Movie

The Boy from Below

2025 · 97 min

A retro slasher that trades on Halloween nostalgia and video-store atmosphere, delivering familiar masked-killer thrills with a knowing wink.

Tagline: He's already seen you die.
Overview: On Halloween night, 1997, a masked killer brings slasher films to life in Carpenter Falls. A video store clerk and her friends must survive his deadly game before they’re picked off one by one.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and campy. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Survival, violence, friendship, isolation
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
violence
friendship
isolation
death
Places: small town
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild