Nicholas McCarthy’s third horror film, 'The Prodigy,' stars Taylor Schilling as a distressed mother attempting to protect her young son from pernicious inf...

Nicholas McCarthy's chiller doesn't ever hide its big, weird idea for a possession story, but it still goes in some unexpected directions.

Word to the wise: If your 8-year-old suddenly asks for paprika to season his or her food, you’d better watch out.

Do not see this movie if you like children, dogs, hands or Hungarian folk music. “The Prodigy,” the latest in a long, increasingly lousy line of bloodthi...

Taylor Schilling is perfect as the distraught mother of a disturbed boy in this thinly plotted horror movie.

The Prodigy doesn't work because Buhler's scenario is too predictable to be involving and McCarthy's direction is too indecisive to be gripping.

The crazy-but-not-crazy-enough horror flick makes its ridiculous premise clear from the get-go, but struggles to figure out what it wants its third act to be

Despite a few unintentional chuckles, this thriller is too broad to be scary and too morose to be campy

A child genius has sinister motives at play in this unnerving, yet unsurprising horror flick.

A child genius has sinister motives at play in this unnerving, yet unsurprising horror flick.

The Prodigy works in a low key that still somehow scrapes your nerves, so when the nasty stuff arrives, you’ve been softened up for the kill.