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The plot revolves around a little girl named Sally being sent to her father Alex's house. There, she meets her father's new girlfriend, Kim. As Sally explores the house, she comes across a strange grate in the basement. Unknown to her, the grate contains evil creatures called Homunculi that live underneath the basement. Alex does not believe her when she tells him, but Kim does. As time runs out, Sally and Kim must stop the creatures, who want to claim Sally as one of their own.

 

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The origins of the Homunculi and the life and adventures of the owner of Blackwood Manor, named Emerson Blackwood, are detailed in ''Don't Be Afraid of The Dark: Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies''.

* [[Berserk Button]]: For God's sake, don't give the homunculi ''anything'' other then children's teeth.

** Don't try to warn anyone about their existance either. {{spoiler|The poor groundskeeper.}}

* [[Big Fancy House]]: Blackwood Manor, which is also a [[Haunted House]] complete with creaking doors, an overgrown garden, a misty lake and hooting owls in the night.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Alex and Sally get away, but Kim (the true hero of the story) is captured by the homunculi and soon becomes one of them. Also, it's obvious that the people who buy the house next are ''screwed''.}}

* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Real Polaroid cameras have about ten photos per film, and the type of flashgun used here has 5/6 shots, but Sally manages to transcend these limitations '''considerably'''.

* [[Candlelit Bath]]: {{spoiler|Admit it. You totally ''knew'' that the homunculi were going to attack Sally the moment she got into that bathtub.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Kim's camera. Sally uses it's bright flash to hurt/scare off the homunculi.}}

* [[Creepy Basement]]: Locked away and hidden by the previous inhabitants -- for a very good reason. Sally discovers its window under a hedge.

* [[Crusty Caretaker]]: Mr. Harris.

* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]: Attempted when {{spoiler|Mr. Harris gets mobbed by a dozen Homunculi, but he manages to fight them off}}.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: The homunculi. The fairy ring Sally finds in the garden pretty much clinches it.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: Screamer, for the homunculus that pulls a jump scare on Sally under the covers of her bed.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Blackwood mentioning {{spoiler|Miss Winter's "lovely teeth"}} in ''Blackwood's Guide To Dangerous Fairies'' foreshadows {{spoiler|his transformation into a Homunculus.}}

* [[Grimmification]]: The homunculi leave Sally a coin when they take a tooth she left under her pillow, just like the tooth fairy. Then they try to kidnap her.

* [[Haunted House Historian]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Kim manages to get Sally free from her ropes and tells her to run while she gets captured by the homunculi herself. Made into a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] when it's discovered that anyone not killed by them basically ''becomes'' one of them.}}

** And [[Lost|Charles Widmore]] shows up at Alex's party -- [[Actor Allusion|as another character named Charles]].

* [[Hostage for Macguffin]]: At the beginning of the movie, the homunculi promise to give Blackwood back his son if he gives them children's teeth to eat. He attempts to persuade them with the maid's teeth instead. They are not pleased.

* [[Lovecraft Country]]: The film just happens to be set in Providence, Rhode Island. When you think about it, that very fact kinda makes the [[Eldritch Abomination|homunculi seem just that bit scarier]]...

* [[Mama Bear]]: Kim will do ''anything'' to protect Sally, {{spoiler|and even gives her life to save her.}}

* [[Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book]]: Sally's drawings of the homunculi... dear God.

* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: [[All There in the Manual|The manual]] goes into great detail about exactly how they're different and where the [[Fair Folk|fairies]] are from. The homunculi are identified as 'tooth fairies' a number of times, along with darker names.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: The homunculi in the house.

* [[Secret Keeper]]: {{spoiler|The groundskeeper}} knew about the homunculi's existance the whole time. He ultimately pays the price when he discreetly tries to warn Sally and her family about them.

* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Sally, who ended up being pulled into the fireplace in the ''original'' version}}.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: The Homunculi will eat bones, but they absolutely ''love'' children's teeth.

* [[Weakened by the Light]]: The homunculi are hurt by bright light.

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: The homunculi.

 

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