How refreshing to see a movie that is creepy all the way through to the end, without relying on some sappy supernatural "explanation" for all the evil. Joshua as a Machiavellian child prodigy makes mincemeat out of his unsuspecting and clueless parents (not to mention his grandma and uncle). This movie will raise the little hairs on the back of your neck again and again, and remains faithful to its premise, which is very refreshing in these days of the "devil made me do it" (literally) cop-out ending. The director makes us uneasy with the sheer evil and total absence of remorse displayed by Joshua, and it seems all the more terrible since his parents don't suspect a thing. There is a little religious mumbo-jumbo thrown in (Grandma takes Joshua to an evangelical gathering), but this is secondary to the plot and just demonstrates how the opportunistic child uses this weakness in his grandmother to further his destructive agenda.
