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5.8/10 • 182

2015-08-141h 45m

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Evil Always Begins Somewhere.

An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

Directors
Craig William Macneill
Editors
Craig William Macneill

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  1. David Morse

    David Morse

    John

  2. Rainn Wilson

    Rainn Wilson

    William Colby

  3. Jared Breeze

    Jared Breeze

    Ted Henley

  4. Bill Sage

    Bill Sage

    Sheriff Deacon Whit

  5. Mike Vogel

    Mike Vogel

    Dad

  6. Zuleikha Robinson

    Zuleikha Robinson

    Mom

  7. Aiden Lovekamp

    Aiden Lovekamp

    Ben

  8. David Valencia

    David Valencia

    Marcus

  9. Andrés Echavarría

    Andrés Echavarría

    Clayton

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Reno

Apr 14, 2016

6/10

A look at a boy's behaviour who was isolated from the society.
The entire setting reminds us the movie 'Psycho'. More or less it could have had made a good prequel to that, like the portrayal of Norman Bates' childhood. As an independent film from any previous narrative, it was quite good actually. Inspired by a novel that tells the story of a 9 year old boy who runs a motel with his father in a nowhere. In a lonely place where the customers are very rare, how the boy develops his behavious without social consciousness is what this movie is. Trust me, realism means this movie, but there's always flaws in a small budget film like this. If you always scan for logic, you can't enjoy any movie even in small quantity. Empty your thoughts and get into it, then there's a chance you might like it. I'm not saying it'll become your favourite, but the depiction was so good which was quite similar to the recent Austrian movie 'Goodnight Mommy'. It is not a horror, but a thriller-drama. A terrifying theme, that means terror-horror, thus it called horror. Other than that there's no supernatural or sci-fi things in it. It was a decent movie to me, I felt it was slightly underrated. The turnaround in the storytelling was very good yet predictable stuff. The filmmaker must bring a sequel for it, otherwise I'll be very disappointed. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
motelmurderdrifterdesertbased on short storyremotekiller child