i forgot to add that jacob kogan does a great job with his creepy flat emtioned perfomance. his style remind me of cameron bright.

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Jacob's performance is actually decent - he's good at portraying that odd edge in his character. The story is a bit too subtle for a horror movie, the psychological terror is certainly there. Missing was a clear-cut background story as to why Joshua actually started acting weird - was it demonic possession? Was it a psychological defect, bequeathed to him by his mother? What exactly is the role of his uncle Ned? I find these questions intruiging, and they make the movie more interesting than it appears at first glance.



ps (and spoiler): Reading the comment about his gay uncle (who did not appear "gay" to me at all, I wonder where this piece of information comes from?), the ending makes some more sense or does at least allow for a different interpretation. Joshua sings a beautiful song to him, which might qualify as a love song. He also says that "me.. and you... this seems right, like it should have always been". I interpreted this in the light of a possible streak of insanity that, as his uncle himself put it at one point, "runs within the family" (Joshua's mom, his uncle's sister, is fairly depressive and in need of medication, and some dialogues hint at similar problems that his uncle Ned has once had). So I thought of some kind of an inner understanding between two potential psychopaths - a love relationship, however, might serve as another possible background. This could indeed be the reason why Josh tried to destroy the lives of his mother and father - to have the chance to live together with uncle Ned. The last few moments certainly allow for such an approach, and its definitely very interesting to watch the movie again with that piece of information in mind.

For anyone who knows the Ender's Game (book) series... after seeing this movie (yesterday) I couldn't help but think how perfect Jacob would have been for Ender's big brother, Peter...  too old now, perhaps, but he's got all the right characteristics!  10 to 12 years old, dark hair, brilliant and "beautiful,"  with demonic tendencies!

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I have seen again this movie this evening. Jacob KOGAN have a very good and intrigant play in part of Joshua. My movie rating is 9/10 !