A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Acting
Culkin's dead-eyed stare will haunt your dreams.
Direction
Ruben milks mundane suburbia for maximum dread.
Writing
The therapy scene dialogue cuts like broken glass.
Director
Joseph Ruben
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Culkin got $5 million, making him the highest-paid child actor ever at that time. Studio basically paid for his innocence to die on screen.
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