I am happy to report that the latest January horror flick, staring
The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohen, is not complete garbage. That being said, it's not that impressive either. Cohan plays a nanny (if you can believe it) hired to look after a prized doll belonging to an elderly couple who seem a bit off their rocker. As the story unfolds,
The Boy shows brief flashes of inspired creepiness, but mostly relies on genre convention on its way to hitting on every cliché in the book. Big empty house? Check. Strange noises upstairs? Check. Stuffed animal heads on the walls? Check. The list goes on and on, right up to the twist reveal, which unfortunately has been done better in previous films.
Is it worth your time? No. Though this film is not terrible, there isn't anything here we haven't seen done before or even better in other flicks.
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