The Boy

The Boy is a frightening thrill ride directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) starring Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead). Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.

I am shocked at how much I ended up enjoying this movie.  I will be the first to admit that I had zero expectations for it based on the trailer but it was definitely done creepy enough to keep you interested and you are all in for the payoff by the time it comes around.   This is a prime example of Hollywood being able to do more than enough with a little premise as opposed to usually having this crazy over the top and detailed premise and failing to deliver.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  Like I said - I'm shocked at how much I enjoyed this movie and it was actually one of the better creepy/scary movies to come out in a while.