A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
Acting
D'Onofrio's Bob is repulsively human, not cartoon evil.
Direction
Lynch's camera refuses to look away from moral rot.
Writing
The ending gut-punch recontextualizes everything.
Director
Jennifer Lynch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jennifer Lynch is David Lynch's daughter; she also directed the infamous 'Boxing Helena' at 19.
The film was inspired by real cases of captivity and 'compliance' psychology, particularly the Fritzl case echoes.
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