Unwelcome is an upcoming folk horror film directed by Jon Wright, co-written by Wright and Mark Stay. The film stars Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Colm Meaney, and Kristian Nairn.
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Unwelcome is scheduled to be released in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 27 January 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
A young English couple move to an inherited idyllic new home in rural Ireland but are soon beset by problems with the locals and a cabal of murderous goblins lurking in their garden.[1]
Wright was inspired by the Grimm Fairytales and stories from his own Irish grandfather. Wright described it as a “home invasion movie” and pitched it as “Gremlins meets Straw Dogs”.[2] John-Kamen and Booth were announced on the production in October 2020 when it was originally called “Little People”. Meaney, O’Donnell, Walley and Nairn were also an announced then.[3] The film is produced by Cornerstone films and Peter Touche and Piers Tempest and Jo Bamford’s Tempo Productions.[4] The film comes from Warner Bros UK and was based on an original screenplay by Mark Stay. It has prosthetics by Shaune Harrison with Paul Catling on creature design and the visual effects supervisor Paddy Eason who all worked together on Wright’s previous film Grabbers.[5]
Unwelcome is scheduled to be released in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 27 January 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was previously scheduled for 4 February 2022, before being moved up to 28 October 2022, then to its current release date.[6][7][8][9][10]