Arthur: Malediction (2022) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The attackers were drug-addicted teenagers who used to role-play games based on popular films. Three years before the events, they staged a Batman vs. Superman game by jumping from buildings. When they discovered the Arthur films, they began re-enacting them at the house on weekends, consuming drugs until their fantasy games turned deadly and violent.

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Matassalai are villain characters from the Arthur animated film trilogy (the Minimoys films). In the movies, these are antagonists that the hero Arthur must confront. The real-life attackers dressed as Matassalai to recreate scenes from the films during their role-playing sessions.

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Ten years after watching the Arthur films as a child, the now 18-year-old Alex was disguising himself as Arthur to evade the authorities. The summary mentions he is 'masking his identity as Arthur to outrun the authorities,' suggesting he may have had legal troubles or was fleeing from police.

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Momo and Pilou were the first friends to find the film set house. When Alex and his group arrived, they discovered camping gear belonging to Momo and Pilou inside. Later, Momo was found hanging upside down from a tree (likely killed by the attackers), and Pilou was found dead inside the house.

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Mathilde died from a severe allergic reaction to bee stings. During the attack, she barricaded herself in a barn to escape the intruders, but the attacker above released a swarm of bees. Since Mathilde was allergic to bees, she died from the stings before help could arrive.

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The attackers were obsessed with role-playing games based on movies. After previously staging Batman vs. Superman scenarios, they discovered the Arthur trilogy and began reenacting those films at the house. They dressed as Matassalai and Maltazard (another villain from the Arthur films) to bring their fantasy role-play to life.

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A paranoid inhabitant of the house rescued them. This mysterious resident had been watching the situation and intervened by firing at the attackers, forcing them to retreat. He then ordered Alex never to return before the police arrived.

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The group discovered a hole near the house that looked like a gateway to the Minimoy kingdom from the Arthur films. They lowered Jean with a camera to investigate, but something pulled him downward. Alex quickly cut the rope to save him. In reality, it was just a deep hole with no magical connection to any fictional world.

Foreshadowing: Earlier scenes show the friends discussing their fantasy of living inside the Minimoy world, making the hole seem significant to their imagination.

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The locals in the quiet town were wary of outsiders and watched the group carefully. When they reached the house, an inhabitant with his dogs warned them away and fired a shot to scare them off. The locals were aware of the dangerous drug-addicted teenagers who used the house for their violent role-playing games.

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Samantha was kidnapped by the attackers during the siege. The intruders cut down the front porch swing she was sitting on, causing her to fall and be dragged into the basement. Alex and Jean pursued and eventually rescued her, but not before she was assaulted by a figure dressed as Maltazard.

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On the second day, the group's food vanished and Douglas bravely volunteered to go into town to buy more supplies. While fetching food, he was killed by the attackers. His body was later found with his arms ripped from a tree, showing the brutal nature of the assault.

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Renata was stabbed by a group of Minions (another character type from the Arthur films) during the attackers' siege. She managed to create a diversion to help Alex escape, but she was critically injured in the attack.

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