Adriane Kurtz

I just watched this film for the first time in (2024) and I actually was crying at parts. Cody is such a sweet and gifted human being with a power beyond anyone's control. I actually hate horror movies and I loved this. It's not scary as in blood and gore and absolutely thrilling, it's more sentimental and scary in a way that this poor child has suffered a loss he couldn't understand at a young age and associated it with a scary monster as a coping mechanism. I felt truly bad for him so many times. When his newest foster mom was "abusing" his gift, as the father put it, he wasn't lying. She was wrong to use him like that for her own benefits. My heart also broke when he was taken away by police officers and the place he was sent, they forced an injection in him to make him sleep. He pleaded "I don't want to hurt anyone else" like ugh 😭 Poor kid just wanted to live his life. Even took sugars and was drinking coffee grounds in water to stay awake so the monster wouldn't come. There are a few questions and gaps afterwards but the more you sit and think about it, it's left to your own interpretation, really. It's quite a sweet ending where Cody gets a full understanding of the monster he has been dealing with and moving forward, leads viewers to believe for the most part he won't dream of it anymore.