# Son (2021)

> A traumatized mother races across a hostile landscape to protect her ailing son from the cult that shaped her childhood, while reality and damnation close in.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/535113

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Ivan Kavanagh
- Cast: Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson, Blaine Maye, J. Robert Spencer, Rocco Sisto, Kristine Nielsen
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5624466/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: ominous, paranoid, disturbing, late night horror viewing, halloween horror marathon

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