Brahms: The Boy II

Name: Brahms: The Boy II
Director: William Brent Bell
Released: 2020

William Brent Bell

2020

Synopsis

After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.

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58
The A.V. Club
None of the mounting dread is surprising, and only some of it is more effective than the average haunted-whatever picture. But Brahms himself remains an oddball delight.
50
IndieWire
There aren’t that many minutes to mess up, but the film manages to make it feel much longer. At just 86 minutes, Brahms: The Boy II should fly by, but the film lurches forward with its momentum punctuated by bad jump scares and odd flashback sequences.
40
Los Angeles Times
Like its predecessor, “The Boy II” is a fairly corny and stodgy spook-show, with a few good jolts and one genuinely creepy killer toy.
40
Slashfilm
It’s a film completely devoid of energy, or atmosphere. It’s so boring at times that it’s almost impressive.
40
Film Threat
None of it is remotely frightening or original, the admittedly good-looking film adding nothing new to this unfortunate horror subgenre.
35
TheWrap
The film has no suspense, wit or shock value. It’s too ploddingly paced to elicit a proper jump scare, and it’s nowhere near insightful enough to get under the skin. The only thing interesting about this disappointing follow-up is how it takes the original film down with it, retroactively hurting the chances of “The Boy” becoming a beloved cult classic.
30
We Got This Covered
Brahms: The Boy II seems to want nothing to do with its original, which is an odd and detrimental outcome for your direct continuation of Brahms' ongoing story.
25
Movie Nation
There is one seriously suspenseful scene in the script, and it’s suspenseful because the trailers to the movie have given it away. Nothing else in it is scary, and the third act’s a career-killing embarrassment.