Brahms: The Boy II

Brahms: The Boy II
Theatrical release poster showing bugs crawling out of a boy's mouth.
Directed by	William Brent Bell
Written by	Stacey Menear
Based on	Characters by Stacey Menear
Produced by	Matt Berenson Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg Jim Wedaa Eric Reid Roy Lee Richard S. Wright
Starring	Katie Holmes Ralph Ineson Owain Yeoman Christopher Convery[1]
Cinematography	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Edited by	Brian Berdan
Music by	Brett Detar
Production companies	Lakeshore Entertainment STXfilms
Distributed by	STX Entertainment
Release date	February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million[2][3]
Box office	$20.3 million[2]

Brahms: The Boy II is a 2020 American supernatural horror film starring Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Christopher Convery and Owain Yeoman. A sequel to the 2016 film The Boy, it is directed by William Brent Bell and written by Stacey Menear, the respective director and writer of the original film.

Brahms: The Boy II follows a young boy who, after moving into a mansion with his parents following a traumatizing incident at his previous home, finds a lifelike porcelain doll that he becomes attached to. It was released in the United States by STX Entertainment on February 21, 2020, and was panned by critics, many of whom deemed it inferior to its predecessor. The film was also a financial disappointment, grossing $20 million worldwide against a budget of $10 million plus advertising costs, less than a third of the first film's gross. It was also Lakeshore Entertainment's last film before they were shut down.