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WHO’S IN IT?

Taylor Schilling (The Overnight), Jackson Robert Scott (It), Colm Feore (Changeling), Brittany Allen (Jigsaw), Peter Mooney (Summer’s Blood), Oluniké Adeliyi (French Immersion), Elisa Moolecherry (The Recruit), Paula Boudreau (A Ted Named Gooby), Paul Fauteux (What We Have), Ashley Black (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact), director; Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train), writer; Tara Farney (film debut) and Tripp Vinson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose), producers; Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring), composer; Bridger Nielson (At The Devil’s Door), cinematographer; Tom Elkins (Annabelle) and Brian Ufberg (Sacrifice), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Miles (Scott) is a young boy who displays signs of genius intellect, but also a disturbing pattern of sinister behaviour. His mother, Sarah (Schilling), takes him to see therapist Arthur Jackson (Feore) who begins to suspect that Miles is being influenced or even possessed by a supernatural force…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Orange Is The New Black star Taylor Schilling stars in this creepy horror-thriller about a young boy who may be a little too smart for his own good.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH MARCH 2019

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