Synopsis
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
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Cast
- Laurie HoldenMrs. Reyes
- Nicole MuñozLeah Reyes
- Chloe RoseJanice
- Eric OsborneAaron
- James McGowanRowen Dove
- Victoria SanchezTeacher
- Neil WhitelyDetective
- Missy Peregrym911 Operator (voice)
- Bianca MelchiorPyewacket
- Romeo CarereRob
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Pyewacket's payoff is a bit too meager given the creepy build-up. But as a psychodrama about a troubled mother and daughter, this movie is gripping from start to finish. Like a lot of the best horror, it's about the hells people conjure for themselves. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Pyewacket is a slow-burn chiller that is all the more impressive for its subtlety. - 70
Variety
It’s the rare horror film that’s actually more effective in psychological terms than in suspense ones. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The heavy-handed score, narrow performances (Nicole Munoz as the repeatedly terrified daughter; Laurie Holden as the dense mum) and weak dialogue all fail to justify a provocative ending that overturns the exorcising conventions of the genre.
