Stoker is a 2013 British-American psychological thriller film written by Wentworth Miller and directed by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook in his English-language debut. It stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, and Nicole Kidman, and was released on March 1, 2013. It was the last film produced by Tony Scott, who died after production.
On her 18th birthday, India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska)—a girl with a strong acuteness of the senses—has her life turned upside down after her loving father Richard (Dermot Mulroney) dies in a horrific car accident. India is then left with her unstable mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman). At Richard's funeral, Evelyn and India are introduced to Richard's charming and charismatic brother Charlie (Matthew Goode),
who has spent his life traveling the world. He then announces that he
is staying indefinitely to help support India and Evelyn, much to
Evelyn's delight and India's chagrin.
Shortly after Charlie moves in, India witnesses him argue with Mrs. McGarrick (Phyllis Somerville),
the head caretaker of the house. Mrs. McGarrick then disappears.
Charlie and Evelyn grow closer and intimate while India continues to
rebuff Charlie's attempts to befriend her. Later, India's great aunt
Gwendolyn (Jacki Weaver)
arrives to visit the family, much to Evelyn and Charlie's dismay. At
dinner, Gwendolyn shows surprise at Charlie's claims of traveling the
world and tells Evelyn that she needs to talk to her about Charlie.
Gwendolyn ends up changing hotels due to an unexplained fear and
suspicion of Charlie. However, she loses her cell phone and tries to
call the Stokers' home from her hotel payphone. While she is making her
call, Charlie tracks her down and corners her in the phone booth,
seeming to be upset. He hands Gwendolyn her phone and then strangles
her to death with his belt after explaining that he found her through
the cab company. Meanwhile, India goes into the basement to eat ice
cream and discovers Mrs. McGarrick's body in the freezer. She realizes
Charlie is a murderer.
Later, India unleashes her inner aggression at school and stabs a bully, Chris Pitts (Lucas Till),
in the hand with a pencil after he tries to land a surprise punch to
her head. This draws the attention of another classmate, Whip Taylor (Alden Ehrenreich).
India goes home and later witnesses Evelyn and Charlie growing intimate
and wanders off to a local diner where she runs into Whip. She and Whip
go into the woods where they proceed to make out until India
aggressively bites Whip. Whip then attempts to rape India until Charlie
intervenes, and breaks Whip's neck with his belt. India then aids
Charlie in burying the body in her garden. She then attempts to call
Gwendolyn, but hears her phone ring deep in the garden, realizing
Charlie killed her, too. India takes a shower and masturbates to the
memory of the murder, climaxing as she remembers Charlie breaking Whip's
neck.
While going through Richard's office to gather things of his she
wants to keep, India discovers that a key she received as a birthday
present belongs to a locked drawer to Richard's desk. Inside, she finds
several letters from Charlie, which detail his travels. However, India
discovers that the sending address on the back of the envelopes is from a
mental institution.
India then confronts Charlie, who explains the truth: Charlie murdered
his and Richard's younger brother Jonathan as a child because he was
jealous that Richard paid more attention to him. Charlie was then put in
a mental institution for several years. When released on India's 18th
birthday, Richard gave Charlie a car, a generous amount of money, and an
apartment in New York on the condition that he stay away from Richard's
family. Feeling hurt and betrayed, Charlie beat Richard to death with a
rock and staged the car accident.
At first, India is in shock and angered. However, she seemingly
forgives Charlie and grows closer after he provides an alibi for her
when Sheriff Howard (Ralph Brown)
questions her about Whip's disappearance. They grow close to intimate
before Evelyn witnesses them. Later that evening, Evelyn coldly
expresses her desire to watch India suffer before confronting Charlie,
implying that she knows the truth about Richard's death. Charlie seduces
Evelyn and then attempts to strangle her before India appears and
fatally shoots Charlie with a rifle. She then buries Charlie's body in the backyard and proceeds to leave for New York in his car.
She is shortly pulled over for speeding by Sheriff Howard, who then
asks her why she's in a hurry. India replies that she wanted to catch
his attention, then plunges a pair of pruning shears into his neck. India pursues the wounded sheriff into a field to dispatch him with her rifle.
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