If you loved Lizzie, try The Boy

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Craig William Macneill, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Lizzie, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Boy is

A dirt road in autumn. A rusted pocketknife opens and closes. He watches a squirrel twitch in the street before slipping it into his bag. A locked toolbox hums in the corner of his bedroom. Like ‘Deliverance’ meets a suburban folk horror ballad.

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