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User Comments for: The Boy Behind The Door

r96sk says...
12 months ago
Good stuff, this!

'The Boy Behind The Door' is one I'd recommend. There is much of it that I certainly enjoyed, even if there are still a couple of meh things too. I predominantly only hold positives, however.

The major one is young actors Lonnie Chavis and Ezra Dewey - both brilliant, especially Chavis during his more emotional scenes. Also, for the most part, the decision-making of their characters is pretty solid... smart, even. I like that, just because you have children onscreen it doesn't mean they should be fully dumbed down. The film, aside from one early scene iirc, avoids cheap jump scares too, which is always a plus.

I didn't rate the adult characters in this 2020 flick, as in the actors playing them and also just as characters in general. I would've preferred to have seen and/or known more about the antagonists, leaving them 'hidden' to elevate the horror didn't truly work for me if I'm honest - the anguish on the face of the kids is enough in that regard.
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myndflyte says...
3 months ago
It was an ok kidnapping horror movie. Although they had more than one opportunity to off the killer.
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filmsandchips says...
2 years ago
Episode 10x06
Home survival horror, with two children as protagonists. I liked it a lot, it maintains the tension at all times and does not cut off in terms of violent and / or bloody scenes. Recommendable.
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miguelreina says...
3 years ago
[Sitges FF] A frustrating film because it contains interesting ideas which, however, it doesn't delve into. There are references to "The shining" (1980) although the first part seems like "Home alone" (1990), and a certain nostalgia for children's thrillers of the eighties. The silences are used effectively, but to create an exercise in suspense that is not, however, built on really consistent narrative foundations.
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kingy72 says...
3 years ago
One of the best horror/thrillers ive seen in years!
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Lee Brown Barrow says...
3 years ago
Dark, disturbing, suspenseful little thriller with great acting turns from the film’s young leads.
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rafaelpires815 says...
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2 years ago
It is just a generic thriller about two boys trying to escape a house. There's nothing new, or nothing that really makes us want to see what will happen next, because [spoiler]it's obvious that the boys would escape at the end.[/spoiler] And the lack of backstory makes it even more generic.
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birdcages says...
2 years ago
tense and stressful in the best kind of way. the kids are great actors, too.
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Xiofire says...
3 years ago
Solid thriller with some nice callbacks to movies of old, The Boy Behind The Door is a tense and tropey ride from start to finish.
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KornManiak23 says...
2 years ago
I really enjoyed this movie.:clap_tone1:
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