Line #31 Film/LittleEvil


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3	-->''"Samantha is his dream. Lucas is his nightmare."''
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5	''Little Evil'' is a 2017 Creator/{{Netflix}} original HorrorComedy film directed by Creator/EliCraig.
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7	Gary (Creator/AdamScott) has just married Samantha (Creator/EvangelineLilly), the love of his life. There's just one problem. She has an... [[CreepyChild unusual]] son. As in, "has supernatural abilities and might be TheAntichrist" unusual. Now, he has to stop the coming apocalypse while maintaining his marriage, despite the fact that he ''might'' have to kill his stepson.
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9	!!This film contains examples of:
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11	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Deconstructed. Al is played by a cisgender woman, but is otherwise a typical man in every way. His gender is not questioned in-universe, he's addressed with he/him pronouns and male nouns and titles, and the ViewerGenderConfusion stems entirely from the casting choice. This was a deliberate choice made by Creator/EliCraig to support gender fluidity [[https://qz.com/1073659/netflixs-horror-comedy-little-evil-gender-identity-politics-bridget-everett ]].
12	* TheAntichrist: [[spoiler:Here, the Antichrist is supposed to be sacrificed to be a vessel for Satan to usher in the End himself. In the end, Lucas becomes an AntiAntiChrist.]]
13	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lampshaded by the [[spoiler:Satanic cultist who works in Child Protective Services, who says she's just a sweet, little old lady after exposing her true allegiance.]]
14	* BrickJoke: Gary ''is'' the Keymaster. [[spoiler:He literally has the keys to everywhere because he's in real estate]]
15	%% * CreepyChild: Take a guess.
16	* CreatorCameo: Creator/EliCraig appears as a guy with a clipboard at a soapbox derby.
17	* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Satan's goal to usher in the apocalypse involves possessing Lucas after he's killed.]]
18	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Reverend Gospel is knocked into the Hell portal he tried to force Lucas into.]]
19	* DragonInChief: [[spoiler:Reverend Gospel, leader of Satan's cult, acts as this due to his master being stuck in Hell.]]
20	* EasilyForgiven: Played for laughs when Lucas and Gary each apologize for [[spoiler:trying to kill one another.]]
21	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Satan, Reverend Gospel and his cult's ultimate goal is to bring about the apocalypse.]]
22	* EnfanteTerrible: Lucas, who does things like convince his science teacher to commit suicide, sets his birthday clown on fire and buries his stepdad alive. [[spoiler:He gets better.]]
23	* GreaterScopeVillain: The entire plot, down to Lucas's very existence, is a scheme by {{Satan}} to bring the End of Days.
24	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After some father-son bonding time, Lucas decides he doesn't want to kill Gary or destroy the world anymore.]]
25	* HollywoodSatanism: The cult is planning to bring about the apocalypse, as usual, [[spoiler:but their ultimate goal is to ''kill'' the Antichrist so that Satan can take full control of his body.]]
26	* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Samantha saving Gary from being BuriedAlive by Lucas, then cuts to a week earlier.
27	* HypocriticalHumor: Gozamel chastises Al for suggesting harming a goat during his plot to kill a child.
28	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Gary and Al's first response to learning that the Lucas is the Antichrist is to go to a bar.
29	* KarmaHoudini: A RunningGag in the film is that Lucas keeps getting comically minor punishments for heinous acts, such as suspension for driving his science teacher to suicide.
30	* KubrickStare: Lucas' signature expression.
31	* MamaBear: Antichrist or not, Sam will not let anyone hurt her child. [[spoiler:She's the one who decks Reverend Gospel in the end, sending him to hell.]]
32	* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Samantha takes this to ridiculous levels. Despite all glaring evidence to the contrary, she consistently refuses to believe there's anything evil about Lucas. Even when Lucas buries Gary alive, she puts the blame on Gary.
33	* ManOnFire: A clown accidentally sets himself aflame at Lucas's birthday party.
34	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gary after [[spoiler:giving Lucas weighted floaties that would cause him to drown. He almost immediately goes after him to save him.]]
35	* NeverMyFault: A variation of a parent covering for her child is played for laughs. Samantha almost never blames Lucas for his psychotic and murderous actions, and tries to shift the blame from him to Gary.
36	* OffingTheOffspring: Well, stepson in this case. [[spoiler:Gary nearly kills Lucas by giving him floaties filled with sand to drown him. He immediately has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone and saves him.]]
37	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: These are giant, flaming, skeletal monsters who are trapped in hell and can only escape via sacrificing half-demon children.
38	* PapaWolf: It takes some time but [[spoiler:Gary becomes this in the end, braving a Satanic cult and the Devil himself to save his stepson.]]
39	* ParentalAbandonment: Gary mentions his own dad abandoned him when he was a kid. [[spoiler:He shares with Lucas that after he tracked his dad down, his dad told him [[{{Jerkass}} he wouldn't amount to anything.]]]]
40	* RageBreakingPoint: After Lucas buries Gary, Gary demands to get a divorce and vents out his frustrations about Lucas just after Samantha frees him, even telling her that Lucas is [[spoiler: the Anti-Christ]] but she doesn't believe him and puts the blame on him.
41	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:After the portal to Hell is actually opened, the cultists flee in terror.]]
42	* ShoutOut:
43	** Lucas bears more then a passing resemblance to Damien from the ''Film/TheOmen'' films.
44	** Al gave Gary a WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker statuette for his wedding.
45	** Lucas is seen putting his hand on a static TV in a direct parody of ''Film/{{Poltergeist\|1982}}''.
46	** Gozamel bullshits a prophecy of "the Key Master," explicitly citing ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' as inspiration.
47	** Al cites ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' as a good thing related to cornfields.
48	* SinisterMinister: [[spoiler:The leader of the Satanic cult trying to bring Hell to Earth makes his money as a televangelist.]]
49	* TemptingFate: Gozamel tells Gary that he doesn't need to wear a seatbelt in his van since it's the end of the world. [[spoiler:When they get into a car accident, Gozamel dies after being thrown from the car, since he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.]]
50	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Gozamel the demon hunter]] who dies a few minutes after being introduced.
51	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The cultist who works in Protective Services isn't seen again after Gary knocks her out.]]
52	* WouldHitAGirl: Gary decks an elderly woman cultist while trying to [[spoiler:save Lucas. His fellow stepdads immediately make fun of this. When she gets back up, he decks her again with a piece of wood.]]
53	* YoureNotMyFather: A common problem Gary hears from his fellow stepdads is that the lack of respect they get from their step-kids.

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