This is a SPOILER review of The Wretched written and directed by Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce. Released on May 1 worldwide through VOD and Drive-In's it's a timeless tale of a Witch needing to feed and a young man who stumbles across her. Join live in chat to discuss this wonderfully witchy film.
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Log Line: A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.
American supernatural horror film
premiered at the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wretched managed to top the box office in its first three weeks of release.
Filming took place around Northport, Michigan.
Box Office: $296,954
I love seeing the hands climbing out of a tree and out of the deer
I love the effigy the witch creates.
I love seeing the body deteriorating like hellraiser, sliding off the witch
Cast
Written and Directed by Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce
John-Paul Howard - Ben
Jamison Jones - Liam (Ben’s Dad)Azie Tesfai - Sara (Liam’s Girlfriend)
Piper Curda - Mallory (Ben’s Friend/co worker)
Zarah Mahler - Abbie (Female Neighbor)
Blane Crockarell - Dillon (Abbie’s older son)
Kevin Bigley - Ty (Abbie’s husband)
Owen Thomas Pierce - Sam (Abbies baby son)
Links
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8305806/
5.8/10 stars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wretched_(film)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wretched_2019
75% Certified Fresh
https://youtu.be/r7tSq1OKBXY
