The Dark and the Wicked

One of the better supernatural horror films I've seen in quite awhile. Yes, there were "jump scares" but the overall feel of the movie - from the opening moments 'til the final second - was just ominous, creepy, and enough to give you the willies. I admit I had reservations about the title; it doesn't really sound all that "original" but wow, was it ever appropriate for this particular film. The whole thing was just "dark and wicked", just like the title says. While it wasn't an "all-star cast", the acting was terrific pretty much across the board; I can't think of anyone who didn't seem to give an A+ effort to this little-heard-of film. Again, from start to finish, it was well-carried by anyone and everyone in the story and I have to give props to the cinematography...it was top-notch. Everything from the extreme close-ups to filming the darkest scenes (quite a number of them) just was done exceptionally well. The story itself was original - not some regurgitated, "already been done" thing - and so much of this had you wondering just who and what was actually real, imagined, or otherwise. Beautifully made movie and certainly one of the better horror flicks I've seen. If you're a horror fan, you need to watch this; this is a beautifully done horror movie from start to finish. Highly recommended.

PS: As an added mention, being from Texas, I appreciated the fact that their southern accent truly sounded like a Texas accent and not some overexaggerated southern drawl like you hear in so many films today. Not sure where any of the cast is from but their accents definitely could pass for native Texans. To me, that just added to the realism and overall appeal of the movie!

Awesome moody horror movie. It's very unsettling! Uses loss, fear, depression to create the atmosphere. It was genuinely terrifying. The jumpscares were executed really well.

I really enjoyed this movie.:clap_tone1:

wow this is a really unsettling movie. great atmosphere, really nice sounddesign and no cheap jumpscares. its not your typical haunted house horror movie. it gives you something to think about and lets you alone in the end. mean and fantastic at the same time. i really liked it a lot.

Death of the parents is again at the center of a horror movie. With "Relic" (2020), introduces again the feeling of pain turned into terror within a family. Bertino uses these resources to build an atmosphere that is always unsettling. Apart from some imbalances in its execution, we are facing a solid film that again, as in "The strangers" (2008), builds an external threat that is the mirror of an internal flaw.

It was really great until the very end. Super suspenseful and foreboding with only a few jump scares. But it was almost like they ran out of money at the end and just needed the movie to be over. With a better ending, this would have been a gem of a movie.

It did scare me. The plot is very basic though. For me, I like that they kept the plot simple. The movie deals with death and isolation. 7/10

Solidly creepy in parts, but agonizingly slow and confusing in others. Flops over and wiggles around like a dead fish for the last 5 minutes.

I had this come as a recommendation on Reddit but it was so slow paced with very little payout.