Little Evil

Little Evil
Little Evil
	Film poster
Directed by	Eli Craig
Written by	Eli Craig
Produced by	Jason Michael Berman; Scott Stuber;
Starring	Evangeline Lilly; Adam Scott; Bridget Everett; Owen Atlas; Kyle Bornheimer; Chris D'Elia; Donald Faison; Carla Gallo; Tyler Labine; Brad Williams; Clancy Brown; Sally Field;
Cinematography	Matthew Clark
Edited by	Tia Nolan
Music by	Marco Beltrami ; Brandon Roberts ; Marcus Trumpp
Production; companies	Bluegrass Films; Mandalay Pictures;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	September 1, 2017 (United States);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.5 million

Little Evil is a 2017 American supernatural horror comedy film written and directed by Eli Craig. It stars Adam Scott, Evangeline Lilly, Owen Atlas, Bridget Everett, Kyle Bornheimer, Chris D'Elia, Donald Faison, Carla Gallo, Tyler Labine, Brad Williams, Clancy Brown, and Sally Field. It was released by Netflix on September 1, 2017.

In the film, a man suspects that his new

stepson is "a little evil", after realizing that the boy may have caused two mysterious suicides. While investigating the boy's past, he is informed that his stepson is the Antichrist

and that he may have to kill the boy to prevent the end of the world.

Plot

Gary Bloom marries Samantha, who has a 5-year-old son, Lucas. Gary struggles to connect with the quiet Lucas, who ignores him. Gary receives a telephone call from his wedding videographer Karl, warning that something very unusual is in the footage, but Gary is uninterested. Gary stops by one of his properties for sale, an old nunnery, where Father J.D. Gospel, the leader of a

principal informs him that Lucas spoke out of turn in class and told his science teacher to “go to hell”, after which she killed herself by jumping out the window and got impaled on a fence. A psychiatrist

stresses that Lucas see a counselor and Gary, apparently the main source of Lucas’ erratic behavior, should do the same.

Samantha is upset by the news and feels that everyone, including Gary, is unfairly blaming Lucas, but Gary assures her that he loves them both. At therapy, Gary confides to the other

possessed-looking Lucas untouched by a tornado

. Karl tells Gary that all Samantha's previous boyfriends are dead except Gabriel, giving Gary Gabriel's address.

When Gary inquires about Lucas' biological father, Samantha reluctantly admits that years earlier, she was part of a

hallowed

ground.

Gary arrives home to find Samantha with Miss Shaylock, a woman from

Child Protective Services. They encourage Gary to put Lucas to bed, but this goes horribly wrong, ending in Lucas burying Gary in a sandbox. Samantha digs him up, taking Lucas’ side for being a confused kid, and Gary screams that Lucas is the Antichrist. Samantha is devastated, and Gary apologizes. Convinced Lucas is the Antichrist, Gary takes him on a trip to Waterland, an amusement park blessed by the Pope

, intending to drown Lucas in what would appear to be an accident, but Lucas and Gary actually start to bond as father and son. Gary reluctantly equips Lucas with sand-filled floaties and sends him down a water slide to his death, but sees the word "Love" in the sky and takes it as a sign. Gary saves Lucas, taking him for ice cream, and they both apologize for trying to kill each other.

An

Soap Box Derby

, finally happy as father and son.

Cast

Adam Scott as Gary Bloom, Samantha's husband and Lucas's stepfather
Evangeline Lilly as Samantha Bloom, Gary's wife and Lucas's mother
Owen Atlas as Lucas, Samantha's son and Gary's stepson
Bridget Everett as Al, Gary's co-worker and best friend
Clancy Brown as Reverend Gospel
Sally Field as Miss Shaylock
Kyle Bornheimer as Victor
Chris D'Elia as Wayne
Donald Faison as Larry
Carla Gallo as Wendy
Tyler Labine as Karl C. Miller
Brad Williams as Gozamel

Production

In May 2013,

Bluegrass Films banners respectively.^[1] In September 2016, it was announced Evangeline Lilly, Adam Scott, Clancy Brown, Donald Faison, Chris D'Elia, Bridget Everett, Owen Atlas, Brad Williams, and Marcus Terrell Smith had joined the cast of the film, Dylan Clark and Jason Michael Berman would serve as producers, and Netflix would produce and distribute the film.^[2]^[3] That same month, Kyle Bornheimer joined the cast of the film.^[4]