IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Amalia Santa Maria
- Jennifer
- (as Amalia Santamaria)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on the chapter "The Henley Road Motel" from the novel "Miss Corpus" by Clay McLeod Chapman.
- GoofsThe movie is set in 1989. When Ted and the other boy explore the sewer tunnel, Ted uses a multi-LED flashlight. LED flashlights were invented in 1998, and were not commercially available before 2001.
- ConnectionsRemake of Henley (2011)
- SoundtracksI Hate Myself for Loving You
Written by Desmond Child (uncredited) and Joan Jett (uncredited)
Performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Featured review
First, let me say that this film is very underrated because of those that don't appreciate psycho/social storyline building that does not have instant gratification. If you are one of those then move on- you wont appreciate this understated and psychological story.
The story shows how the pain, anger and isolation of a frustrated young boy can create just the right recipe for a Sociopath. It presents a story that is realistic and chilling as you watch the progression of the boy's desperation and thus psychosis taking hold of him. The atmosphere is quietly horrifying as you feel the constant loss and emptiness that surrounds this boy and the way it understandably sets the stage for his survival. He needs to get out of there and get away, but is becoming more and more socially awkward do to the isolation and heavy depression that surrounds him. This creates an emotional numbness that leads him to distract himself with creating drama and destruction around him until he finally decides to find his opportunity to escape by any means necessary.
The story shows how the pain, anger and isolation of a frustrated young boy can create just the right recipe for a Sociopath. It presents a story that is realistic and chilling as you watch the progression of the boy's desperation and thus psychosis taking hold of him. The atmosphere is quietly horrifying as you feel the constant loss and emptiness that surrounds this boy and the way it understandably sets the stage for his survival. He needs to get out of there and get away, but is becoming more and more socially awkward do to the isolation and heavy depression that surrounds him. This creates an emotional numbness that leads him to distract himself with creating drama and destruction around him until he finally decides to find his opportunity to escape by any means necessary.
- utexashorns
- Feb 27, 2016
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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