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No relation to ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' which was also released as ''Shut In''.

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No relation to ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' which was also released as ''Shut In''.
In'' or the 2022 film of the same name.

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* TroubledTeen: Stephen in the beginning. [[spoiler: He’s later shown to be ''far'' worse.]]
* WidowWoman: Mary.
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Stephen for Mary, very much so.]]

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%% * TroubledTeen: Stephen in the beginning. [[spoiler: He’s later shown to be ''far'' worse.]]
* WidowWoman: Mary.
%% * {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Stephen for Mary, very much so.]]
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* ObfuscatingDisability: [[Stephen wasn't really paralyzed in the car accident; he was faking being disabled so he could keep Mary isolated without her realizing it was him.]]

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* ObfuscatingDisability: [[Stephen [[spoiler:Stephen wasn't really paralyzed in the car accident; he was faking being disabled so he could keep Mary isolated without her realizing it was him.]]

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* OffToBoardingSchool: The reason why Stephen and his dad were in the car during the accident. Stephen was being taken to boarding school to deal with increasing behavioral issues.

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* ObfuscatingDisability: [[Stephen wasn't really paralyzed in the car accident; he was faking being disabled so he could keep Mary isolated without her realizing it was him.]]
* OffToBoardingSchool: The reason why Stephen and his dad were in the car during the accident. Stephen was being taken to boarding school by his father to deal with increasing behavioral issues.issues when they got into the accident that killed the dad and left Stephen [[spoiler:apparently]] wheelchair-bound.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Stephen’s biological mother is never mentioned, having disappeared/died when Stephen was young, and his dad died in the same car accident that [[spoiler: supposedly]] paralysed Stephen himself, leaving his stepmom Mary to raise him all by herself.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:What if your stepchild turned out to be insane?]]
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When a deaf young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone (or something) else in the house that wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…

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When a deaf young boy named Tom (Jacob Tremblay) (Creator/JacobTremblay) stays with them for a while before mysteriously vanishing, Mary has to survive an approaching winter storm while trying to find him. On top of that, strange events occur which seem to indicate that there is someone (or something) else in the house that wishes them harm, and Mary must fight to stay sane…
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* MissingMom: Tom’s mother died shortly before the events of the movie begin.
** It’s never mentioned what happened to Stephen’s biological mother, as Mary raised him from a young age.


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* TroubledTeen: Stephen in the beginning. [[spoiler: He’s later shown to be ''far'' worse.]]
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** [[spoiler:Implied with Stephen by the film’s climax, due to a combination of behavioral issues and his twisted crush on his stepmother.]]
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* DeathGlare: Stephen gives Mary a chilling one at the start of the film as he’s leaving for boarding school.


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* HappierHomeMovie: The film begins with Mary watching old videos of Stephen in happier times.


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* OffToBoardingSchool: The reason why Stephen and his dad were in the car during the accident. Stephen was being taken to boarding school to deal with increasing behavioral issues.
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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Creator/CharlieHeaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Creator/OliverPlatt).

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Creator/CharlieHeaton) in rural New England.Maine. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Creator/OliverPlatt).
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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Creator/Charlie Heaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Creator/OliverPlatt).

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Mary Portman (Watts) is a widowed child psychologist living alone with her paralyzed stepson Stephen (Creator/Charlie Heaton) (Creator/CharlieHeaton) in rural New England. She has to deal with the trauma of the car accident that killed her husband and paralyzed Stephen with the help of her psychologist friend Dr. Wilson (Creator/OliverPlatt).

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