1993 · drama · thriller · horror
The Good Son
Directed by Joseph Ruben1h 27m1993
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Our read: The Good Son (1993) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · thriller · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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“You want polished 90s domestic dread with angelic faces hiding rot.”
Skip it tonight — Anything with kids in peril or cruel psychopathic cruelty will wreck your night.
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