Joshua

• Drama
• Thriller
• Horror

A creeping psychological thriller, *Joshua* unnerves not through jump scares, but through the subtly escalating disruption of domestic order as a rigidly controlled household fractures with the arrival of a new baby. The film meticulously portrays the agonizing descent of a precocious, yet deeply insecure nine-year-old, whose outwardly polite demeanor masks a burgeoning, chillingly calculated malice directed at his family. It's a story less about outright horror and more about the suffocating weight of expectation and the terrifying consequences of unacknowledged emotional neglect, presented with a disconcerting stillness and a pervasive sense of dread. The film explores the fragility of familial bonds and the dark side of suppressed childhood anxieties, culminating in a haunting examination of passive aggression and the insidious nature of control.