Paddy eventually reveals his intentions, holds them hostage at gunpoint and forces Ben and Louise to wire him money, but they escape and try to survive as Paddy and Ciara chase them through the house. Ciara falls from a ladder, breaks her neck and dies, and Paddy is also thwarted: Ant crushes his head by repeatedly hitting him with a large rock, then leaves with Ben, Louise and Agnes.

The film covers much of the same ground as the original “Evil,” except for the finale: in the Danish film, the visitors escape from the mansion, only to be stopped by the villains. The mother and father are forced from their car, thrown into a ditch, and stoned to death. And Agnes’ tongue is cut off before she becomes the “daughter” of the villains as they search for another family to victimize.

McAvoy feels the reimagining is “absolutely” a different experience, and the ending of Watkins’ film best suits that group of characters and the story.

“Patty’s views and attitudes and actions are so toxic at times that I think if the movie takes his side, if the movie lets him win, it almost validates his views,” McAvoy explains. “The movie has to judge him. And I’m not sure the original movie had the same problem that this one does.”