Son

Horror

Available on VOD: 4 november 2021

Director: Ivan Kavanagh

Cast: Andi Matichak (Halloween, Halloween Kills), Emile Hirsch (Lone Survivor, Killer Joe, Into the Wild), Luke David Blumm (The Sinner)

Having escaped from a cult as a child, a mother must face her past when its sinister members break into her home and attempt to steal her eight-year-old son, David. Now the two are on the run pursued by a detective determined to save them both.
Since his aborted kidnapping something has changed in David and the boy has succumbed to a mysterious illness. Following her maternal instincts to save him, his mother commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but is losing the battle. Soon, she has to decide how far she is willing to go to save her son, as some bonds run deeper than blood.

• Variety.com: Twisty, violent, well-crafted.
• Screenrant.com: An unsettling fever-dream drenched in unspeakable acts that leave viewers on edge until the end.
• Latimes.com: An amped-up version of everyday parental paranoia. This is ultimately a movie about a woman who loves her child so intensely that she becomes irrational - and dangerous.
• Behindthelensonline.net: Twisted and terrifying.
• Flickeringmyth.com: The performances become more layered and devastating. A twisted exercise.
• Heavenofhorror.com: A rather glorious horror experience and definitely a horror highlight of 2021 so far!
• Horrorfuel.com: The pacing is near-perfect, from the film’s gripping opening to its incredibly creepy final scene.
• Jumpcutonline.co.uk: Your mind is plagued with intrigue towards Laura’s past from the first sequence, and its relatively steady pace unravels towards an eye-widening climax.
• Markreviewsmovies.com: A chilling and occasionally gruesome piece of horror about paranoia.
• Readysteadycut.com: Gripping, tense, bloody, and distinctly dark.
• Screenrant.com: A thrilling ride into the bloodied entrails of terror and paranoia.
• Thehollywoodnews.com: With echoes of Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and The Babadook, Son is a forever twisting tale of terror and trauma, featuring some excellent performances across the board.
• Spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com: It blurs the fine line between reality and darkness while bringing us a story of pain and suffering that will see no happy ending.
• Worldfilmgeek.com: a jaw-dropping finale.