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Why you loved it

Movies like The Boy

Not everyone loves The Boy for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love The Boy

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like creaking floors and a doll that seems to move.

  2. You like a final turn you didn't see coming.

  3. You want to know what really happened to the family's boy.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Crimson Peak2015

    • you want to know what really happened to the family's boy

    Good for you if you want to find out what the brother and sister are hiding.

  • The Others2001

    • a final turn you didn't see coming

    Good for you if you like an ending that rearranges everything that came before it.

  • Hereditary2018

    • creaking floors and a doll that seems to move

    Good for you if you want horror that stays with you for days.

  • Sinister2012

    • creaking floors and a doll that seems to move
    • you want to know what really happened to the family's boy

    Good for you if you like being scared by grainy home movies in a dark room.

  • The Sixth Sense1999

    • a final turn you didn't see coming

    Good for you if you like an ending that makes you replay the whole film in your head.

  • The Woman in Black2012

    • creaking floors and a doll that seems to move

    Good for you if you like a ghost glimpsed in the corner of a dark room.

  • The Haunting of Hill House2018

    • creaking floors and a doll that seems to move
    • a final turn you didn't see coming

    Good for you if you want ghosts you only spot in the corner of the frame.

  • The Invisible Man2020

    • creaking floors and a doll that seems to move

    Good for you if you like being scared by something nobody can see.

  • Archive 812022

    • creaking floors and a doll that seems to move
    • you want to know what really happened to the family's boy

    Good for you if you like piecing together what happened to Melody from old tapes.

  • Last Night in Soho2021

    • a final turn you didn't see coming

    Good for you if you like a mystery that turns everything you thought about the past upside down.

  • Psycho1960

    • creaking floors and a doll that seems to move
    • a final turn you didn't see coming

    Good for you if you like a film that pulls the floor away halfway.

Reasons taken from The Boy's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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