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Blu-ray Review - The Dark and the Wicked (2020) flickeringmyth.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flickeringmyth.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
February 24, 2021 Louise (Marin Ireland) and her brother Michael (Michael Abbott Jr.) return to their family home when they receive the news that their ailing father (Michael Zagst) is dying. They find their mother (Julie Oliver-Touchstone) acting strangely, and when an unexpected tragedy occurs, the siblings start to fear that there is an evil inside the house that is targeting the family. As they struggle to tell the difference between reality and hallucinations, Louise and Michael are thrown into a battle against a dark force. ‘The Dark and the Wicked’ is from writer/director Bryan Bertino who is perhaps best-known for writing 2008 horror hit ‘The Strangers’. With Bertino on board, I had high hopes for this film, expecting another twisted and shocking story that unravels slowly over the running time. That, at least, is how ‘The Dark and the Wicked’ starts out, gradually chipping away at the audience and unsettling them as Louise and Michael walk slap bang in ....
'The Dark and the Wicked' review: relentlessly bleak Southern gothic horror nme.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nme.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The writer-director of The Strangers, Bryan Bertino, returns to unnerve us with a stripped-back chiller that meticulously creates and sustains an air of formidable menace. With its crisp cinematography, awkward family dynamics and strong performances it tends toward the classier end of the horror spectrum, having more in common with films like Relic, Hereditary and The Witch. And yet when it delivers frights they are unashamedly full-throttle – a strong combination that means it should satisfy a wide range of genre fans. Marin Ireland and Michael Abbott Jr. play siblings Louise and Michael Straker, who return to the family farm in Texas to help their mum (Julie Oliver-Touchstone) care for their dying dad (Michael Zagst). But it s quickly apparent that all is far from right in the household, with an evil presence lurking that seems bent on tormenting their mother and stealing their helpless father s soul. ....