Home Alone 1

The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris, gathering at Kate and Peter’s home in a Chicago suburb on the night before their departure. Kate and Peter’s youngest son, Kevin, is the subject of ridicule by his siblings and cousins due to his immature behavior. Kevin inadvertently ruins the family dinner after a scuffle with his oldest brother Buzz, in which Kevin’s airplane ticket is unknowingly thrown away, resulting in Kate sending him up to the attic.

Kevin berates his mother for allowing the rest of the family to pick on him and wishes that his family would disappear. During the night, heavy winds create a power outage, disabling the alarm clocks and causing the family to oversleep. In the confusion and rush to get to the airport, Kevin is accidentally left behind.

Kevin wakes to find the house empty and the family cars still in the garage, unaware that they had rented vans to take them to the airport. Thinking that his wish has come true, he is overjoyed with his newfound freedom. Later, Kevin becomes frightened by his next-door neighbor, “Old Man” Marley, rumored to be a serial killer who murdered his own family. The McCallister home is soon stalked by the “Wet Bandits,” Harry and Marv, a pair of burglars who have been breaking into other vacant houses in the neighborhood. Kevin tricks them into thinking that his family is still home, forcing them to postpone their plans to rob the McCallister house.