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M. Night Shyamalan had his heyday almost 20 years ago. He leapt out of the gate with such confidence he became a champion instantly. And then...something went awry. He became embarrassingly self-serious, his films drowning in pretension and strained allegories. His famous twists felt like a director attempting to re-create the triumph of " The Sixth Sense ," where the twist of the film was so successfully withheld from audiences that people went back to see the film again and again. But now, here comes " The Visit ," a film so purely entertaining that you almost forget how scary it is. With all its terror, "The Visit" is an extremely funny film.

There are too many horror cliches to even list ("gotcha" scares, dark basements, frightened children, mysterious sounds at night, no cellphone reception), but the main cliche is that it is a "found footage" film, a style already wrung dry. But Shyamalan injects adrenaline into it, as well as a frank admission that, yes, it is a cliche, and yes, it is absurd that one would keep filming in moments of such terror, but he uses the main strength of found footage: we are trapped by the perspective of the person holding the camera. Withhold visual information, lull the audience into safety, then turn the camera, and OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT?

"The Visit" starts quietly, with Mom ( Kathryn Hahn ) talking to the camera about running away from home when she was 19: her parents disapproved of her boyfriend. She had two kids with this man who recently left them all for someone new. Mom has a brave demeanor, and funny, too, referring to her kids as "brats" but with mama-bear affection. Her parents cut ties with her, but now they have reached out from their snowy isolated farm and want to know their grandchildren. Mom packs the two kids off on a train for a visit.

Shyamalan breaks up the found footage with still shots of snowy ranks of trees, blazing sunsets, sunrise falling on a stack of logs. There are gigantic blood-red chapter markers: "TUESDAY MORNING", etc. These choices launch us into the overblown operatic horror style while commenting on it at the same time. It ratchets up the dread.

Becca ( Olivia DeJonge ) and Tyler ( Ed Oxenbould ) want to make a film about their mother's lost childhood home, a place they know well from all of her stories. Becca has done her homework about film-making, and instructs her younger brother about "frames" and "mise-en-scène." Tyler, an appealing gregarious kid, keeps stealing the camera to film the inside of his mouth and his improvised raps. Becca sternly reminds him to focus.

The kids are happy to meet their grandparents. They are worried about the effect their grandparents' rejection had on their mother (similar to Cole's worry about his mother's unfinished business with her own parent in "The Sixth Sense"). Becca uses a fairy-tale word to explain what she wants their film to do — it will be an "elixir" to bring home to Mom.

Nana ( Deanna Dunagan ), at first glance, is a Grandma out of a storybook, with a grey bun, an apron, and muffins coming out of the oven every hour. Pop Pop ( Peter McRobbie ) is a taciturn farmer who reminds the kids constantly that he and Nana are "old."

But almost immediately, things get crazy. What is Pop Pop doing out in the barn all the time? Why does Nana ask Becca to clean the oven, insisting that she crawl all the way in ? What are those weird sounds at night from outside their bedroom door? They have a couple of Skype calls with Mom, and she reassures them their grandparents are "weird" but they're also old, and old people are sometimes cranky, sometimes paranoid.

As the weirdness intensifies, Becca and Tyler's film evolves from an origin-story documentary to a mystery-solving investigation. They sneak the camera into the barn, underneath the house, they place it on a cabinet in the living room overnight, hoping to get a glimpse of what happens downstairs after they go to bed. What they see is more than they (and we) bargained for.

Dunagan and McRobbie play their roles with a melodramatic relish, entering into the fairy-tale world of the film. And the kids are great, funny and distinct. Tyler informs his sister that he wants to stop swearing so much, and instead will say the names of female pop singers. The joke is one that never gets old. He falls, and screams, "Sarah McLachlan!" When terrified, he whispers to himself, " Katy Perry ... " Tyler, filming his sister, asks her why she never looks in the mirror. "Your sweater is on backwards." As he grills her, he zooms in on her, keeping her face off-center, blurry grey-trunked trees filling most of the screen. The blur is the mystery around them. Cinematographer Maryse Alberti creates the illusion that the film is being made by kids, but also avoids the nauseating hand-held stuff that dogs the found-footage style.

When the twist comes, and you knew it was coming because Shyamalan is the director, it legitimately shocks. Maybe not as much as "The Sixth Sense" twist, but it is damn close. (The audience I saw it with gasped and some people screamed in terror.) There are references to " Halloween ", "Psycho" (Nana in a rocking chair seen from behind), and, of course, " Paranormal Activity "; the kids have seen a lot of movies, understand the tropes and try to recreate them themselves.

"The Visit" represents Shyamalan cutting loose, lightening up, reveling in the improvisational behavior of the kids, their jokes, their bickering, their closeness. Horror is very close to comedy. Screams of terror often dissolve into hysterical laughter, and he uses that emotional dovetail, its tension and catharsis, in almost every scene. The film is ridiculous on so many levels, the story playing out like the most monstrous version of Hansel & Gretel imaginable, and in that context, "ridiculous" is the highest possible praise.

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The Visit Explained (Plot And Ending)

The Visit is a 2015 horror thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It follows two siblings who visit their estranged grandparents only to discover something is very wrong with them. As the children try to uncover the truth, they are increasingly terrorized by their grandparents’ bizarre behaviour. Here’s the plot and ending of The Visit explained; spoilers ahead.

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Here are links to the key aspects of the movie:

– The Story
– Plot Explained
– Ending Explained
– The Sense Of Dread
– Separation, Remorse, and Personal Fears
– Frequently Asked Questions Answered
– Wrap Up

What is the story of The Visit?

The Visit is about two kids visiting their grandparents for the first time. They are also going there to hope and rebuild a bridge between their mom and grandparents and help their mom heal after a painful divorce. The movie is in documentary form.

The Visit is one of the most unnerving and realistic horror stories. A good thing about classic horror movies is that, after the movie ends, you can switch it off and go to bed, knowing that you’re safe . Vampires, ghosts, and demonic powers don’t exist, and even if you are prone to these kinds of esoteric beliefs, there are safeguards. If your home is not built in an Indian burial ground and you haven’t bought any creepy-looking dolls from your local antiquary, you’re perfectly safe.

However, what about the idea of two kids spending five days with two escaped psychiatric ward patients in a remote farmhouse? Now, this is a thought that will send shivers down your spine. It’s a story that sounds not just realistic but real. It’s something that might have happened in the past or might happen in the future.

This is what The Visit is all about . This idea, coupled with documentary-form storytelling, is why the movie is so unnerving to watch.

The Visit: Plot Explained

Loretta’s past.

As a young girl, Loretta Jamison fell in love with her high school teacher and decided to skip her hometown with him. Before leaving, she had a heated altercation with her parents and hasn’t seen them since. At the movie’s start, she is a single mom of 15-year-old Becca and 14-year-old Tyler, and she hasn’t spoken to her parents in 15 years .

What really happened on the day Loretta left?

Loretta’s mom tries to stop her from leaving the house, and Loretta hits her mom, and her dad hits her. Soon after, her parents try to reach out to Loretta, but she refuses to take their calls, and years go by.

Meet The Grandparents

Years later, Loretta’s parents reach out to meet their grandchildren . The grandparents are, seemingly, wholly reformed and now even help at the local psychiatric hospital. Although initially not too fond of the idea, Loretta is persuaded by the insistence of her children. While she had no intention of visiting the parents, she permitted her children to pay their grandparents a five-day visit.

At The Grandparents’

Their first meeting with Nana and Pop Pop starts on the right foot. They start getting to know each other, and other than a simple generational gap, nothing seems too strange. The only thing that seems off is that they are warned not to leave the room after 9:30 in the evening .

The kids break this rule, and on the first night, they notice Nana acting erratically , projectile vomiting, scratching wallpaper with her bare hands, and running around the house on all fours. Grandpa appears paranoid and hides his adult diapers in the garden shed, and the situation escalates each day.

The Visit Ending Explained: What happens in the end?

The ending of Visit has the kids finally showing the elderly couple to Loretta. She, completely horrified, states that those are not her parents . The pair posing as Pop Pop and Nana are escaped psychiatric institution patients who murdered their grandparents and took their places.

The kids survive, kill their captors, and are found alive and well by their mom and the police. Becca kills Nana with a shard from the mirror, thus symbolically overcoming her fear of her reflection. Tyler kills Pop Pop by repeatedly slamming him in the head with a refrigerator door after overcoming his germaphobia and anxiety about freezing.

The Sense Of Dread

The elements of horror in this movie are just perfectly executed . First of all, the film is shot as a documentary. Becca is an aspiring filmmaker who records the entire trip with her camera. From time to time, we see an interview of all the characters, which just serves as the perfect vessel for characterization.

No Ghouls or Cults

Another thing that evokes dread is realism . There are no supernatural beings or demonic forces. It’s just two kids alone in a remote farmstead with two creepy, deranged people. Even in the end, when Loretta finds out what’s happening, it takes her hours to get there with the police. The scariest part is that it’s not that hard to imagine something along those lines really happening.

The house itself is dread-inducing . The place is old and rustic. Like in The Black Phone soundproofing a room could have prevented kids from hearing Nana rummaging around the house without a clear idea of what was happening, but this was not the case, as the old couple weren’t that capable.

The characters themselves are perfectly played . Something is unnerving about Pop Pop and Nana from the very first scene. It’s the Uncanny Valley scenario where you feel that something’s off and shakes you to the core, but you have no idea what it is.

Separation, Remorse, and Personal Fears

What this movie does the best is explore the ugly side of separation, old grudges, and remorse . The main reason why kids are insistent on visiting their grandparents is out of their desire to help their mom.

They see she’s remorseful for never working things out with her parents . In light of her failed marriage and the affair that caused it to end, she might live with the doubt that her parents were right all along. This makes her decision and altercation with her parents even worse. Reconciling when you know you were wrong is harder than forgiving the person who wronged you.

The Kids’ Perspective

There are personal fears and traumas of the kids . Tyler, in his childish naivete, is convinced that his father left because he was disappointed in him as a son. Tyler tells Becca that he froze during one game he played, which disappointed his dad so much that he had to leave. While this sounds ridiculous to any adult (and even Becca), it’s a matter of fact to Tyler. As a result of this trauma, Tyler also developed germaphobia. In Becca’s own words, this gives him a greater sense of control.

On the other hand, Becca refuses to look at herself in the mirror or stand in front of the camera if she can help it. Both kids had to overcome their fears to survive , which is a solid and clear metaphor for how these things sometimes turn out in real life.

Frequently Asked Questions Answered

The visit: what’s wrong with the grandparents who are the grandparents.

The people who hosted Becca and Tyler were runaway psychiatric hospital patients who murdered the real grandparents and took their place. Nana’s impostor (Claire) was actually responsible for murdering her children by drowning them in a well. Pop Pop’s impostor (Mitchell) wanted to give Claire a second chance at having kids / being a grandparent.

How did the imposter grandparents know about the kids’ visit?

It appears Claire and Mitchell hear the real Nana and Pop Pop brag about their grandkids’ visit. They also learned that neither the grandparents nor the kids had seen each other. The real grandparents appear to have been consulting in the same hospital Claire and Mitchell were being treated. The two crazies take this opportunity to break out, kill the real grandparents and go to the station to pick up the children.

The Visit: What is Sinmorfitellia?

Claire and Mitchell believe that Sinmorfitellia is an alien planet, and the creatures from there lurk on Earth. They spit into the waters of wells and ponds all day, which can put people into a deep sleep. They take sleeping with the fishes quite literally. Long ago, Claire drowned her children believing they would go to Sinmorfitellia.

The Visit: What happened to the real grandparents?

Claire and Mitchel killed Nana and Pop Pop and put them in the basement. This information went unnoticed because Becca’s laptop’s camera was damaged by Nana, so Loretta could not confirm the imposters. Claire and Mitchel were not present every time someone came to visit, so no one suspected foul play except Stacey, who received help from the real grandparents. As a result, she is killed.

What did Claire and Mitchel intend to do?

They plan to go to Sinmorfitellia with Becca and Tyler. They all plan to die on that last night and enter the well, which they believe is their path to the alien planet where they can be happy together. This is perhaps why the grandparents hang Stacey outside the house because they don’t care about being caught.

The Visit: What’s wrong with Nana?

We don’t know what caused Nana’s mental illness, but she was crazy enough to kill her two children by putting them in suitcases and drowning them in a pond. It appears she suffers from schizophrenia as she has delusions.

The Visit: Wrap Up

From the standpoint of horror, The Visit has it all. An unnerving realistic scenario, real-life trauma, and an atmosphere of fear. Combine this with some of the best acting work in the genre and a documentary-style movie, and you’ve got yourself a real masterpiece.

On the downside, the movie leaves you with a lot of open questions like:

Considering the kids have never seen the grandparents and are going alone, Loretta didn’t ensure her kids knew what her parents looked like?
How are Claire and Mitchell out and about so close to the hospital without being caught?
Considering they are mentally ill, how did Claire and Mitchell plot such a thorough plan? (e.g. strategically damaging the camera of the laptop)
I understand Suspension Of Disbelief in horror films, but neither kids drop their cameras despite the terror they go through only so we, the audience, can get the entire narrative?

What were your thoughts on the plot and ending of the movie The Visit? Drop your comments below!

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The Ending Of The Visit Explained

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M. Night Shyamalan is notorious for using dramatic twists towards the endings of his films, some of which are pulled off perfectly and add an extra layer of depth to a sprawling story (hello, Split ). Some of the director's other offerings simply keep the audience on their toes rather than having any extra subtext or hidden meaning. Shyamalan's 2015 found-footage horror-comedy The Visit , which he wrote and directed, definitely fits in the latter category, aiming for style over substance.

The Visit follows 15-year-old Becca Jamison (Olivia DeJonge) and her 13-year-old brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) when they spend the week with their mother's estranged parents, who live in another town. Loretta (played by WandaVision 's Kathryn Hahn ) never explained to her children why she separated herself away from her parents, but clearly hopes the weekend could help bring the family back together.

Although The Visit occasionally toys with themes of abandonment and fear of the unknown, it wasn't particularly well-received by critics on its initial release, as many struggled with its bizarre comedic tone in the found-footage style. So, after Tyler and his camera record a number of disturbing occurrences like Nana (Deanna Dunagan) projectile-vomiting in the middle of the night and discovering "Pop Pop"'s (Peter McRobbie) mountain of used diapers, it soon becomes clear that something isn't right with the grandparents.

Here's the ending of The Visit explained.

The Visit's twist plays on expectations

Because Shyamalan sets up the idea of the separation between Loretta and her parents very early on — and doesn't show their faces before Becca and Tyler meet them — the film automatically creates a false sense of security. Even more so since the found-footage style restricts the use of typical exposition methods like flashbacks or other scenes which would indicate that Nana and Pop Pop aren't who they say they are. Audiences have no reason to expect that they're actually two escapees from a local psychiatric facility.

The pieces all come together once Becca discovers her real grandparents' corpses in the basement, along with some uniforms from the psychiatric hospital. It confirms "Nana" and "Pop-Pop" escaped from the institution and murdered the Jamisons because they were a similar age, making it easy to hide their whereabouts from the authorities. And they would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling kids.)

However, after a video call from Loretta reveals that the pair aren't her parents, the children are forced to keep up appearances — but the unhinged duo start to taunt the siblings. Tyler in particular is forced to face his fear of germs as "Pop Pop" wipes dirty diapers in his face. The germophobia is something Shyamalan threads through Tyler's character throughout The Visit, and the encounter with "Pop Pop" is a basic attempt of showing he's gone through some kind of trial-by-fire to get over his fears.

But the Jamison kids don't take things lying down: They fight back in vicious fashion — a subversion of yet another expectation that young teens might would wait for adults or law enforcement officers to arrive before doing away with their tormentors.

Its real message is about reconciliation

By the time Becca stabs "Nana" to death and Tyler has repeatedly slammed "Pop-Pop"'s head with the refrigerator door, their mother and the police do arrive to pick up the pieces. In a last-ditch attempt at adding an emotional undertone, Shyamalan reveals Loretta left home after a huge argument with her parents. She hit her mother, and her father hit her in return. But Loretta explains that reconciliation was always on the table if she had stopped being so stubborn and just reached out. One could take a domino-effect perspective and even say that Loretta's stubbornness about not reconnecting and her sustained distance from her parents put them in exactly the vulnerable position they needed to be for "Nana" and "Pop-Pop" to murder them.

Loretta's confession actually mirrors something "Pop-Pop" told Tyler (before his run-in with the refrigerator door): that he and "Nana" wanted to spend one week as a normal family before dying. They should've thought about that before murdering a pair of innocent grandparents, but here we are.

So, is The Visit trying to say that if we don't keep our families together, they'll be replaced by imposters and terrify our children? Well, probably not. The Visit tries to deliver a message about breaking away from old habits, working through your fears, and stop being so stubborn over arguments that don't have any consequences in the long-run. Whether it actually sticks the landing on all of those points is still up for debate.

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What if the gingerbread house witch in the story of Hansel and Gretel was the kids' actual grandmother? That concept looks like part of the inspiration for The Visit , the new film from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan . In the film, two siblings are sent off to visit their grandparents, and while the strictly-enforced 9:30pm bedtime seems weird right off the bat, the kids soon find that something is very definitely not right. There are late-night noises, strange behavior, and eventually some much weirder goings-on.

Check out The Visit trailer below. There's even the beginning of a "kid in the oven" scene here, just to tie up the connection with the old Brothers Grimm tale.

My first question after watching this trailer is: "so, is The Visit found-footage, or not?" We know the movie teams Shyamalan with Jason Blum, known for found-footage horror, and this trailer definitely has some found-footage hallmarks. But at other times it appears to be shot like a traditional film.

Also, while there could well be a twist of some kind towards the end of this film, the trailer makes The Visit look like a straight-up thriller – there's really no disguising how weird this situation is. So that could be different.

Trailer via Universal. The Visit opens in September.

Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge and Insidious series) welcome you to Universal Pictures' The Visit. Shyamalan returns to his roots with the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day.

Shyamalan produces The Visit through his Blinding Edge Pictures, while Blum produces through his Blumhouse Productions alongside Marc Bienstock (Quarantine 2: Terminal). Steven Schneider (Insidious) and Ashwin Rajan (Devil) executive produce the thriller.

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The main characters are teens (13 and 15) who try their best to survive a bad situation; they're brave, but their situation isn't one anyone would emulate. The adults in the story aren't particularly admirable.

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Dead bodies, one hanged. Elderly man killed in a shocking way. Some blood. Spooky images, spooky dialogue, and jump scares. Stabbing with a mirror shard. Teens in jeopardy. Vomiting and poop. A man briefly assaults another man. Rifle briefly shown.

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Parents need to know that The Visit is a found-footage horror movie from director M. Night Shyamalan . There are plenty of spooky images, sounds, and dialogue, as well as jump scares and a small amount of blood and gore. Viewers see dead bodies (including one killed in a rather shocking way), and two teens, 13 and 15, are frequently in peril. The 13-year-old boy fancies himself a ladykiller, which leads to some minor innuendo, and the "Nana" character's naked bottom is shown a couple of times. Language includes a use of "f--k," plus "s--t," "bitch," and more, most frequently spoken by the 13-year-old. Adult characters infrequently smoke cigarettes, and there's a very brief, mimed reference to smoking pot. Shyamalan is a filmmaker whom horror hounds love to hate, but this movie could be a comeback that fans will want to see. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the Story?

Thirteen-year-old Tyler ( Ed Oxenbould ) and 15-year-old Becca (Olivia DeJonge) agree to spend a week with their grandparents while encouraging their mom ( Kathryn Hahn ) to take a vacation with her boyfriend. The kids have never met their grandparents, "Nana" (Deanna Dunagan) and "Pop Pop" (Peter McRobbie), at least partly because when their mother left home 15 years earlier, something terrible apparently happened. At first things seem fine, but then Nana and Pop Pop start behaving strangely. Even if it can all be explained -- Nana gets "sundown" syndrome, and Pop Pop requires adult diapers -- it doesn't quite ease the feeling that something's wrong. Meanwhile, Becca documents their visit on video, hoping to capture something that explains it all.

Is It Any Good?

After several perplexing misfires, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has scaled back, gone for a lower budget and a lighter tone, and emerged with his most effective movie in over a decade. THE VISIT begins interestingly; the potentially creepy moments can be easily explained away and even laughed off, but the director still manages to create a subtle, creeping dread that steadily builds toward the climax.

Shyamalan uses the found-footage concept with more creativity than most other filmmakers, displaying his usual intriguing grasp of three-dimensional space, as well as empty space. The characters themselves are even aware of certain cinematic theories that could make their "documentary" more interesting. They're refreshingly intelligent and self-aware, and they never blunder stupidly into any situation. If the movie has a drawback, it's that fans will be looking hard for clues to one of Shyamalan's big "twists." As to what it is, or whether there is one, we're not saying.

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Families can talk about The Visit 's violence . How much is shown, and how much is suggested? How did it affect you? What's the impact of media violence on kids?

Tyler considers himself a "ladykiller." Is his dialogue inappropriate for someone his age?

Tyler likes to rap and posts videos of himself. Is he expressing himself, or is he merely seeking fame? What's appealing about fame? Is it OK for kids to start their own online channels?

Movie Details

In theaters : September 11, 2015
On DVD or streaming : January 5, 2016
Cast : Kathryn Hahn , Ed Oxenbould , Olivia DeJonge
Director : M. Night Shyamalan
Inclusion Information : Female actors
Studio : Universal Pictures
Genre : Horror
Run time : 94 minutes
MPAA rating : PG-13
MPAA explanation : disturbing thematic material including terror, violence and some nudity, and for brief language
Last updated : June 26, 2024

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The Visit is a return to form for Shyamalan.

While Shyamalan doesn’t reinvent the wheel with “The Visit”, he does show the creative flourishes that made him a respected name and overnight success in the horror-thriller genre.

It’s all a very transparent metaphor for family reconciliation and what happens when your old wounds don’t heal.

This would be a perfect movie to kind of study because it's written really, really well and the scripting and dialogue and just the overall story structure is perfect.

M. Night Shyamalan needed people to be on his side. Thankfully, with The Visit, a found footage horror movie with more than its share of humor, he finally got me back on his side.

Shyamalan's made a lot of terrible films in a career singularly set with The Sixth Sense, but makes a decent rebound here.

The Visit is one freaky found footage frightfest.

The fear of 'The visit' is something very real, it is fear of abandonment, of not being loved. A fear far superior, by its authenticity, to any created fiction. [Full Review in Spanish]

We all know that comedy and horror are close to each other, so much so that screams can quickly transform into laughter. Shyamalan remembers this...

Shyamalan recaptures some of his earlier essence with lots of mystery, subtle creeps and moments where you'll question what exactly it is you're seeing.

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Genre : Horror, Thriller
Release Date : September 11, 2015
Languages : English
Captions : English
Audio Format : 5.1

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The Visit (2015) Parent Guide

Unfortunately, this film struggles to deliver the fear factor that has been seen in other productions write and/or directed by m. night shyamalan..

For two teenaged children (Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould), a visit to Grandma’s house turns out to be more dangerous than it did for Little Red Riding Hood, when it becomes apparent that the elderly woman and her husband (Deanna Dunagan and Peter McRobbie) are not the sweet little old couple they first appear to be.

Release date September 11, 2015

Run Time: 94 minutes

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It’s been a few years since M. Night Shyamalan has attempted to spook audiences. With The Visit the director takes some pages from the classic children’s story Hansel and Gretel and adds a dash of Little Red Riding Hood to create a film that places two kids into grandma and grandpa’s strange abode.

Teenage Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and her younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) are frequently assuring their mother (Kathryn Hahn) that all will be fine if she takes some time away from them to go on a cruise with her boyfriend. Mom is still nervous about the arrangement of leaving her children with her parents, from whom she’s been estranged for the past fifteen years. At the same time Becca, who, like her brother, has never met her grandparents, is anxious to have an adventure and try out her hand at filming the experience as a documentary.

The kids are advised to go to bed at 9:30 and stay in their room. But when peculiar noises begin to keep them up at night they venture out to see what’s happening. Peering down the steps Becca is startled to see her grandmother rapidly pacing back and forth and then suddenly vomiting. Another night Tyler cracks open the bedroom door and finds a naked Nana (of which we share a rear view) scraping at the wall. Grandpa also has issues. His frequent visits to an old shed trigger Tyler’s curiosity and end up sending the boy’s germ phobia into overdrive.

When questioned individually Pop Pop explains his wife is struggling with symptoms of dementia and that the kids should not be alarmed. In similar manner, Nana talks to them about Pop Pop’s incontinence issues and how he is embarrassed by the problem. The discussions help Becca to settle into the week, however Tyler is still agitated by their behavior, which seems to become more extreme with each passing day.

The casting of these young protagonists may imply this film is suitable for similar aged audiences. Parents will want to be cautious with this assumption. These kids will find themselves in a serious situation that, while not often explicitly violent, may be bothersome for many—especially for young viewers with family members experiencing mental illness. A couple of scenes of abuse and images of dead corpses are brief but disturbing, as is a scene where a germ-sensitivity is exasperated by having the sufferer’s face maliciously covered in fecal matter. There are also some profanities and brief sexual banter.

Unfortunately this film also struggles to deliver the fear factor hoped for by the writer of the amazingly suspenseful The Sixth Sense . Instead, the bulk of this screenplay meanders at a slow pace until we reach the final concluding moments. Looking back we recognize the scare is dependent on audiences buying into many assumptions and coincidences that don’t hold up well during after-movie discussions.

The production does deliver some jump moments and even tries to convey a moral message as a take away from Grandma’s house. But with the script moving across the line that separates scaring children versus abusing them, The Visit becomes a destination you will likely want to pass by.

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Why is The Visit (2015) rated PG-13? The Visit (2015) is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for disturbing thematic material including terror, violence and some nudity, and for brief language.

Violence: A man knocks over and hits another man whom he suspects is spying on him. One character smears feces on another. Elderly characters behave strangely, including forgetting dates, becoming paranoid, laughing hysterically, running around naked, crawling on the floor, pacing aimlessly and making peculiar requests (such as asking a child to get in the oven). A man is seen with a gun in his mouth. Characters are threatened with a butcher knife. Corpses are shown and a body is seen hanging from a tree. Characters are in peril, which results in a fight for their lives—bloody injuries are shown. Deaths are implied. A domestic fight is discussed.

Sexual Content: A romance between a high school student and a teacher is discussed. A teen boy makes sexual comments, as well as using sexual slurs and slang terms in the lyrics of his rap music. Teens briefly banter about sexual topics. An unmarried couple goes on vacation together. An elderly couple kisses and hugs affectionately. A shirtless thirteen-year-old boy films himself and makes comments about being sexually alluring. An adult male participates in hairy chest competition. A woman is seen in a bikini. An elderly woman is seen with her bare buttocks exposed, and later completely naked (shown from the back) – to which a teenaged boy expresses repulsion. Incontinence is discussed and dirty adult diapers are shown. A character vomits.

Language: A sexual expletive is uttered and a sexual finger gesture is shown. Mild and moderate profanities, scatological slang, and terms of deity are used. Some vulgar sexual comments and slang terms are heard. Mild name-calling occurs. A child uses names of celebrities as a substitute for swearwords.

Alcohol / Drug Use: Characters smoke cigarettes.

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The Visit (2015) Parents' Guide

What things about this script make the story appear credible? What things seem implausible? How do these elements make the movie feel either more or less believable?

Both Nana and Pop Pop are behaving strangely. Each takes time to explain to their grandchildren what the other is suffering from. The conditions mentioned are actually real, and are often forms or symptoms of dementia . Learn more about sundowning and incontinence .

How have past disappointments affected the relationships of this family? How have they impacted the individuals? Which of the characters hope that a reunion will repair some of the damage. What lessons might they learn from their past problems? How easy do you think it is to heal from this kind of trauma?

The most recent home video release of The Visit (2015) movie is January 5, 2016. Here are some details…

Home Video Notes: The Visit Release Date: 5 January 2016 The Visit releases to home video (Blu-ray or DVD) with the following extras: - The Making of The Visit - Becca’s Photos

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MONDAY MORNING

We meet Tyler, Becca’s brother, while they drive to Philadelphia's 30th street station. He is 13 and talks like a wannabe rapper, complaining that he’s got three girls on deck and is upset he won’t be able to text all week. Their mom hugs goodbye at Grand Central, and they board a train. On board, Tyler shows off his free-styling skills by rapping for the camera. Becca mentions that she agreed to the trip because their mom hasn’t been able to connect with her new boyfriend, and a five-day cruise might help them get closer.

NANA & POP-POP are waiting at the train station with a sign, "Becca & Tyler." As they get off the train, they see the sign and go straight up to them. The grandparents seem friendly enough and take them back to their large house. Tyler does a freestyle rap using Nana’s suggestion of “pineapple upside down cake.” Becca discusses her documentary and her love of making movies.

Tyler and Becca get settled into their room upstairs, which used to be their mother’s. They play rock, paper, scissors to see who gets the bed and who gets the sofa… and Becca gets the bed. She tells Tyler about the old time song she’s going to play over some of the footage when there’s a happy conclusion to the week. She gives Tyler a second camera so he can film additional footage.

Tyler films Pop-Pop mysteriously working in the shed. He calls out to him and Pop-Pop sees him but doesn’t respond.

Tyler coerces Becca to play Hide and Seek underneath the house. They crawl around and then suddenly Nana is down on all fours behind Tyler. She races after him and then Becca, each scurrying to get away from her as she seems demented and “off,” repeating “I’m going to get you” as she scurries after the kids. They escape from underneath the house, and Nana laughs, her hands sullied, seemingly aware of the game and simply trying to participate. She walks away, revealing the roughhousing has caused her dress to ride upwards, exposing her bare butt.

A man comes to the door and asks to talk to their grandparents. They tell him they’re not there. He says he knows them from Meadow Shade, the hospital they volunteer at a few days a week, and he has some gossip to tell them about the latest drama going on down there.

Tyler decides he’s going to investigate what’s in the shed. He sneaks inside and says it smells like ass. He finds in the corner a pile. He gets closer to see what it is and discovers it’s used adult diapers. He runs out screaming. Inside, Nana explains to him that Pop-Pop is incontinent, and a lot of adults have to wear diapers. He hides them in the shed because he’s ashamed. She then continues giving Becca tips on how to make cookies.

That night, Pop-Pop comes into their room and tells them that there is mold in the basement, and they should not go down there. He also tells them that everyone follows the same schedule, so lights have to be out at 9:30. They agree but are annoyed, especially since there is no WiFi, and they can’t use any electronics. Tyler decides to start using pop star’s names instead of misogynistic terms in his raps and says if he stubs his toe, it sounds cooler to shout out “Shakira!” than a cuss word (This is a motif that is carried out throughout the movie with him shouting out “Sarah McLachlan” and “Katy Perry” in times of annoyance or danger). The two can’t sleep, and it’s now 10:23 PM. Becca says she’s going to sneak out to get one of Nana’s cookies. She opens the door and sees Nana walking in the dark, projectile vomiting. She quickly shuts the door.

TUESDAY MORNING

The next morning, Pop-Pop and Nana are outside with breakfast on the table. Nana apologizes because she’s got hot oil all over Becca’s computer but really only the webcam. Becca says she will probably be able to scrub it off with enough effort. The kids later ask Pop-Pop if Nana is sick. They are told Nana experiences something called sundowning, which is a form of dementia that happens when the sun sets. It’s the equivalent of talking in one’s sleep and not to be concerned, but it’s best for them to stay in their room. He says Nana is convinced there are bad things inside her, so she throws up to get rid of them. As he’s explaining this, he’s putting on a tuxedo. They ask him if he’s going somewhere, and he tells them there’s a costume ball at the train station he’s late to. He then realizes that he’s confused and takes the tuxedo off.

Pop-Pop takes Becca and Tyler through the town. They play a game where they make up stories about people who live in the buildings – including the closed police station. When they try to make up a story about a tall building, Pop-Pop tells them it’s Meadow Shade where they volunteer, and he’ll show it to them when he gets his Meadow Shade badge from home. They go to the park to play, but Pop-Pop tells them they have to leave because they’re being followed. The kids see a man across the street using his cell phone, not paying attention to the three of them. Pop-Pop runs over and begins to accost the man, yelling at him. Becca and Tyler convince him to leave the man alone, and Pop-Pop apologizes to them.

Back home, Becca is in the kitchen with Nana. She asks her if she can interview her, but Nana does not want to be on camera. Instead, she asks for Becca’s help cleaning the oven. Becca cleans with just her arm, but Nana tells her to lean into it. Nana then convinces her to get completely inside. While she’s fully submerged in the oven, Nana bounces up and down excitedly. Becca reappears, and Nana tells her she is ready to be in her movie.

Becca interviews Nana by asking her warm-up questions. When she asks Nana what happened 15 years ago to cause her not to speak to her daughter, Nana starts going berserk, shaking violently, and screams that she no longer wants to be in Becca’s movie.

Outside, Tyler interviews Becca asking what animal she’d want to be (“a dolphin”), then why she likes the pizza guy despite him having bad acne (“he has kind eyes.”) Then he asks her why she can’t look at herself in the mirror, pointing out when she brushes her hair, she does it with her back to the mirror. And when she brushes her teeth, she looks down. She hints that it’s because their dad abandoned the three of them years ago, and she has felt rejected. Tyler defends his dad, saying there was a time when he was eight when he was playing peewee football. His team was up by three, and it was the fourth quarter and they were set to win as long as nobody scored in the final minutes. A big kid came running towards him but instead of blocking him, he just froze. Everyone started screaming at him but he was completely frozen, immobile, which is what happens when he’s afraid. But his dad never judged him for it. But he sometimes blames that for being why his dad went away.

In the editing software, she’s piecing together on her computer, Becca films herself in front of an obstructed slideshow of pictures of her brother, her, and their father. She says that while she’s trying to tell the story of her mom’s parents, she will not be including anybody from the past that she doesn’t consider worthy of acknowledgment.

That night, at 10:47 PM, they hear a scary sound coming outside their locked door. The two want to film what’s on the other side, so Tyler tells Becca to open the door. She refuses. He then says if she holds the camera, he’ll open the door. He does, and they reveal a naked Nana clawing at the door opposite them, scratching like a frantic dog. He shuts the door and declares that he’s now partially blind.

WEDNESDAY MORNING

The next morning, Becca interviews Pop-Pop, and he tells her how he used to have a great job, but he used to see a white figure with yellow eyes at his job. Nobody else could see it, but he was insistent it was there. So he was eventually fired. He warns Becca that she, too, will see the white figure with yellow eyes one day. She tells him he seems sad.

Tyler tries to convince Becca to set the camera up in the living room so it can film what happens at night. She says she can’t film their grandparents unless one of them is there otherwise it’s unethical. She explains they’re both experiencing signs of early on-set schizophrenia.

A neighbor named Stacey comes over, telling them their grandparents volunteered at the hospital when she was in rehab, and she baked treats to thank them.

The kids get an Ethernet cord and now talk to their mom on Skype. Tyler tells her Nana is acting weird. The mom tells them they’re old, and that’s just how old people act. Becca defends them and says they are weird but nice. Tyler and Becca both agree that this is a “1” on the scale of problems. Their mom comments how she wishes she could see them (but can’t because their webcam is blocked from Nana’s mishap in the kitchen). Their mom leaves to watch her boyfriend in a Hairy Chest contest on the cruise ship.

That night, at 10:16 PM, they hear a horrible commotion outside the door. They want to know what Nana is doing this time but are too scared to look. Becca decides just to open the door and film for a short while, for the documentary’s sake. When she opens the door, they see Nana running past, with both arms behind her back, rushing past them, in both directions. Just as she’s about to crawl towards the camera, they shut and lock the door.

THURSDAY MORNING

The next morning, the four of them go out into the woods. Becca says she doesn’t want to leave without getting an “elixir” for Mom. While the grandparents are ahead on the trail, Tyler begins to mimic Nana’s running with her arms behind the back… only to get caught by Nana, who tells them they’re going to miss the family of foxes. They turn the corner and see Nana staring into a well. They ask her what she’s looking at, but Pop-Pop tells them it’s nothing.

Tyler and Becca return to the well later to try to figure out what is hidden inside. But all they pull up is water.

Becca goes in the shed and finds Pop-Pop with a rifle in his mouth. He declares he’s just cleaning it and then mimics cleaning it.

Later that evening, Becca is in the living room and hears Nana laughing hysterically. She decides to show what kind of television show makes her Nana laugh, hoping it’s the same one her mom loves. But she finds Nana rocking in a chair, facing the wall. She asks Nana what she’s laughing about and is told the naughty spirits are inside her, and she laughs to keep them at bay. She then tells her a story about how there are people in the water that were stolen by people from another planet. These people will later be collected and sent back to this planet but for now, they’re at the bottom of water. Becca tries to interview her again, but she goes crazy when she is asked about the night that caused them to become estranged. When Becca presents it as a story about a girl who fell in love with an older man, whose family did not approve, and what she would say to the girl, Nana tells her “I would tell the girl I’m sorry.”

Becca now has her “elixir,” an apology from Nana. Outside the window, they see Nana and Pop-Pop in a heated argument with their neighbor, Stacey. They wonder what they are fighting about.

Becca decides Tyler is right and that they should set up the camera in the living room to see exactly what goes on at night. Becca also wonders what’s in the basement given that they were told not to go down there.

At night, Tyler is freaking out because he touched something slimy on the toilet handle and can feel it seeping into his skin. Becca gets tissues and helps wipe it off. Time passes, and they fall asleep. In the living area, Nana opens and slams the basement door several times. She then rushes around the room, crawling like a dog… then appears RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HIDDEN CAMERA and screams. She picks up the camera and then films herself going into the kitchen where she grabs a butcher knife. She makes her way up to the kids’ bedroom and begins pounding at their door. Becca and Tyler wake up, startled. They can hear Nana trying to get in but just stay still.

FRIDAY MORNING:

The next morning, they watch the footage and see that Nana was trying to kill them. Becca tells them that their mom is back from her vacation that day so they just have to avoid their grandparents all day until she can come and get them. They throw the ball around and every time the grandparents come by, they tell them “We’re playing. This is how kids play.”

Inside, they try to avoid their grandparents by going out to play but Nana asks if Becca can help clean the oven first. Becca leans in, but Nana tells her to go in further. Tyler objects but Nana tells him they’ve done this before. Becca finally climbs all the way in and Nana pushes her fully inside and shuts the door, telling her she wants to do something real quick – and wipes down the handle. Tyler screams at her to open up the oven, and she does. Becca is shaken up, and they quickly go outside and play.

They wait until the grandparents are out front and then get on Skype, hoping to sneak in a call without the grandparents being aware. The oil has now been scrubbed off of the webcam so their mom can see them, too. The mom is back home and tries telling them about her vacation and a fight with her boyfriend, but they quickly tell her that she needs to come and pick them up right now. She tells them, “Do you know how long it’d take to drive from here to there?” but they tell her to get in the car immediately and make her way to them. They say that their grandparents are scaring them; Nana tried to kill them with a butcher knife, and Pop-Pop put a gun in his mouth and she’s afraid he’s going to hurt himself. Tyler films the grandparents from the window so his mom can see them. The mom is now white-faced and tells them she has to tell them something and for them to listen – “THOSE ARE NOT YOUR GRANDPARENTS.” She asks if they’ve been staying with them all week and tries to call the local police but gets a recorded message (the station is closed). The mom complains that the hick town has an incompetent police department, and she’s going to drive to come get them and will continue to try to call the police on the way. Heading out, she tells them to get somewhere safe… but just then the grandparents return, and they shut down Skype. The grandparents suggest having a board game night, but the kids say they want to check something outside while the grandparents figure out the teams. They head for the yard only to see STACEY HANGING DEAD FROM A TREE. Nana appears and tells them they already have the teams – old versus young.

The kids are forced to play Yahtzee with the fake grandparents, who eerily pretend everything is normal, Nana complaining how competitive Pop-Pop is. They begin to play the game, but the grandparents are becoming more demented. Pop-Pop begins dressing up for the costume party again. Becca excuses herself from the game saying she’s got to film something real quick. Pop-Pop is suspicious and angry. Nana gets excited and starts eating cookies frantically. She turns to the camera Tyler has placed on the table and screams “YAHTZEE!”

Becca goes down to the basement, explaining to the viewer that she thinks her real grandparents have been trapped down there, and that’s why Pop-Pop told them to stay away. She begins calling out for the real Nana and Pop-Pop but doesn’t hear a response. In the corner, she sees a dumpster and hurries over to it. Inside are family photos of her real grandparents. She also sees something from Meadow Shade which she now learns is a MENTAL HOSPITAL. She digs some more and finds a hammer with blood and white hair on it… and then sees THE CORPSES OF AN OLD WOMAN AND OLD MAN. Immediately behind her, Pop-Pop has appeared. He explains that he and the woman they know as Nana were mental patients and their real grandparents were volunteers. When they told them about their upcoming visit with their grandchildren, the two imposters decided it would be fun to experience in their place. But he is now determined to kill Becca. He chases Becca up into her room and locks her in. But she manages to defend herself, then busts the lock and escapes.

It’s past 9:30 PM. Nana is beginning to sundown and starts crawling around the couches, chasing Becca. Meanwhile, Pop-Pop comes down to the kitchen with Tyler, who is frozen in fear, just like during the peewee game. Pop-Pop tells him he’s “under a spell” and tells Tyler he never liked him. He goes behind the kitchen counter and removes his pants while the frozen Tyler looks on. Simultaneously, Becca continues to be chased by Nana. Becca is hiding in the corner facing the mirror but as normal, she doesn’t look at herself, so she’s oblivious that Nana is creeping up on her. Nana smashes Becca’s face into the mirror and pieces of glass shatter all around them. Becca picks up a shard of glass as Nana jumps on top of her, clawing at her.

In the kitchen, Pop-Pop has now revealed that he’s removed a dirty diaper. He comments that he’s noticed Tyler doesn’t like germs… and then shoves the dirty adult diaper into Tyler’s face.

Meanwhile, Nana is on top of Becca, trying to kill her, but Becca stabs Nana to death with the glass shared. In the kitchen, Becca encourages Tyler to snap out of his frozen state, and he does, charging at Pop-Pop again and again and shouting as if he’s tackling the big player on the peewee league. He has so much adrenaline that he pummels Pop-Pop to the ground and then smashes the refrigerator door against his head several times (unseen to the audience).

The kids run outside to find their mom and police cars out front. They hug their mom as the old time music that Becca promised to play at an important moment in her film plays.

Back home, the mom tells Becca that she used to be a great singer, and she could tell her mom was proud of her when she’d sing around the house as a kid. The fight happened because they didn’t approve of her husband and when her mom blocked the door to keep her from leaving, she hit her mom and in response, her dad hit her. Stunned by the event, she stormed out and never talked to them again. She tells Becca not to hold on to anger. In response, we see the slideshow of Becca’s dad that she previously said was banned from her documentary, played in full.

As the credits roll, we see Becca brushing her hair while looking at herself in the mirror while Tyler performs a rap to camera about the events that took place over those five days, including getting a used adult diaper shoved in his face and how it took two bars of soap to feel clean again. He says it did not taste like chicken.

Tyler and Becca go to spend the week with their estranged grandparents while their mom is on vacation with her new boyfriend. Little do they know, but the grandparents are actually patients at a mental hospital, who killed the real grandparents and took over their lives when they heard of the upcoming visit. The kids kill the imposters in self-defense and the mom regrets having a 15-year grudge against her now deceased parents, who were harmless in retrospect. Because of this, Becca forgives her father for abandoning the family years ago.

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Christmas in July is here — and Hallmark Channel is already handing out presents.

On Saturday, July 6, Hallmark released a first-look teaser at Three Wiser Men and a Boy following the network debut of an extended cut of their 2022 Christmas movie hit Three Wise Men and a Baby , starring Tyler Hynes , Andrew Walker and Paul Campbell .

And in that first footage, it's clear the Brenner brothers are dancing once again.

In the clip, Luke (Walker) declares, "Let's do it. Christmas. At home," while sitting at a table with his brothers. And, like the last time the three brothers celebrated together, chaos ensues.

In addition to the unforgettable dancing, Luke gets tangled in a string of lights, Stephan (Campbell) and Taylor (Hynes) play a fierce game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, a tree takes a tumble, and the titular boy, Thomas (Miles Marthaller), dressed in Christmas jammies, waves and says, "Hi dad."

The movie — which is co-written by Campbell, Kimberley Sustad and Russell Hainline — picks up five years after the conclusion of the first film, which was the No. 1 most-watched original cable movie of 2022.

The sequel's official synopsis reads: "In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidentally by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke’s son Thomas’ school holiday musical steps down. Luke is desperate to make his son’s stage dreams come true, so he enlists the help of his brothers Taylor and Stephan. Meanwhile, the trio navigates meeting their mom Barbara’s (Margaret Colin) new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship. In true Brenner brother fashion, they are all in for a Christmas they will never forget."

"It's going to be better than the first one," Walker, 45, told PEOPLE last month. "It's basically like a James Bond Christmas movie. It's so ambitious."

"You're going to get a few of the fun dances and potentially some songs that we did in the first movie, so there's a bit of the old, a lot of new, and the jokes and the heart of the movie is just ... it's amazing," Walker continued. "I feel like it's a funnier — almost in different ways — more heartfelt movie."

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Punches were thrown and vengeance was handed out by way of crotch kicks and gill hooks on last week’s episode of The Boys . On a mission to end their squabble with the titular vigilantes for good, The Deep ( Chace Crawford ) and Black Noir ( Nathan Mitchell ) are sent to the Flatiron building to wipe out the gang at their home office. What audiences got was the showdown we’ve all been waiting for as Annie ( Erin Moriarty ) took out some of her anger on the man who sexually assaulted her back in Season 1. There was also the reveal that A-Train ( Jessie T. Usher ) was the informant behind the leaks as he and MM ( Laz Alonso ) joined the fight at the very last minute, effectively evening out the incredibly unfair two-on-two match.

Shortly after the episode dropped, Moriarty took to her Instagram to give fans a few behind-the-scenes videos and shots of how the brawl was made . The stunt team can be seen earning their paychecks in the lineup, which includes practice takes of the refrigerator punch and The Deep knocking Annie through one of the building’s pillars. There are also a few peeks at Moriarty’s co-stars, including Mitchell, Crawford, and Jack Quaid .

Titled “The Insider,” the penultimate episode of The Boys ’ penultimate season stacked the stakes to their highest point yet. With A-Train’s entire life now on the line, it’s only a matter of time before Homelander ( Antony Starr ) will be moving full force for him and his family. The same can be said for the fates of The Boys, as the leader of The Seven will certainly not be very forgiving after they beat The Deep to a bloody pulp and blew Black Noir out of a window with a machine gun. Plus, will something come from the conversation that Hughie (Quaid) had with Victoria Neuman ( Claudia Doumit )? And how is Annie going to get herself out of the kidnapped bind she found herself in when the credits rolled? With one episode left to go, we hope Eric Kripke doesn’t leave us on too much of a cliffhanger.

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While we may not know everything that’s about to unfold in the final episode of Season 4 of The Boys , we do know that the show is set to tap out following its upcoming fifth season. Kripke made the announcement shortly before the season’s premiere back in June, with cast members like Quaid revealing this had always been the plan. We’ll find out more about what to expect from the final batch of episodes after the Season 4 finale airs this week, but one thing we’re looking forward to is the inclusion of Supernatural alum, Jared Padalecki . The Walker star has long been asked by fans when he’d reunite with Kripke, who also created Supernatural , and it sounds like we’ll finally be getting that big moment in the next season.

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