Horror

The Dark and the Wicked

Travelling Picture Show Company

Unbroken Pictures

Shotgun Shack Pictures

Inwood Road Films

United States of America

English

Marin Ireland

Michael Abbott Jr.

Xander Berkeley

Lynn Andrews

Julie Oliver-Touchstone

Tom Nowicki

Ella Ballentine

Michael Zagst

Mel Cowan

Mindy Raymond

Chris Doubek

Marques Mallare

Christine Copeland

Joe Doran

Becky McNeal

Paul Gerrard

Tara Brawley

Reid Sullivan

Emily Istre

Robert Ables

Eve Butterly

Ryan K. McNeal

Josh Elam

Jesse Curl

Deangelo Harding

Phillip Rios

Cydney Cox

Doug Vanbenthuysen

Mauricio Vanbenthuysen

Phil Rios

Sergey Mihaylov

Jonathan Trott

Jason Owen

Nicholas Fernandez

Mauricio Favery

Mark Brooks

Chris Mills

Shared Jaradat

Jeff Armstrong

Alex Splice Jones

Mohammad Hani

Bryan Bertino

William Boodell

Jennifer Ricchiazzi

Zachary Weintraub

Scott Colquitt

Ashley Landavazo

Elizabeth Trott

Mike Scannell

Kevin Matusow

John Short

Sonny Mallhi

Jeff Stevens

Bruce Cummings

Thomas Giamboi

Brian Dalton

James Short

Milan Chakraborty

Adrienne Biddle

Steven Chester Prince

Carissa Buffel

Tom Schraeder

Lance Hoffman

Thomas Hoffman

Christopher Duke

Joe Stockton

Ryan Gunn

Tristan Nyby

Colin Blankenship

Aaron Steele-Nicholson

Repo Jack

I was excited to see Bryan Bertino's latest offering. "The Strangers" was an interesting classic introducing masked home invaders in the most unsettling of ways. "The Monster" was a better-than-expected as an estranged mother and daughter are stranded in their car in the woods while being stalked by a monster. 

"Wicked's" Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic score was a solid (90%/72) and user reviews were ok (3.2 on IMDB). But for me, it fell completely flat as I kept waiting for something to connect the disparate disturbing scenes and story-line together. 

Many movies try to tease the viewer with unreliable narrators, leaving them to ponder whether what is happening is supernatural or all in the characters head. "The Babadook," "Black Swan," and "The Lighthouse" are examples of movies that do this right. Unfortunately, this doesn't. 

It's clearly something supernatural that is haunting everybody but beyond some gory and violent scenes (all of which are well done), the movie is just too ambiguous in a very frustrating way.

I was excited to check out Bryan Bertino's latest offering, "The Dark and the WIcked." His debut, "The Strangers," was an instant classic introducing masked home invaders in the most unsettling of ways. His followup, "The Monster," was well-crafted as an estranged mother and daughter get stranded in their car in the woods while being stalked by a monster. 

It was ultimately disappointing as there was nothing to connect the disparate creepy happenings to the story-line. 

Many movies try to tease the viewer with unreliable narrators, leaving them to ponder whether what is happening is supernatural or all in the characters head. "The Babadook," "Black Swan," and "The Lighthouse" are examples of movies that do this right. Unfortunately, this doesn't. 

It's clearly something supernatural haunting everybody, but beyond some disturbing and/or violent scenes (all of which are well done), the movie is just too ambiguous in a very frustrating way.

SWITCH.

The scariest new film that I've seen in 2020, 'The Dark and the Wicked' is well-crafted, moodily evocative, and best watched through one's fingers.
- Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article...
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-dark-and-the-wicked-2020s-scariest-film

> _loved this one_

let's start with the poster. I expected some red vibes like from "_evil dead_" something. but turns out, it's showed a _dark sepia tone_ which works. it's been a while since I was gasped and terrified for a horror movie.

the sound and music are effective. I mean, this horror built by this sound. not like a creepy orchestra, but a chaotic chromatic sound. _beautiful and terrifying._

my interpretation is we should learn to let go of our loved ones. when the priest said:

> "the devil is already here"

yes, it's there because you still cling to your loved ones. to let go is not to deny but to accept. to let go is to fear less and love more. I'm sorry if you find this overanalyze.

Jack

The film is all about madness at best. Main characters lose their mind and we watch their hallucinations. All the religious references in the film leads to nowhere. The film has a few good jump scares and quite a good beginning which makes you think the rest of the film is going to get somewhere. Unfortunately it doesn’t. **I wouldn’t watch it again, nor would I make my friends watch it**.

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Marin Ireland

Michael Abbott Jr.

Xander Berkeley

Lynn Andrews

Julie Oliver-Touchstone

Tom Nowicki

Ella Ballentine

Michael Zagst

Mel Cowan

Mindy Raymond

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