PREVIEW: The Boy Behind The Door (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Lonnie Chavis (The Water Man), Ezra Dewey (Everything Before Us), Kristin Bauer van Straten (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion), Scott Michael Foster (Teenage Dirtbag), Micah Hauptman (Everest), Rich Ceraulo Ko (Tenet), Anna B. Shaffer (Made Me Do It), Alfredo Tavares (Blackmail)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David Charbonier (film debut) and Justin Powell (film debut), directors, writers; Jim Hart (And Punching the Clown), John Hermann (After the Reality), Ryan Lewis (Play Nice), Rick Rosenthal (Mean Creek) and Ryan Scaringe (Useless Humans), producers; Anton Sanko (The Devil’s Hand), composer; Julián Estrada (Demons), cinematographer; Stephen Boyer (Dark, Dealy & Dreadful), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Twelve-year-old Bobby (Chavis) and his best friend Kevin (Dewey) are kidnapped on their way home from school, and taken to a strange house in the middle of nowhere. Although Bobby manages to escape, he realises that he cannot leave Kevin behind, and must now evade his captor at every turn if he is to rescue his friend from certain doom…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Two strong performances from terrified young leads Lonnie Chavis and Ezra Dewey carry this incredibly tense cat-and-mouse thriller that may make your heart skip a beat every now and then.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 29TH JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

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