Next to clowns, horror movies
love dolls. Movies like ‘Chucky’ and
‘Annabelle’ raked in more money than they had any right to, thanks to our
obsession with witnessing these inanimate objects come to homicidal life. Like clowns, dolls have a certain creepiness
to them that’s inexplicable but taps into our worst fears. And let's face it, movies about them can also be undeniably fun.
‘The Boy’ is the latest film
featuring a doll. Brahms, the young boy
of a couple from the English countryside who died in a fire when he was but
eight years old, somehow “inhabited” a porcelain doll with pale complexion and
neutral features. At least, that’s what
his parents believed. A young and
attractive 20-something American woman (Lauren Cohen), in need of making a
quick buck and to escape from her abusive boyfriend, answered their call for a
nanny and discovered much to her amusement that her new charge is not a real
boy. Or is he???!!!
If you’re expecting ‘The Boy’ to be
like ‘Annabelle’ and those beloved ‘Chucky’ flicks, you may be disappointed
because this is not that kind of horror movie.
But in a way I liked it even more because it broke the mold and dared to
be different. More of a dripping slow-burning
psychological suspense thriller than a typical
doll-inhabited-by-a-serial killer (or evil spirit) movie, ‘The Boy’ has a twist
that’s somewhat familiar yet is wholly unexpected. I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised.
Grade: B+
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