In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
Acting
Anton Yelchin's manic, tender, perfect oddness.
Direction
Sommers balances camp and genuine sorrow.
Practical Effects
Bodachs: creepy, cheap, absolutely effective.
Director
Stephen Sommers
Anton Yelchin
Odd Thomas
Addison Timlin
Stormy Llewellyn
Willem Dafoe
Wyatt Porter
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Viola Peabody
Nico Tortorella
Simon Varner
Patton Oswalt
Ozzie P. Boone
Kyle McKeever
Officer Bern Eckles
Melissa Ordway
Lysette Spinelli
Leonor Varela
Odd's Mother
Shuler Hensley
Fungus Bob Robertson
Matthew Page
Harlo Landerson
Morse Bicknell
Kevin Goss
Arnold Vosloo
Tom Jedd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anton Yelchin was 23 playing 20; he died in a freak accident three years later, making Odd's mortality obsession unbearably prescient.
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