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The Good Son
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.
1993 · Directed by Joseph Ruben · 87 min · Drama · Thriller · Horror · 11 frames
Tagline
Evil has many faces.
Crew
- Screenplay: Ian McEwan
- Cinematography: John Lindley
- Edited by: George Bowers
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Production design: Bill Groom
- Produced by: Mary Ann Page, Joseph Ruben
Cast
- Macaulay Culkin as Henry Evans
- Elijah Wood as Mark Evans
- Wendy Crewson as Susan Evans
- David Morse as Jack Evans
- Daniel Hugh Kelly as Wallace Evans
- Jacqueline Brookes as Alice Davenport
- Quinn Culkin as Connie Evans
- Ashley Crow as Janice Evans
- Guy Strauss as Arizona Doctor
- Keith Brava as Doctor in Blackport
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $17,000,000
- Box office: $60,613,008
- Themes: parent child relationship, sadism, psychopath, sadistic, manipulation, deception, sociopath, murder, problem child, deceit
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