The Boy

The Boy (2016)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

2016-01-22

Country

United States

Production

Lakeshore Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment, STX Films

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$8 000 000

Revenue

$64 188 367

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Director

William Brent Bell

Actors

Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben Robson, Jett Klyne, Lily Pater, Stephanie Lemelin, Matthew Walker
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Scenario

Stacey Menear

Producer

Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright, Roy Lee, Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa, Oren Aviv, Robert Simonds, Eric Reid, Wang Zhonglei

Operator

Daniel Pearl

Composer

Bear McCreary

Artist

Aja Kai Rowley

Audition

Heike Brandstatter, Coreen Mayrs, Julie Hutchinson

Editing

Brian Berdan
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• During filming, the actors used a doll for playful teasing. Once, one of the actors placed the doll opposite the bathroom door of another actor in the trailer they shared. When he came out of the bathroom, he was startled and angrily threw the doll out of the trailer. The broken doll had to be replaced.
• Initially, the film was titled «In Darkness», and Jane Levy was supposed to play the main character.
• Early script drafts indicated that Brahms's parents hired Greta because he needed a playmate (there are some hints of this in the final version of the film). There are also hints that Brahms initially intended to abduct and rape her. For example, in early versions of the scene where Greta comes out of the shower and finds her clothes missing, she walked around the house naked for several minutes (while Brahms watched) before wrapping herself in a blanket and going to the attic, where she was accidentally locked in. The scene at the end of the film where Brahms asks Greta to kiss him goodnight was also originally different. Brahms would grab the girl and start kissing and fondling her until she hit him with a screwdriver. Furthermore, the script ended with a scene of Brahms's death at her hands, whereas the film shows Brahms alive after Greta and Malcolm leave.
• The film was originally titled "In Darkness," and Jane Levy was supposed to play the main role.