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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 22 Jan 2016

While it's not a terribly original entry in the creepy doll horror subgenre, this fright flick nonetheless offers interesting characters, a…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 22 Jan 2016

If you want to get spooked by a doll, find an old one in some antique store and stare at it for a while…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 22 Jan 2016

Bell only wants to cheat his way through The Boy, assembling a disappointingly flaccid chiller that's never quite as amplified or disturbing…

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By Martin Tsai (390) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Jan 2016

If only writer Stacey Menear and director William Brent Bell took the very real horrors of domestic abuse as seriously as they do the virtual…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 22 Jan 2016

Stacey Menear's screenplay doesn't manage to sustain its clever premise, with the final act featuring a banal and formulaic revelation that…

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By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Jan 2016

At least, maybe The Boy can lead some novices to better, more original horror movies…

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By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 21 Jan 2016

Despite the assiduous grinding of plot mechanics by William Brent Bell (“The Devil Inside”) and scripter Stacey Menear, the movie never…

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