When the Bough Breaks isn’t necessarily high art, and it isn’t a classic like Carpenter’s film, but it is an impeccably crafted thriller that transcends its lowbrow origins thanks to a solid trio of lead performances and expert direction by Jon Cassar. The same basic material can be either trash or art depending on the director’s skill and intent-it’s why John Carpenter’s Halloween is a classic but dozens of inferior slasher films that follow the same basic template aren’t. When it comes to genre movies, sometimes execution is everything.
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