The Wretched

    The Wretched
    2020

    Synopsis

    A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.

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    Cast

    • John-Paul HowardBen
    • Piper CurdaMallory
    • Jamison JonesLiam
    • Azie TesfaiSara
    • Kevin BigleyTy
    • Gabriela Quezada BloomgardenJJ
    • Amy WallerNora
    • Tug CokerMr. Gambel
    • Richard EllisGage
    • Blane CrockarellDillon

    Recommandations

    • 78

      Austin Chronicle

      The Wretched may be guilty of stealing shamelessly from "Rear Window," "Disturbia," and the best summercamp slasher and small-town supernatural chillers, but none of those were exactly raw innovators, either.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      There's enough solid internal logic mixed in with the murky ambiguities to keep The Wretched far more compelling than its generic title might suggest. The filmmakers are working to a formula, but they definitely have fun with it, which is contagious.
    • 70

      Variety

      The film successfully mixes together a lot of things, from the waterfront tourist-town setting of “Jaws” to a general teen fantasy-adventure feel that tempers (without weakening) horror content variably redolent of “It,” “Fright Night” and myriad other predecessors. If originality isn’t a strong suit here, the film’s conviction and polish make that a minor sin.
    • 70

      The New York Times

      Blessed with shivery setups and freaky effects — here, skin-crawling is literal — The Wretched transforms common familial anxieties into flesh, albeit crepey and creeping.
    • 67

      The Playlist

      Genre buffs are probably more interested in witch’s kidnapping children than Ben’s family divorce. But the Pierce’s deliver on both fronts, so much so that you may never walk into a basement again.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      What the Pierce brothers lack in flavorful storytelling or compelling characters, they almost entirely make up for in good old-fashioned atmosphere and suspense. The Wretched rarely surprises, but it’s well-crafted enough to get under your skin anyway, with an able assist from the creepy camerawork of cinematographer Conor Murphy and unsettling score by Devin Burrows.
    • 50

      Movie Nation

      The Wretched is a polished reasonably tight tale of a witch infestation coming to rural, lakeside Michigan, and the teenage boy who screams “Why won’t anybody BELIEVE me?”
    • 50

      Slant Magazine

      The filmmakers don’t examine the psychological terror, the bitterness, and lust that gave rise to many of the works they cherish.

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