The Boy (2016) [DVD]

This by no means is a blockbuster. It isn't a gore fest and you certainly wont be jumping out of your chair every 2 minutes. But it is an entertaining little yarn, and good to watch if you need a suspense fill.Young woman is hired to baby sit a child while the billionaire parents go on holiday. She is introduced to their son, who happens to be a doll. Yeah, it gets a bit odder as the film rolls on. She swears the doll is alive and moving, as well as she learns the true back story behind the real life son after whom the doll is modeled.This is not "Chucky-like" So don't expect this little bastard to be stabbing or chasing after you with his little legs. He doesn't move. ...or does he? The trailer is purposefully misleading which Im glad as it lead to a nice surprise.Ill leave it at that. There is nothing new here, some have been done before, but it all adds up to a tightly wound story with most ends wrapped up.

**Now first, be aware there are TRIGGERS such as domestic abuse/violence, attempted rape, mention of miscarriages, and depictions of suicide in this movie.Review: If you enjoy suspenseful movies, this has a lot to offer you while twisting the paranormal genre into it. As a viewer, you're also invited to share in the emotional pain our leading lady exhibits as she flees from an abusive relationship and travels overseas for a break from her traditional life. It's when she encounters this unusual position to babysit a boy, a porcelain boy, that her world become a lot more traumatic. Sit back as she struggles with becoming consumed by this supernatural entity left in her care.Spoilers! ------ ready?Oooooookay, I'm going to tell you this movie isn't at all what you think it is and the twist ending makes it infinitesimally better. I went in expecting the typical spooky, paranormal scare and came out of it horribly shaken in a 'good, pleased to be so scared' way. Grab your popcorn, snuggle up on the couch however you want, this movie is going to pull one over on you in a way that'll make your flesh break out in goosebumps. It's SERIOUSLY good. Perhaps one of my favorite scary movies now because I didn't anticipate the twist ending! Usually I grow bored because by twenty to thirty minutes into a movie, I can guess the ending and only watch to confirm I was right. Well, I was wrong, so horribly wrong.This movie demonstrates some of a woman's worst nightmares as the leading character flees from her abusive boyfriend. You find out in the course of the movie she was pregnant and he caused her to lose the baby from hurting her in his fit of anger. He's the classic abuser: overly controlling, frequent bursts of anger in a physical sense, used to intimidating others, and large enough to be scary. She goes overseas and becomes an au pair for a rich family's son. The twist being their son is a porcelain doll they use as a replacement for the boy they lost in a fire years ago while he was a child. They're very strict about the entire process of how to wake, groom, feed, and entertain him.After a short interview, they agree she's the one and leave her to him while they go on "vacation". In actuality, they're so exhausted with the wild tantrums of their son that they're abandoning him to her. The parents commit suicide by walking into the water with stones in their pockets. We are graced with a very well hyped supernatural experience as she begins to believe the boy is haunting the doll in his attempt to cling to life and will protect her from her abusive ex-boyfriend, whom extorted the information from her friend and is on his way to make her return with him back to the States. In the last few climatic scenes, we're rewarded with a twist ending putting this movie not in the paranormal category, but in the thriller suspense genre. Watch to find out what happens and where 'The Boy' takes you, it's worth the time.

Great concept for a film that definitely delivers on the creep factor. There are a few solid scares throughout the movie, but it's the "what is the obsession with the doll?" curiosity factor that will make you stick with it. And for the record this is a totally different scary doll movie than say, Annabelle or Chucky. The filmmakers did a god job of creating a story that was very separate from what we've seen before. Setting the story in England was also a nice touch to provide something different. The performances are well done, and the premise definitely has an addictive quality to it. The ending was good, but I wish there had been more of a detailed explanation as to the "why" behind it all. The movie dropped the ball a little too hard in that area for my taste. I can't really go further than that without spoiling, but all in all I would say this is a good scary movie to watch.

Great movie. The final act of the movie will explain most if not all of the earlier questions about the doll. This movie is NOT your typical Chucky film, or even Annabelle. It was creepy nonetheless. The abusive boyfriend of the main character trigger the final act of the whole film, and the movie's tone turned instantly into almost a Friday the 13 movie. I think a lot of the one star reviewers were turned off by this dramatic shift in the story's narrative. That said, after you watch the movie, I think you will agree that the final act explained almost everything about the boy doll.

Which is the only reason I rented this. Well that and the preteen who demands to watch scary movies and then cries when shes left in the dark at night. Regardless it was a cute movie, with a great story line. Sufficiently scary for a bit, I really enjoyed the back story to Brahms and kind of wish I had learned more. I enjoyed watching the actress freak her self out, and how both main actors reacted to the doll being smashed. I would recommend to any one who is into random scary movies, give it a go. I was not disappointed.

I thought it was great (except for the Irish-sounding American boyfriend). I'm not a huge horror fan and usually HATE most slasher and demonic flicks. But I do occasionally enjoy an adult horror show, which I consider this to be. (I also liked "The Babadook," "Would You Rather," "Shutter Island," and "The Eye," for example.)It's pretty to easy to figure out generally how Brahms is "alive," but the movie does a good job of placing red herrings that will make you doubt yourself. I agree with other reviewers that the typical heavy-handed climax could've been handled more intelligently. And the very end might be called a twist but didn't have much point.By the way, is it me or are Michelle Monaghan, Ruth Wilson, and Lauren Cohan the same person?

I think this is a fantastic film. Great acting too ! One of the best of this genre. Highly recommended.The copy I bought was actually to replace a copy that I already had. (There was a problem with playing when it transitioned from chapter 8 to chapter 9th - I always had to eject the DVD, start all over again & select that scene so that it played.)This DVD still stops for a few seconds at that point, but seems to load & continue. Phew !

The Boy is an original ,excellent, creepy film,in fact it was one of the best I've seen in quite a while.Greta is hired to look after her charge whilst the parents go on holiday,when she is taken to meet her charge and shown a doll,she thinks the parents sadly eccentric.All is not as it seems in this well crafted little gem,highly recommended.

This was so so horror (the odd scare),An troubled american comes to uk to be a nanny! The boy turns out to be a doll ,she,s left to look after doll on her own (she does,nt follow the rules), thats when the scares start😂,its an original idea unfortunately not written well enuf to scare you etc , l did,nt hate it ,as said alright ,cud been better though!

I watched this film Today I really enjoyed it! I love Lauren Cohan from the walking dead!! This film had me edge of my seat! It’s not Scary at all! However the ending could’ve been better! But overall I really enjoyed it and I won’t mind watching it again! 😁😁

Not horror, not scary, not anything. If you have a doll in a film, at least make it menacing. This film is the perfect example of how Hollywood has forgotten how to make a decent horror film. Shockingly bad.