Aaaaaaaah! (2015) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Smith performs this crude ritual as a final farewell to his past life. The act symbolizes his complete break from his previous identity and his readiness to embrace a new, more primal existence in the suburban world he and Keith are entering. It's a nihilistic gesture that sets the tone for the film's dark, anarchic atmosphere.

• smith
• estranged wife
• photograph
• ritual
• goodbye

Jupiter was once the dominant figure in the Ryan home, illustrated by the flashback where he serves a grotesque Sunday roast made from a human leg. His downfall comes when Barbara and Ryan begin flirting and form an alliance against him. This power shift results in Jupiter being beaten and demoted to the garden, where he eventually becomes a broken man lying beneath a tree, observed by his daughter Denise.

Foreshadowing: The flashback to Jupiter's former power foreshadows the fragile nature of dominance in the household.

• jupiter
• alpha
• power
• barbara
• ryan
• household

Ryan discovers a photograph on Keith's phone showing Keith's testicles resting on Ryan's head, a degrading image from the party. This humiliation and violation of his alpha status enrages Ryan, prompting him and Og to seek vengeance on the intruders.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Keith and Smith marked walls and defiled the room during the party, establishing their challenge to Ryan's authority.

• ryan
• keith
• photograph
• revenge
• alpha
• humiliation

After leaving the chaotic Ryan party, Smith, Keith, and Denise enter an empty house where Smith and Denise perform a crude wedding ritual. This ceremony represents Smith's attempt to claim belonging and establish his own family unit in a world where power is constantly contested. It's a symbolic assertion of dominance and partnership outside the existing household structure.

• smith
• denise
• wedding
• ritual
• power
• family

After appearing to accept the new order and watching a cartoon chicken on television, Jupiter suddenly stabs Barbara, Smith, and Denise in the night. This violent outburst represents the cyclical nature of power in the household, Jupiter's return to dominance through brutal violence suggests the endless reset of dominance hierarchies. He then sinks back into his chair to watch the animated chicken, completing the disturbing cycle.

Foreshadowing: Jupiter's fall from power and his broken state in the garden foreshadow his potential for a violent reclamation of control.

• jupiter
• violence
• ending
• cycle
• power
• stabbing

Barbara shows cool indifference to Smith's aggressive power displays throughout the film. When Smith tries to prove his alpha status by raging through the kitchen and attempts to have sex with her, she simply laughs. This suggests Barbara has become desensitized to male aggression and sees through the dominance rituals, or perhaps she's emotionally detached from the household's power struggles entirely.

• barbara
• smith
• unimpressed
• dominance
• alpha

The dinner at the Ryan home escalates into chaos as tensions within the fractured family come to a surface. The pudding fight represents the breakdown of any remaining decorum in the household, with Barbara ending up coated in blancmange. This eruption forces Denise to finally leave the toxic family environment, marking a turning point in her storyline.

Foreshadowing: Earlier scenes of tension between family members and Barbara's aggressive steak-tenderising technique foreshadow this explosive dinner.

• dinner
• pudding fight
• family
• chaos
• barabara

Denise is exhausted and disillusioned by the constant turmoil within the Ryan household, the power struggles, the violent outbursts, and the overall dysfunction. After the pudding fight leaves Barbara covered in blancmange and the family atmosphere becomes unbearable, Denise storms out. In the park, she meets her cousin Helen and seeks escape through vodka, shoplifting, and reckless behavior.

Foreshadowing: Denise's quiet moment with her father Jupiter in the garden, sharing Battenburg cake, highlights her yearning for genuine connection amidst family chaos.

• denise
• excitement
• family
• helen
• escape
• shoplifting

Og is stabbed by Keith during the revenge clash between Ryan's group and Smith/Keith. Smith then pursues Og, smashing his head into the ground repeatedly until he dies. This brutal killing demonstrates the extreme violence the characters are capable of when their positions of power are threatened.

Foreshadowing: Og's earlier subordinate status and brutal treatment by Ryan foreshadow his violent end.

• og
• death
• stabbing
• violence
• smith

The morning after the party, Ryan wakes to find his face smeared with graffiti. Jupiter laughs from the fence, a rare moment of dark satisfaction. This laughter represents Jupiter's only visible reaction to the chaos and his son's humiliation, suggesting he derives schadenfreude from witnessing the downfall of those who usurped his position.

• jupiter
• laugh
• fence
• ryan
• graffiti