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''Darlin''' is a 2019 {{horror}} film written and directed by Pollyanna [=McIntosh=], who also stars as the Woman. It is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Film/TheWoman'', but it is an original story based on a series by Creator/JackKetchum.

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''Darlin''' is a 2019 {{horror}} film written and directed by Pollyanna [=McIntosh=], Creator/PollyannaMcIntosh, who also stars as the Woman. It is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Film/TheWoman'', but it is an original story based on a series by Creator/JackKetchum.

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* EngineeredPublicConfession: Sister Jennifer managed to record the Bishop talking about how he is a pedophile and then plays it before the church.

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* EngineeredPublicConfession: Sister Jennifer managed [[spoiler:managed to record the Bishop talking about how he is a pedophile and then plays it before the church.]]


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After the Woman [[spoiler:runs the priest through with a flag pole, Mona and the rest of the homeless crew immediately hightail it.]]
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* ExposedToTheElements: The Woman and Darlin' can stand in the snow barefoot and in tattered rags without any trouble.

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* IAmAHumanitarian: The Woman and Darlin' eat human flesh several times.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When she was feral, she didn't think much of it, but after being civilized and finding religion, Darlin' is horrified that she ate Peggy [[spoiler:and her hiker boyfriend]] after they died.



* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:When it is discovered Darlin' is pregnant, Sister Jennifer accuses the Bishop of raping her, as she knows he's a pedophile and he had raped her when she was a child. The Bishop truthfully says he didn't rape her and given how far along she is, she was pregnant long before they met her.]]



* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Peggy and Socket had passed away in the years between ''The Woman'' and this film.
* TheVoiceless: Darlin' starts out this way before she relearns how to speak. The only word the Woman says is "Darlin'".
* WildChild: After living in the wilderness with the Woman for years, Darlin' has become just as feral as her. Eventually, she remembers how to speak.

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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Peggy and Socket had passed away in the years between ''The Woman'' and this film.
film. Socket's fate is ambiguous; Darlin' says she ran away after Peggy died, but given she is blind and completely animalistic, it is unlikely she survived.
* TheVoiceless: Darlin' starts out this way before she relearns how to speak. The only word the Woman says is "Darlin'".
"Darlin' ".
* WildChild: After living in the wilderness with the Woman for years, Darlin' has become just as feral as her. Eventually, she remembers how to speak.speak and becomes somewhat civilized.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: One of the students named her pet mouse Creator/JeniferLawrence.

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: One of the students named her pet mouse Creator/JeniferLawrence.Creator/JenniferLawrence.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: One of the students named her pet mouse Creator/JeniferLawrence.

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* BungledSuicide: At one point, Darlin' attempts suicide [[spoiler:or tries to force a miscarriage]] by drinking bleach. It doesn't work; she just becomes sick.



* EngineeredPublicConfession: Sister Jennifer managed to record the Bishop talking about how he is a pedophile and then plays it before the church.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:The Woman impales the Bishop with a flag.]]



* PedophillePriest: The Bishop preys on the students. He tries it on Darlin', but is turned off when [[spoiler:he sees she is pregnant.]]

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* PedophillePriest: MuggedForDisguise: The Woman kills a homeless man named Charlie and takes his jacket, then kills an officer and takes his gun and sunglasses.
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The Bishop preys on the students. He tries it on Darlin', but is turned off when [[spoiler:he sees she is pregnant.]]

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At the end of ''The Woman'', Darlin', Peggy, and Socket Cleek joined the unnamed, feral Woman in the wilderness. Years later, Peggy and Socket have passed away, while the now teenage Darlin' has reverted to a feral personality. One day, Darlin' is found by civilization and taken to a hospital, then a Catholic boarding school, where the staff and other students try to civilize her. While a Bishop attempts to exploit her progress for fame and fortune, the Woman cuts a path of destruction to retrieve her.

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At the end of ''The Woman'', Darlin', Peggy, and Socket Cleek joined the unnamed, feral Woman in the wilderness. Years later, Peggy and Socket have passed away, while the now teenage Darlin' has reverted to a feral personality. One day, Darlin' is found by civilization and taken to a hospital, then a Catholic boarding school, school called St. Philomena's, where the staff and other students try to civilize her. While a Bishop attempts to exploit her progress for fame and fortune, the Woman cuts a path of destruction to retrieve her.


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* AttemptedRape: A man tries to rape a homeless woman. The Woman pulls a gun she stole from an officer on him, then drags him away and eats him.
* DeathByChildbirth: Peggy had died this way, and her child was stillborn as well.


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* MadeOfIron: Darlin' shrugs off getting hit by a car.
* MistakenForGay: When the Woman starts asking around for Darlin', a homeless woman named Mona thinks she is hitting on her.
* PedophillePriest: The Bishop preys on the students. He tries it on Darlin', but is turned off when [[spoiler:he sees she is pregnant.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Darlin' had sex with a hiker and is pregnant. The Woman made her go to civilization so she could have the baby safely, and now the Woman wants the baby.]]


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* TheVoiceless: Darlin' starts out this way before she relearns how to speak. The only word the Woman says is "Darlin'".

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* LineOfSightName: By the time she is found, Darlin' has forgotten how to speak. The people name her Darlin' after her bracelet with her name on it.



* WildChild: After living in the wilderness with the Woman for years, Darlin' has become just as feral as her.

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* WildChild: After living in the wilderness with the Woman for years, Darlin' has become just as feral as her. Eventually, she remembers how to speak.
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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: The Woman enters the city and kills everyone in her path to rescue her adoptive daughter Darlin'.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Peggy and Socket had passed away in the years between ''The Woman'' and this film.
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''Darlin''' is a 2019 {{horror}} film written and directed by Pollyanna [=McIntosh=], who also stars as the Woman. It is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Film/TheWoman'', but it is an original story based on a series by Creator/JackKetchum.

At the end of ''The Woman'', Darlin', Peggy, and Socket Cleek joined the unnamed, feral Woman in the wilderness. Years later, Peggy and Socket have passed away, while the now teenage Darlin' has reverted to a feral personality. One day, Darlin' is found by civilization and taken to a hospital, then a Catholic boarding school, where the staff and other students try to civilize her. While a Bishop attempts to exploit her progress for fame and fortune, the Woman cuts a path of destruction to retrieve her.

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* WildChild: After living in the wilderness with the Woman for years, Darlin' has become just as feral as her.

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