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The Prodigy

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6 Interesting Facts About The Prodigy

  1. #001

    The Prodigy borrows from the notorious jump-scare scene in Mario Bava's 1977 film Shock, in which the child runs toward his mother and transforms into a vengeful ghost.

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  2. #002

    Because Jackson Robert Scott shot this film between It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019), he appeared in three horror films back to back.

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  3. #003

    The name Miles Blume was inspired by the names of the eerie children in The Innocents (1961): Miles and Flora. Blume is the German and Austrian word for flower.

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  4. #004

    On the newborn baby's chest are blood clots resembling the needles the man received from the police.

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  5. #005

    Near the end of the film, Miles wears a lion-head shirt that presents him as a predator. He was also born under the sign of Leo.

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  6. #006

    Miles is seen playing with a (genius) Rubik's Cube. It was invented in 1974 by the Hungarian architect and inventor Professor Erno Rubik.

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