# Maligno (2019)

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**Original title**: *The Prodigy*
**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Nicholas McCarthy
**Written by**: Jeff Buhler
**Starring**: Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, Peter Mooney, Oluniké Adeliyi

> *What's wrong with Miles?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Ohio. Winter. A shattered snowglobe. A young boy’s brilliance grows, twinned with outbursts of rage. His mother searches for the source, finding a darkness she cannot comprehend, let alone control. McCarthy here finds fresh chills in occult-horror DNA.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

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