The Boy (2016)* is a horror film -
not to be confused with any other films called ‘The Boy’ or ‘Boy’, including, because the world is like this sometimes, The Boy (2015)
- about Greta (played by Lauren Cohan) – an American chick who escapes her abusive ex by literally fleeing the continent, and taking a job as a nanny in the UK.
Only, when she’s introduced to Brahms, her charge while Mr and Mrs Heelshire -
(that name screams ‘I don’t know what to name these characters, call them something posh,’ doesn’t it?)
Because the kid she’s supposed to take of? The Boy, Brahms? – Is a porcelain doll.
Cue odd goings on, all alone with Brahms in a secluded mansion, with no mobile phone service and no Internet.