2020 · horror · supernatural
The Dark and the Wicked
Directed by Bryan Bertino1h 35m2020
On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.
Our read: The Dark and the Wicked (2020) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive horror · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme horror / supernatural, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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