Brightburn

Kansas, summer, a farmhouse porch creaks, a couple's desperate prayers are answered with a crash in the woods. A child with an otherworldly origin grows, his smile hides something, his eyes gleam with an unnerving intensity. It's a superhero origin story turned on its head.

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David Yarovesky directed Brightburn in 2019. See David Yarovesky's full filmography, where to start with David Yarovesky, or where to go after you've seen everything by David Yarovesky.

Brightburn was released in 2019 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 91 minutes.