The Boy Behind the Door fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, no humor.
Tense and scary
Moving
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, the mind, and crime
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
The Boy Behind the Door is tense and scary.
Moving
Emotionally, it's moving.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life, the mind, and crime
Its world is built around everyday modern life, the mind, and crime.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Boy Behind the Door is included with a subscription to Philo, AMC+, and Shudder in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68/100 (IMDb 5.7, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, and Metacritic 65). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 28 min
The Boy Behind the Door runs 1 h 28 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Boy Behind the Door higher (81) than audiences (52). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+28GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Boy Behind the Door in 42 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 30 storytelling tropes for The Boy Behind the Door, including They Look Just Like Everyone Else!, Extremely Short Timespan, Police Are Useless.
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