The Boy Trailer: Child Sociopath Horror Gets August Release

It’s a great year for bad kids. From the Austrian nightmares of Goodnight Mommy to the diseased brats of Cooties, to this: The Boy. A meditative and dread-fueled look at a 9 year-old sociopath, the SXSW premiere from director Craig William Macneill and writer Clay McLeod Chapman is a creative take on the slasher, as well as an engrossing dark child story. Chiller Films and SpectreVision have announced an August release for the film, as well as a new trailer. 

In The Boy, “It’s the summer of 1989.  Nine-year-old Ted Henley (Jared Breeze) and his father John (David Morse) are the proprietors of The Mtn. Vista Motel, a crumbling resort buried in the mountains of the American West. Since Ted’s mother left, John has drifted into despondency—becoming a living ghost, haunting the motel—leaving Ted to fend for himself. In this isolation, unchecked by the bounds of parenting, Ted’s darker impulses begin to manifest. The arrival of a mysterious drifter, William Colby (Rainn Wilson), captivates young Ted and the two form a unique friendship – setting the stage for Ted’s final, unnerving metamorphosis.”

The Boy will open in Los Angeles August 14th, and hit theaters elsewhere and VOD on August 18th. For more on the film, see Shock’s review right here.