The Prodigy: Don't Ask me to Babysit Your Possessed Kid. Thanks.

From the moment the movie started with that creepy ass humming, I knew I was in for a good time. The Prodigy’s tagline is “What’s Wrong With Miles?” and when you find out it will make you look at your own kid a little sideways. 

When Miles was being born into this world, states away, the police shot down a serial killer. The serial killer’s soul then goes until Miles’ body. Sarah and John (the happy parents who wanted a baby for so long) notice nothing except how advanced and intelligent he is until Miles turns 8. Then things get a little spooky. 

Now that Miles is 8, the serial killer is trying to push through and take over as the lone soul inside his body, pushing away the Miles they know and love. 

I really enjoyed this movie because I thought it had a different twist. Reincarnation? I did not see that coming from the trailer. I am a sucker for a plot twist. This reminds me of Orphan! Did you think she was really a 30 year old woman? Exactly. The Prodigy did not rely on jump scares too much- the movie was really all psychological and major WTF moments. However I did scream LOUDLY in the theater when Sarah is dreaming and Miles runs to her and he magically turns into the grown man serial killer. That caught me off guard. I was embarrassed I screamed that loud but things happen right?

I think a big debate that people have about this movie is the reaction of the parents. Sarah is super concerned and goes to extreme lengths (more on that in a second) to save her son. Meanwhile John is like nah sis he is crazy and he needs to go NEOWWWW! I’m with John. When Miles bashed the little boys head in at school it would have been a wrap for me. Probably would have been a wrap when he tried to kill the babysitter. But when he killed the family pet I would have sat him outside on the porch while we waited for the Po-Po. I see a lot of people siding with Sarah and the lengths she took to save the kid. I can’t say I would have been that dedicated. Your kid is possessed by a serial killer. How you think this fitna end?

This leads me to my main issue with this movie. Sarah thought that in order to save her kid she had to kill the woman that escaped the serial killer? Girl if you don’t GET TF! Why would you assume that is his ONLY unfinished business? Maybe his unfinished business was to kill 10 more women. What would you do then sis? I bet Sarah was apart of the 53%. You know what I mean?

My favorite part of this movie was the showdown with the therapist. It was super creepy how the serial killer was legit smart enough to take those drugs from the medicine cabinet and do other things to frame him. 

I told all of my friends to go see this movie. I really enjoyed it and it held my attention. What were your thoughts on this creepy ass kid?