# The Good Son (1993)

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**Runtime**: 87 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller, Horror
**Directed by**: Joseph Ruben
**Written by**: Ian McEwan
**Starring**: Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, David Morse, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Jacqueline Brookes

> *Evil has many faces.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A rural home at dusk, a child's swing creaks. 
A young boy befriends his cousin, but a dark presence emerges. 
Joseph Ruben tackles the horrors of juvenile psychosis.

**Mood tags**: paranoid

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