Screenwriter Jeff Buhler is something of a hot ticket in Hollywood these days (his upcoming list of projects includes remakes of The Grudge, the long-delayed Jacob’s Ladder, and Pet Sematary, announced just this week as the SXSW Film festival closing title), and this film proves he can walk a line between satisfying jump scares and something approximating atmospheric horror. Unsurprisingly, The Prodigy is at its best when it takes an earnest approach to its subject matter.
However, when Miles begins to lash out at the other students around him, his parents begin to suspect that their special child might be even more out of the ordinary than they ever could have expected. Much to their surprise, Miles quickly proves to be far ahead of the developmental curve, inspiring his parents to place their quick learner in a special program for child prodigies. Minutes after an infamous serial killer is gunned down by an Ohio SWAT team, Sarah (Schilling, making a case for a career as a Radha Mitchell-esque horror icon) gives birth to Miles (Scott), the baby she and her husband John (Mooney) have been waiting years to conceive.
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