The Boy

Movie • 2016 • Horror  

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A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Not really, but a child was murdered (not shown but talked about)
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An ex-boyfriend is shown to be violent/abusive both on-screen and in past references.
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Neither of these comments are accurate. Malcolm does not know the truth about Brahms and is not attempting to deceive Greta about it, he actually believes that she is sleepwalking and moving the doll unconsciously. Gaslighting requires malicious and conscious intent to make a feel person feel unstable and unfit which is not what he is doing.
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this one really depends on how deeply you want to interpret the movie. the main antagonist was isolated and locked away by his parents and proceeds to become an abuser as a response.
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Is someone stalked?
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The main character is stalked by her abusive husband
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Are there abusive parents?
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Addiction
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Mentioned once, not shown
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Animal
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Not unless trapping mice and rats is counted.
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Does an animal die?
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Rats
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Dead rat bodies
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
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Forced kiss near the end
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is someone restrained?
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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No visuals of it, Just a background story of it.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Talked about but not shown
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Brahms cuts Cole’s neck with a shard from the Brahms doll
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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YES, a character is strangled briefly towards the end.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is someone choked?
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Brahms choke slams Greta against the wall.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is there a hanging?
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I mean, psychologically, yes. Definitely.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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Nothing is shown, only mentions.
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Is an infant abducted?
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Malcolm blocks and fights against Brahms so Greta can escape.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Does a parent die?
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The parents commit suicide by drowning towards the end of the film
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Character is planned to stay at a home against her will
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The Brahms doll is destroyed when Cole smashes it onto the floor
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Fear
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Greta is shown in the shower when Brahms steals items of her clothing and trashes her room
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Are there ghosts?
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There is reference to the possibility of a ghost throughout the film, though none are explicitly shown
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Creepy toy doll clowns
Aleicee
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The Brahms doll is thought the be possessed by Brahms spirit but it is not possessed only controlled by him
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When Brahms is discovered in the wall he chases Greta throughout the house and jumps out of walls several times
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Gross
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Is there audio gore?
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*SPOILERS AHEAD* Close to the end, someone is killed with a porcelain shard. Not much is shown but the sound is disturbing. Cover your ears after the mirror explodes.
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there farting?
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Mental Health
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Both parents drown themselves in a lake.
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Both of the parents kill themselves via drowning in a lake
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Does someone self harm?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there misophonia?
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Brahms could be considered mentally ill and is violent towards Greta and malcom and murders Cole as well as a girl when he was a child
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Implied with Greta's relationship to her abusive ex and her reactions
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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The boy has a badly burned face which he covers with a mask
ceisan
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Greta starts to believe the doll is alive or possessed and locks herself in her room. She hears footsteps, a child giggling and someone calling her name in a childlike fashion and starts crying and hyperventilating.
Miacat123
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Brahms chases Greta and Malcom throughout the walls, where there is tight spaces.
Miacat123
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Noxious
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Shaky camera throughout the final chase scenes.
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Does a baby cry?
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Kind of? There are some scenes were you can hear a child-like cry.
Casper
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
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This is not shown, only mentioned as part of a character’s backstory.
SamhainStranger
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there abortions?
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Discussed but not shown.
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Prejudice
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There are no homophobic slurs, but there is transphobia. ::SPOILER:: A character tells another one to watch out because a man will stand over her at night, wearing her dress, with lipstick on, and asking to go by a woman's name ... think like "Psycho" level transphobia
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(Check the comment under the homophobic slurs thread)
Casper
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Brahms could be considered mentally ill and is called odd by multiple people
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Greta and Malcom start to make out on her bed, but it doesn’t escalate beyond that
Casper
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Social
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Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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Depends on your opinion of certain characters
jcat
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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Not in the final product, but in the original script, but Brahms is originally supposed to be killed when Greta and Malcom hit him with the car and smash him into the house.
Miacat123
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Only in the final scenes of the movie.
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Does someone drown?
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Parents down themselves a third of the way through the film. They show the parents walking out into the water and then their bodies floating.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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