The October 12 of 13

Who would have guessed that one of the better films I saw during the October 13 this year would be a Netflix film from 2017?

Gary (Adam Scott) recently married Sam (Evangeline Lilly), who has had several failed marriages. The biggest reason? Her son Lucas (Owen Atlas) is the Anti-Christ and he has a tendency to bury them alive.

Gary does not know what to do. Does he try and connect with the six-year old or does he kill the boy?

This is a surprisingly funny film with some excellent horror elements to it. The old evil child has been done countless times in movies, but this has a different flavor to it. It is the Omen mixed with This is the End.

Adam Scott does a great job of providing the anchor to this ridiculous story. You never feel that this is over-the-top because he grounds it for us with his performance. Even when you think that there is no reasonable person who would stick this out, Scott is believable.

There is a unexpectedly deep cast here too with Evangeline Lilly as Lucas’s mother and we get appearances from Clancy Brown, Sally Field, Donald Faison, Tyler Labine, and Brad Williams.

The final act of the film does go a bit off the rails, but I had already been charmed by the film, particularly by Adam Scott and the weaker end did not hurt the film much.

This is a fun film for families during the spooky season even though some of the religious iconography may be too much at times.