<P> As John bleeds out, he uses his remaining strength to put the man in a chokehold, mouthing the word "run" to Maddie . Maddie imagines a vivid hypothetical situation of her doing so . Running on her injured leg is futile, and the man is able to quickly catch her, bludgeoning her to death with a stone . In a shift back to reality, she also realizes she cannot risk hiding inside the house, as she is dangerously close to bleeding out . Maddie decides her only hope for survival is to kill the man . John dies, and the man threatens Maddie's cat with a knife . Maddie prevents this by shooting him with the crossbow from the porch, hitting him in the shoulder . While running back inside, she drops the remaining bolt for the crossbow . While attempting to grab it, the man slams the sliding door shut on her wrist, crushing and stomping on her hand with his boot . Maddie pulls her mangled hand back inside, closing and locking the door . As Maddie lies on the ground writhing in pain, he threatens to enter the house . She taunts him by writing "do it, coward" on the door with her own blood . While the man begins bashing the glass door in with a tire iron, Maddie quickly types a description of the man and a message to her family on her laptop before running to the bathroom with a knife, waiting for the man to enter . </P> <P> Having difficulty breaking through the glass door, the man smashes the skylight and enters through it unbeknownst to Maddie, who has her back turned to him watching the bathroom door . The man edges closer to her, preparing to stab her from behind, but Maddie feels his breath on the back of her neck . She turns, narrowly avoiding his attack, and stabs him in the knee . She stumbles into the kitchen, her vision beginning to blur . When approached in the kitchen, Maddie sprays the man in the eyes with insecticide and then triggers her specialized smoke alarm to disorient him . The man is able to overcome her, throwing her to the ground and strangling her . Her heartbeat starts to slow and her life flashes before her eyes . On the verge of death, she grabs a corkscrew on the floor just within arms reach and plunges it into his throat, finally killing him . </P> <P> Maddie takes her cellphone from the man's pocket and dials 911 before stumbling outside and sitting on the porch . Maddie's cat sits next to her, rubbing against her leg . Bathed in the blue and white lights of an approaching police cruiser's sirens, Maddie closes her eyes, pets her cat, and smiles . </P> <Ul> <Li> Kate Siegel as Maddie Young </Li> <Li> John Gallagher Jr. as Man </Li> <Li> Michael Trucco as John Stanley </Li> <Li> Samantha Sloyan as Sarah Greene </Li> <Li> Emilia Graves as Max </Li> </Ul>

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