2019 · horror · thriller · supernatural
The Prodigy
Directed by Nicholas McCarthy1h 32m2019
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
Our read: The Prodigy (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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