The Boy Behind the Door Review: Compact Terror Among Kidnapped Kids The Boy Behind the Door Review: Compact Terror Among Kidnapped Kids
This slicker follow-up to a directorial duo s recent The Djinn also maximizes suspense from a succinct child-peril premise.
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Running time: 88 minutes
You can’t fault the writing-directing duo of David Charbonier and Justin Powell for reckless overreaching: Their first feature, “The Djinn” (released just 10 weeks ago, though shot in 2018), stirred terror around just one boy in an apartment. Their second, which premiered at Fantastic Fest last fall, cautiously ups the ante to two boys and one whole house. “The Boy Behind the Door” is a more polished affair than its predecessor, with no supernatural aspect to the child endangerment this time. But . Shudder is adding the film to its streaming service July 29.
The Djinn Review: Be Careful What You Wish For The Djinn Review: Be Careful What You Wish For
David Charbonier and Justin Powell s tense shoestring thriller sets a mute boy against the malevolent spirit he s conjured.
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Running time: 81 MIN.
Woe betide the grade-school-age lad who finds himself in a movie by writing-directing duo David Charbonier and Justin Powell: He may survive their plotlines, but it won’t be pretty. Their official first feature, “The Boy Behind the Door” (which will debut on streaming platform Shudder July 29) found two such kids fighting for their lives after being abducted by a stranger. In the new, more supernaturally tilted “The Djinn,” they’ve crafted another effective suspense exercise from the same basic premise, trapping a juvenile protagonist in a home with a malevolent nemesis.
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