FilmRPsychological Survival

The Good Son1993

Name: The Good Son
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 1993-09-24
Rating: 6

“Evil has many faces.”

Directed by Joseph Ruben

6.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.4Rotten Tomatoes 26%Metacritic 45TMDB 6.8

✍ Review

On the charts

#11·Top Horror Movies of 1993

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Year

1993

Runtime

87 min

Box Office

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$60,613,008

Domestic

$44,789,789

🏆 1 win & 2 nominations

The premise

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.

Horror Vault's take

When a grieving boy is sent to stay with relatives, he finds an unlikely companion in his charismatic young cousin — but beneath the charming surface lurks something deeply, disturbingly wrong. As troubling incidents mount, he must convince the adults around him of a danger they refuse to see. The Good Son is a slow-burning psychological thriller that weaponizes the idea of the perfect child against itself, leaving a lingering chill long after the credits roll.

Content: Depictions Of Child Endangerment, Violence Involving Minors, Disturbing Behaviour From A Child Character, Thematic Content Involving Death And Grief