History Film / WeAreStillHere

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: While he's by no means sympathetic, [=McCabe=] just doesn't want the Darkness to wipe out the town. So he kills anyone who lives in its house [[spoiler:and anyone who dares to try and stop him.]]]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Maddie, one of the townsfolk, is stabbed in the neck by a ''cluster of knives''by Anne when she trys to attack her. Ouch.]]

* [[spoiler: The townspeople that join [=McCabe=] are all brutally killed by the Dagmars, but like McCabe, they have it coming for their hands in the sacrifices to the Darkness.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: McCabe meets a gruesome end at the hands of Lassander Dagmar, but considering he's been sacrificing innocent people to the Darkness for decades as well as murdering an innocent waitress and even his own wife in the process of trying to sacrifice Paul and Anne, it's safe to say he absolutely had it coming.]]
** [[spoiler: Maddie, the bartender, shows no real guilt for the waitress that McCabe ends up killing just for not knowing her. She then joins him and the townsfolk to sacrifice Paul and Anne, only for the latter to stab her in the neck with a handful of knives.]]
* [[spoiler: The townspeople that join McCabe are all brutally killed by the Dagmars, but like McCabe, they have it coming for their hands in the sacrifices to the Darkness.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How poor May ends up getting killed, via a shotgun blast at McCabe's hands.]]

* BigBad: The Darkness, an EldritchAbomination who lives under the house and demands sacrifices.

* DemonicPossession: When a seance is attempted a ghost takes violent control of the person trying to channel him.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:One of the townsfolk is stabbed in the neck by a ''cluster of knives.'' Ouch.]]

* [[AxCrazy Shotgun Crazy]]: [=McCabe=] will gun you down as soon as you open the door for no other reason than he doesn't recognize you.

* TheStarscream: Dagmar was the head of the first family to be sacrificed by the townsfolk to the Darkness and has acted as their executioner ever since. But he and his ghosts are far from loyal.
* TownWithADarkSecret: This town has an EldritchAbomination living under one of its houses, which demands that one family be sacrificed to it every 30 years.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he's by no means sympathetic, [=McCabe=] just doesn't want the Darkness to wipe out the town. So he kills anyone who lives in its house [[spoiler:and anyone who dares to try and stop him.]]

'''''We Are Still Here''''' is a 2015 {{Horror}} film

** Among Bobby's possessions is an issue of ''[[ComicBook/NickFury Sgt. Fury]] and His ComicBook/HowlingCommandos''.

** Larry Fessenden's character meets a fate identical to that of his character in ''Film/Session9''.

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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: It's never explained where the Darkness came from or why it demands sacrifices. It's just an EldritchAbomination that traps souls in an AndIMustScream state.

** Larry Fessenden's character meets a fate identical to that of his character in [[Film/Session9 Session 9.]]
** The fictional town of Aylesbury is a reference to the town mentioned by H.P. Lovecraft in [[Literature/TheDunwichHorror The Dunwich Horror.]] The Miskatonic River is also namedropped during the credits.

* ShoutOut: Among Bobby's possessions is an issue of ''[[ComicBook/NickFury Sgt. Fury]] and His ComicBook/HowlingCommandos''.

** The fictional town of Aylesbury is a reference to the town mentioned by H.P. Lovecraft in [[Literature/TheDunwichHorror The Dunwich Horror.]]

* AntiVillain: While the townspeople by no means come across as sympathetic, they're just trying to make sure that the Darkness doesn't destroy the town.

* BigBadWannabe: McCabe runs the conspiracy of townspeople who keep the Darkness appeased. He's even able to talk Dagmar down and get him to listen in the middle of a killing spree. [[spoiler:But then Dagmar just kills him as soon as his back is turned.]]

* [[AxCrazy Shotgun Crazy]]: McCabe will gun you down as soon as you open the door for no other reason than he doesn't recognize you.
* ShoutOut: Among the Bobby's possessions is an issue of ''[[ComicBook/NickFury Sgt. Fury]] and His ComicBook/HowlingCommandos''.

After their son is killed in a car crash, a grieving couple move to New York to recuperate. However, the house they move into also holds a family of vengeful spirits who awaken every 30 years to demand a sacrifice. And time is running out...

* BigBad: The Darkness, an EkdritchAbomination who lives under the house and demands sacrifices.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: These ones smell of smoke, have a burning touch and serve an EldritchAbonination who demands sacrifices.