The Boy
2016 · Movie · PG-13 · 98 min · ★ 6.0 · 37% critics
A young American woman becomes a nanny for a family in a remote English village, expecting to care for a child. Instead, she discovers the “boy” is a life-sized doll with strict rules for how she must handle the situation as unsettling events begin to unfold.
Also known as The Inhabitant · In a Dark Place
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-01-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 37/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (3,955 votes)
About
If you like tense, old-fashioned horror with a creepy doll at the center, you may enjoy The Boy; Not for you if you want gory scares, fast pacing, or a consistently satisfying finale like Escape Room or Devil.
Pros: creepy doll premise; moody, tense atmosphere; suspenseful first acts | Cons: slow middle; jump scares feel basic; twist disappoints some
Themes
- mask
- suicide
- fire
- england
- loss of loved one
- shower
- country house
- nanny
- murder
- mansion
- doll
- burn victim
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Lauren Cohan
as Greta Evans
Rupert Evans
as Malcolm
James Russell
as Brahms Heelshire
Jim Norton
as Mr. Heelshire
Diana Hardcastle
as Mrs. Heelshire
Ben Robson
as Cole
Jett Klyne
as Young Brahms Heelshire
Lily Pater
as Emily Cribbs
Stephanie Lemelin
as Sandy (voice)
Matthew Walker
as Taxi Driver
Directed by William Brent Bell