“What if Superman decided that he wasn’t Earth’s protector, but instead its punisher? It’s clearly something which has been on the mind of horror and sci-fi aficionado David Yarovesky, whose second feature Brightburn is in some ways closer to the Son of Sam than the Son of Krypton.

After crash-landing on Earth, newly adopted and super-powered kid Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn) finds that society doesn’t accept him all that easily… and he responds in the only way he knows: by donning a mask and unleashing hell. Kids eh?”

To read the rest of my superheroes turning super-bad article for Cineworld, just follow this link.