Harrigan (Donald Sutherland), who summons him to his huge and imposing mansion on a regular basis to read to him from literary classics like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, A Tale of Two Cities and many more.īeginning in 2003 when he was quite young (played by Colin O’Brien at that age) and impressing Harrigan with a Bible reading at the town’s church, Craig finds satisfying steady work for years as we see when the story skips forward and the role is now played by Martell, who ages from 15 to 18 over the course of this unique relationship with the crusty senior citizen. Actually the only reference of the word “horror” in talking about this film is in its couple of references to the line, “ the horror, the horror” from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, one of many books that are the subject of readings between a young New England teen named Craig (Martell) and the small town’s filthy rich old man Mr.
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