{"id":29302,"date":"2023-01-27T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1775845"},"modified":"2023-01-27T20:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:29:42","slug":"unwelcome-ending-explained-director-unpacks-final-scene","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/unwelcome-ending-explained-director-unpacks-final-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwelcome ending explained: Director unpacks final scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Wright tells RadioTimes.com that the closing sequence of his new horror film is “one of the craziest things I’ve ever shot”. **WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Unwelcome** <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 27 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This week sees the arrival of brand new horror flick Unwelcome in UK and Irish cinemas \u2013 a film that takes inspiration from Irish folklore to create something that director Jon Wright has described as a \u201cGrimm<\/span> fairytale for adults\u201d.<\/p>\n

It tells the story of Maya (Hannah John-Kamen) and Jamie (Douglas Booth), a couple who are attacked in their own London flat shortly after they discover they are expecting a baby, leading them to move away from the city.<\/p>\n

Instead, they settle in a seemingly idyllic cottage in the Irish countryside formerly owned by Jamie\u2019s late aunt, only for it to emerge that they now share a garden with a bunch of mysterious \u2013 and incredibly violent \u2013 little creatures known as Red Caps.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the film, the Red Caps begin to increasingly interfere in their lives, leading to a shocking conclusion that Wright says is \u201cone of the craziest things I\u2019ve ever shot\u201d.<\/p>\n

We spoke exclusively with Wright about that ending and how the film almost closed with a couple of additional scenes \u2013 read on for everything you need to know, with the warning that there are major spoilers for Unwelcome ahead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Unwelcome ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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During the film, Maya and Jamie find themselves increasingly at odds with the builders fixing the hole in the roof of their cottage \u2013 Daddy Whelan (Colm Meaney) and his three children Eoin (Kristian Nairn), Aisling (Jamie-Lee O\u2019Donnell) and Killian (Chris Walley).<\/p>\n

In one scene, after we see Eoin violently beaten by Daddy, Maya attempts to comfort him in the woods only for him to force himself on her. Thankfully, the Red Caps come to her rescue, intervening and dragging Eoin away \u2013 later depositing his decapitated head in Maya and Jamie\u2019s cottage.<\/p>\n

The rest of the Whelans think that Maya and Jamie must have done something with Eoin and so they break into the cottage, leading to a massive fight, exacerbated when Maya accidentally drops the severed head and it is noticed by Aisling.<\/p>\n

Maya then runs to the woods at the bottom of their garden and approaches the Red Caps\u2019 home, where she begs them for help. When she returns to the cottage, the Red Caps do indeed assist in fighting off the Whelans, killing each of them \u2013 and after the carnage, Maya gives birth to her child.<\/p>\n

Of course, it doesn\u2019t end there. The Red Caps need payment for their help and so come and steal the baby away, with Maya then chasing after them and entering their home. Inside she discovers an old woman, who turns out to be the long-lost daughter of their cottage\u2019s previous owner (Jamie\u2019s aunt), who had been taken by the Red Caps long ago and now serves as their queen.<\/p>\n

Maya naturally doesn\u2019t want to let the creatures keep her child, and so she begins to do battle with the Red Caps, eventually brutally killing the old woman by crushing her skull. This seems to make the Red Caps respect Maya, and they follow her back to the cottage \u2013 where the baby has now been safely returned.<\/p>\n

In the cottage garden, they dance around her and pour the blood of the dead woman over her, seemingly anointing her as their new Queen \u2013 while Jamie looks on in a state of shock. The film ends with a close-up of Maya\u2019s face, with it clear that she is now the leader of the Red Caps.<\/p>\n

Director Jon Wright unpacks the Unwelcome ending<\/strong><\/h2>