Homebodies

In the opening sequence, Mattie Spencer watches tenants being evicted as the skyscraper funded by Crawford rises nearby. Emily Wilkins fondly recalls her upbringing in the neighborhood, highlighting the community's attachment to the block. A construction worker falls to his death outside the building, setting a grim tone for what follows.

The Loomises learn their building will be demolished later that week. Miss Pollack delivers relocation notices while Sandy resists eviction and other tenants brace for upheaval. Gas and electricity are turned off, forcing residents to improvise by candlelight and makeshift fires.

A blast at the construction site kills three workers, and the foreman and crew quit in frustration. A regulator hints the accident may have been deliberate. Miss Pollack arrives with police; most tenants seem to leave, while Mattie and Emily have disappeared.

Emily ambushes Miss Pollack in the building and stabs her to death. Mattie escapes in Miss Pollack's car and disposes of the bloodied knife in a garbage truck. The two girls disappear, leaving the others to deal with the aftermath.

The Loomises, Blakely, and Sandy relocate to public retirement housing, then return to the building. Mattie reveals Miss Pollack's corpse to the group, solidifying their pattern of taking matters into their own hands. The discovery deepens the group’s resolve to control what happens next.

The group uses a wheelchair to move Miss Pollack's corpse and hurls it into a passing train. The bold act marks a calculated escalation in their method of handling opposition. The building becomes a staging ground for increasingly violent actions.

Mattie lures Crawford to the building where they incapacitate him. He offers to move the tenants to a nicer building, but they refuse. They haul him to the skyscraper site and bury him alive in wet cement, with Loomis severing the foot that sticks out as proof.

As demolition of nearby buildings begins, Mrs. Loomis grows uneasy and considers reporting the murder. Mattie strikes first by smashing her with an urn containing Emily's father's ashes, silencing one ally. She then murders Mr. Sandy to prevent him from turning on them.

Emily flees to the skyscraper, with Mattie in pursuit. A confrontation unfolds on a scaffold and is witnessed by a security guard who intervenes. Loomis and Blakely arrive to escort Mattie and Emily back to the building.

Mattie vows to keep killing anyone who tries to stop her. Loomis, Blakely, and Emily attempt to push her into a moving truck but she narrowly escapes. She then retreats to the park and a paddleboat chase ends with them seemingly drowning her in the lake.

As a wrecking ball devastates the apartment block, Emily, Blakely, and Loomis leave the site. In the alley they encounter another elderly couple facing demolition, illustrating the ongoing cycle of displacement. Moments later, a vengeful Mattie appears in the alley, having survived the earlier attempt on her life.