'The Boy' Was Saved By its Unexpected Twist Ending

 

Credit to The Boy — Plugged In

I have my fair share of horror movies that haven’t really stayed in my brain for a long time. I have seen plenty of slashers, body horror, supernatural, and monster like films that I have forgotten about pretty quickly. 

And I’m not saying that any of these movies were super bad, I just forgot about them, I guess. 

One of the few movies that I saw in 2016 has made me strongly believe I would have forgotten about the film…if it hadn’t been for that INSANE ending. 

I’m not sure if many of you horror fans have seen The Boy that was released in 2016? The story that follows a woman named Greta who is asked to babysit a doll that is possibly possessed by a dead child named Brahms?

Credit to Review: ‘The Boy,’ in Which a Doll May be Alive, or the Heroine May Be Mad — The New York Times

I gotta be honest. The movie was sort of generic when it came to the scares and the buildup, but I did appreciate the bond that Greta was forming with the doll. 

It was kind of cute to see a film where the doll wasn’t a threat for once. 

Greta and the doll actually appeared to get along quite well, and I think she even started to see the doll as an actual child, since it was possessed by a dead kid. Alas, this wonderful bond is destroyed when some asshole decides to ruin it. 

Some random dude, (I can’t remember his name), shows up at the house and smashes the doll’s face. This shocks Greta, because she genuinely did care about Brahms. 

Then the audience in the movie theater started freaking out when loud thumping started coming from the walls of the house. My family and I were in shock, wondering what the hell was about to happen. It was so unexpected, and I loved the scary anticipation I was feeling when the wall opened up. 

Then the audience and my family freaked out when we realized that a GROWN MAN was emerging out of the wall, wearing a mask similar to Brahms. 

Credit to The Boy Ending, Explained

It turns out that Brahms was a grown man, who was tricking Greta into believing that the doll was alive and moving on its own. He cared for Greta, and decided to continue his bond with her, to keep her by his side. 

I don’t care what people say about that shocking ending, but that freaking twist saved this film for me. 

It’s genius, unexpected, and the best part, was that the trailers never gave this twist away. 

Boy, do I miss those days. Trailers freaking suck nowadays. I think the only awesome one I saw this year so far was 28 Years Later. Trailer didn’t show shit!

And of course, my fear skyrocketed when the adult Brahms immediately started going after Greta and the asshole that smashed his doll. The movie turned into a completely different film after this reveal, and I love the filmmakers for pulling that off. 

It’s not easy to make a horror film, and even though I wasn’t a fan of the first half, the main climax was executed so damn well. It’s a huge shame that we will never get a franchise of Brahms. 

The potential of a dude who talks in a little kid voice while going after his victims sounds like nightmare fuel. 

Credit to Set Visit Part 1: Brahms The Boy II. Lets talk about that mask!

Brahms could have been another awesome future slasher! I don’t think he would have become as popular as Art the Clown, but I think he could have at least gotten a memorable award within the horror genre! 

I did see a snippet of the sequel, and I was so disappointed with the retcon they did with Brahms. They should have played with that idea of his character becoming a slasher, not actually make it supernatural! 

I’m not trying to be a jerk here, but that sequel looked so bad. That really shows how much I enjoyed the Brahms reveal in the first film lol. 

I hope that we get Brahms back one day. That dude has way too much potential to be a terrifying slasher!