This Brilliant Lesser Known Witch Horror Movie Will Leave You Shaken
574The Wretched is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by the Pierce Brothers. It was premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on 19 July 2019 and was released in selected theatres, mainly drive-in theatres, through Premium VOD on 1st May 2020. It has become the first film since Avatar to top the box office for six consecutive weekends due to COVID-19. The Wretched grossed $1.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $2.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $4.3 million.
The film follows the life of a teenage boy, Ben, who is dealing with his parent’s messy divorce by staying with his dad in a seaside town. Life with Dad isn't all that bad, and Ben meets the eccentric Mallory, who is of course the love interest. The fact that there appears to be a body-possessing witch creeping around the region, and it just could have taken over attractive neighbor lady Abbie, puts a damper on the whole affair. With plenty of jumps scares, great creature effects, and a gamely over-the-top third act, what follows is happy, though derivative, a mashup of films like Rear Window (1954), Fright Night (1985), and Supernatural.
Rotten Tomatoes has given The Wretched an approval rating of 75% based on 110 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Wretched stirs up a savory blend of witch-in-the-woods horror ingredients that should leave genre fans hungry for a second helping from writer-directors Brett and Drew T. Pierce.” There are a handful of movies in the horror realm that deal with witches, so, The Wretched is a nice break from the multitude of zombie, vampire, and werewolf flicks. Let’s see how well it compares to the scant few witch flicks available to us.
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