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The Boy

2016 · 98 min · Horror / Mystery / Thriller · TMDB 6.0

UnratedGothic

The short version:Reads as gothic. Heavy on suicide.

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Synopsis

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

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Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.

Mental health & grief

  • SuicideHeavyinferred from keywords
  • Grief & bereavementModerateinferred from keywords

Phobias & sensory

  • Dolls, puppets & mannequinsModerateinferred from keywords
  • Fire & burningModerateinferred from keywords