The formerly imprisoned woman does not attack the girls. Instead, the woman offers her bloody finger to the youngest daughter, who licks it, and then to Peggy, who does not. The feral woman, Socket (acting as the woman's dog), and the young girl walk away from the house, apparently forming a new family. Peggy initially just watches them walk away, but then follows them towards the woods.
