Craig William Macneill’s Horror Flick THE BOY Gets a Release Date

One horror movie I’m quite excited to see this year is the directorial debut of Craig William Macneill and his film The Boy, which just received a release date from Chiller Films today. Produced by Elijah Wood‘s genre company Spectrevision, the film stars David Morse, Rainn Wilson, and Jared Breeze as a young boy who is most certainly gearing up to become a monster.

The Boy is set to open in L.A. on August 14th followed by a VOD release on August 18th.

Here’s the synopsis from SXSW:

It’s the summer of 1989. 9-year-old Ted Henley (Jared Breeze) and his father John (David Morse) are the proprietors of The Mt. Vista Motel, a crumbling resort buried in the mountains of the American West. Since Ted’s mother left, John has drifted into despondency—leaving Ted to fend for himself. In this isolation, unchecked by the bounds of parenting, Ted’s darker impulses begin to manifest. The arrival of a mysterious drifter, William Colby (Rainn Wilson), captivates young Ted and the two form a unique friendship – setting the stage for Ted’s final, unnerving metamorphosis. THE BOY is a chilling, intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath’s growing fascination with death.