Belladonna Productions
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Son
You can't outrun a family secret.
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
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- Son
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Aug 27, 2022 · via TMDB
Befitting its title, this movie feels like the son of The Exorcist and Rosemary – and in that sense it is proof that talent does skip a generation. It's as if screenwriter/director Ivan Kavanagh thought that revisiting Rosemary's baby was a good idea, even though someone else had already gone back to that particular well, and the result left a lot to be desired (I’m referring of course to Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby). Laura (Andi Matichak) is the young single mother of David (Luke David Blumm). One night, Laura stumbles upon a group of refugees from the Bramford Building in David's room. She runs off to a neighbor's house and calls the police. As it often happens in these cases, the police find not a shred of evidence of a home invasion, and one of the detectives (Cranston Johnson) obviously thinks Laura is one card short of a full deck. In contrast, the other detective, Paul (Emile Hirsch), is understanding, patient, and attentive – in short, he is so obliging that we immediately know he’s going to doublecross Laura sooner or later; it's just a matter of waiting for the other shoe to drop. Shortly after, David begins to experience symptoms of a disease that a battery of tests is unable to identify, but which we could call Regan MacNeil Syndrome. It turns out that Laura's father was the leader of a satanic cult/pedophile ring (a little too late to exploit the so-called satanic panic, ain’t it?). David is believed by all in the know to be the product of Laura being raped by her father, just as Rosemary was under the impression of having had sex with Guy, when in reality she had inadvertently become the devil's concubine (between the ages of 10 and 18, Laura, then known as Anna, lived a life of sexual subservience, and to give the devil his due, the newspaper clippings the characters look up are a very nice touch. Too bad the photo of the alleged victim depicts an incongruously smiling Anna/Laura). In keeping with the Rosemary pattern, David is not the fruit of an incestuous relationship, but of Laura's union with the prince of darkness. Now, as far as demon seeds go, David is rather underwhelming. To begin with, he has to eat human flesh; otherwise he becomes violently, and presumably fatally, ill. That is, the son of El Diablo is as dependable as a junky going through withdrawal. Sure, he's capable of subduing prey several times his size, but this is disappointingly pedestrian, especially when compared to Damien Thorn, who never had to get his hands dirty. The biggest problem here is that, while the best thing in the whole movie, Blumm's performance is not right for the character. David is (except when hunger overcomes him) more Regan than Damien (which doesn't stop Kavanagh from blatantly ripping off The Omen’s ending), and as such, we want him to find salvation, not see him embracing, so to speak, the dark side of the force.
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Andi Matichak
Laura
Emile Hirsch
Paul
Cranston Johnson
Steve
Blaine Maye
Jimmy Naegle
J. Robert Spencer
Dr. Bauhn
Rocco Sisto
Dr. Bradlee
Kristine Nielsen
Mrs. Naegle
Erin Bradley Dangar
Susan
Adam Stephenson
Father
David Kallaway
Pimp
Ethan McDowell
Dr. Lundberg
Wanetah Walmsley
ICU Nurse
Garrett Kruithof
Deutsch
Craig Leydecker
Jorgensen
Ben Swilley
Cab Driver
Adam Henslee
Young Officer
Ann Marie Hall
Coroner
Alexander Ward
Huntsman
Shirley McClung
Lecturer
Britton Webb
Police Officer
Abigail Rhyne
Tracy Hatch
Matthew Sean Blumm
Paramedic (uncredited)
Sami Bray
10 Year Old Laura (uncredited)
Wesley O'Mary
Digital Imaging Technician
Lauren Goodwin
Hair Department Head
Ivan Kavanagh
Director
Laura Wilbanks Cruz
Script Supervisor
Robin Hill
Editor
Linda Moran
Co-Executive Producer
Abhay Deol
Executive Producer
Emile Hirsch
Executive Producer
Robert Maxfield
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Ivan Kavanagh
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