THE BOY

Theatrical release: 29th of January 2016

 

Director: William Brent Bell

Cast: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Diana Hardcastle 

Genre: Thriller

Country: USA

Length: 97 min

Rating: 15 years

 

Synopsis: A young American named Greta (Lauren Cohan) takes a job as a nanny for an 8-year-old boy in a remote English village. To her surprise, Greta learns that the child of her new employers is a life-size doll. They care for the doll as if it was human, which helps the couple to cope with the death of their own son 20 years earlier. When Greta violates a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring her worst fears to life, leading her to believe that the doll is alive.

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