I was just talking to the other writers about how there’s been a decline in slasher flicks in recent memory and along comes The Boy to shut me the fuck up. I typically write off movies that have TV stars foray into the world into feature film because the actors are typically in over their head. The Boy isn’t much different in that The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan but if they continue to focus on that damn boy…
Obviously comparisons will arise to the Child’s Play franchise and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s been a long time since an inanimate doll was actually viewed as a legitimate scare as opposed to the frat humor that devolved and dominated the later Chucky movies. I’m not sure if this is a movie that I’ll foray into a theater to watch but it is one I wouldn’t mind seeing at home. Alone. With the lights on.
