The Cottage

The Cottage

Year: 2008

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: English

Director: Paul Andrew Williams

ComedyHorrorThrillerCrimeCrude humor and satire

In a remote countryside setting, a botched kidnapping spirals into a nightmarish ordeal for four central characters. Their desperate escape brings them face‑to‑face with a psychopathic farmer, whose ruthless cruelty turns the isolated farm into a violent, terrifying nightmare.

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1

Tracey kidnapped and brought to Barnarby Cottage

Two bickering brothers, David and Peter, kidnap Tracey, the stepdaughter of crime boss Arnie, with the help of Andrew. They retrieve her from the car boot and tie her to the bed frame at a secluded cottage.

Night Barnarby Cottage
2

Ransom delivery turns to suspicion

Andrew delivers the ransom, but the bag is filled with napkins instead of money. David and Peter quickly suspect that Arnie knew about Andrew's involvement, deepening their distrust.

Night Barnarby Cottage
3

David visits the village for a phone

David goes down to the village to use a telephone box after dropping his own phone in water. He meets sinister locals who warn him to lock his doors and not wander. He returns to Barnarby Cottage to find Tracey has incapacitated Andrew and abducted Peter.

Evening Village outskirts
4

Tracey and Peter arrive at the ominous farm

Tracey and Peter arrive at the farmer's house, an ominous-looking farm. They enter the house and realize they are far from help as they confront the terrifying surroundings.

The Farm
5

Tracey is stabbed and Peter is injured

In the kitchen, the Farmer stabs Tracey in the stomach. Peter incapacitates the Farmer with a shovel, but the Farmer recovers and maims Peter's foot. Tracey mocks him to hurry up, and the Farmer murders Tracey by shoving the shovel into her mouth.

Farmhouse kitchen
6

Peter is knocked out and hung in the shed

The Farmer knocks Peter unconscious and hangs him by his jacket on a meat hook in the shed. The brutal act underscores the danger they face and leaves David and Tracey's friends vulnerable.

Farm shed
7

Andrew and David reach the farm and find danger

Andrew and David reach the farm and discover Steven, Andrew's hairdresser, dying from a brutal disembowelment. They also stumble upon the corpse of Arnie's henchman with a slit throat in the forest nearby, signaling the Farmer's brutality.

Farm and surrounding woods
8

Shed full of severed heads

The men hurry outside and discover a shed full of severed heads, a grisly testament to the Farmer's reach. The sight confirms they are deep in the killer's territory and heightens the danger.

Farm grounds
9

David is pinned and Andrew is attacked

The Farmer pins David to the ground with a pickaxe through his leg. He viciously attacks Andrew before ripping out his spine, leaving the brothers in grave danger and separated from Tracey.

Farmyard
10

Peter regains consciousness and plans to fight back

Peter comes to, frees himself, and crawls to David. After years of squabbling, the brothers vow to fight on and drag themselves into the farmhouse to search for a phone and help.

Farmhouse
11

Farmer reappears with Andrew's severed head

The Farmer reappears and tosses Andrew's severed head and spine through the window. David tries to defend his brother but is impaled by the Farmer with a pickaxe, intensifying the peril.

Farmhouse window area
12

Peter fights back but is trapped in the cellar

Angered, Peter ties a rope around the Farmer's neck and begins to strangle him. The Farmer knocks Peter down the cellar stairs and closes the trap door, trapping him below.

Farmhouse cellar
13

Peter is attacked in the dark cellar

With a fading light, Peter descends into the cellar and finds the Farmer's wife and daughters waiting to ambush him. The lighter flickers out as they close in, and the scene cuts to black.

Farmhouse cellar
14

After credits: Arnie arrives at the farm

After the credits, Arnie and his right-hand men arrive at the farm. The Farmer suddenly rushes out toward them, and the screen cuts to black as danger remains.

After credits Farm

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