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Ashley Crow, Daniel Hugh Kelly, David Morse, Elijah Wood, Jacqueline Brookes
The title's a contradiction in terms when evil-seed son Henry (Macaulay Culkin) tries to snuff his family members. It doesn't take visiting cousin Mark (Elijah Wood), whose own mother passed away just...( read more
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Id: 10904939
It pains me (a little) to say this, as much as I like Elijah Wood, but this one blew chunks. In all fairness, it's not Elijah's fault. This just doesn't work on any level.
Just a formulaic second-rate thriller, bereft of originality and insight and marred by a totally appalling ending. This shit is bad, and barely in a fun way - most of it is just mean. A lot of that cruelty is dispelled by Macaulay Culkin's total inability to play sociopath, thoug...( read more)
The chemistry between Wood and Culkin is unbeliable. The movie is simply ok.
The book is better, but when isn't it? it's still fun to watch Macaulay Culkin as an evil kid.
It's kinda shocking since the bad kid is Culkin, he was like the most adorable kid at that time and in this movie he wasn't that nice....
There is something intrinsically scary about seeing Macaulay Culkin play someone evil.
This was a great performance piece for Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin. They were both extremely well polished and realistic. The story is convincing and effective mainly due to their performances. The plot is very creepy and a well done child horror.
