This is the second episode of the series "Thriller". It's far better than the first episode, though this is hardly a glowing endorsement. However, it is worth seeing even if its message is a bit screwy.
A family is staying in a vacation cabin. Dad is working hard on some article he's writing and he's ignoring the rest of the family. As for Mom, she's miserable but says nothing...at first. In the meantime, their 11 year-old picks up the family rifle and begins to run amok. Now based on what the kid's already done in the beginning of the episode, keeping a gun anywhere near him is bizarrely inappropriate. However, while the little screwball is out playing with the gun, Mom tells her husband about an incident a year ago when their son almost killed another kid with a gun! Now what SANE person would keep that to themselves?! Well, obviously sanity doesn't run in this family! And, while Mom and Dad air their gripes about the marriage, the kid takes someone captive! Cute.
I think the message is that you should spend more time with your kid and this will just make everything fine. NO!!! The boy is obviously homicidal and the message seems just bizarre. Better parenting certainly wouldn't hurt, but the kid's problems run far deeper and point to his being a loony! A truly bizarre and chilling show with a strange, cryptic message. Not great.