Synopsis
What is forgotten will never be found.
A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.
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The Wretched
Cast
John-Paul Howard Piper Curda Jamison Jones Azie Tesfai Kevin Bigley Gabriella Quezada Amy Waller Tug Coker Richard Ellis Blane Crockarell Judah Abner Paul Ja'layah Washington Ross Kidder Kasey Bell Harry Burkey Trudie Underhill Sydne Mikelle Madelynn Stuenkel Owen Thomas Pierce Pamela Gray Ryan Alexander Holmes Kenzie Jones Zarah Mahler
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Alternative Titles
Madre oscura (The Wretched), The Witch Next Door, Первая ведьма, 森林恶鬼, Madre oscura, 더 레치드: 악령의 저주, ტყის გრძნეული, A Bruxa da Casa ao Lado, Madre Oscura, Wiedźma, Mẹ Quỷ, 皮行者, Démon zatracení, A hívatlan, Перша відьма, Démon zatratenia, העלובים, Davetsiz, Sărmanul, The Wretched - La madre oscura, 凶鄰, ウィッチサマー
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Premiere
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Canada
Fantasia International Film Festival
03 Aug 2019
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USA
Traverse City Film Festival
Theatrical limited
01 May 2020
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USANR
Theatrical
09 Mar 2020
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AustraliaMA15+
19 Jun 2020
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VietnamC18
25 Jun 2020
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Netherlands16
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New Zealand16
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United Arab Emirates
17 Jul 2020
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Spain16
30 Jul 2020
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Czechia15+
12 Aug 2020
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Taiwan輔15級
13 Aug 2020
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Germany16
20 Aug 2020
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Slovakia15
17 Sep 2020
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Hong KongIIB
18 Sep 2020
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Norway15
05 Nov 2020
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Russia18+
12 Nov 2020
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Ukraine18+
24 Jun 2021
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Hungary16
Digital
01 May 2020
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USA
08 May 2020
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UK15
06 Aug 2020
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Poland16
27 Nov 2020
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France12
19 Mar 2021
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Japan
09 Jul 2022
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France18
Physical
29 Jun 2020
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UK15
11 Aug 2020
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USANR
02 Dec 2020
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France10
TV
01 May 2020
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USANR
Releases by Country
Australia
09 Mar 2020
- TheatricalMA15+
Canada
19 Jul 2019
- Premiere Fantasia International Film Festival
Czechia
30 Jul 2020
- Theatrical15+
France
27 Nov 2020
- Digital12 VOD
02 Dec 2020
- Physical10 DVD & Blu-Ray
09 Jul 2022
- Digital18 Prime Video
Germany
13 Aug 2020
- Theatrical16
Hong Kong
17 Sep 2020
- TheatricalIIB
Hungary
24 Jun 2021
- Theatrical16
Japan
19 Mar 2021
- Digital
Netherlands
25 Jun 2020
- Theatrical16
New Zealand
25 Jun 2020
- Theatrical16
Norway
18 Sep 2020
- Theatrical15
Poland
06 Aug 2020
- Digital16
Russia
05 Nov 2020
- Theatrical18+
Slovakia
20 Aug 2020
- Theatrical15
Spain
17 Jul 2020
- Theatrical16
Taiwan
12 Aug 2020
- Theatrical輔15級
UK
08 May 2020
- Digital15
29 Jun 2020
- Physical15 DVD
USA
03 Aug 2019
- Premiere Traverse City Film Festival
01 May 2020
- Theatrical limitedNR
01 May 2020
- Digital Rental
01 May 2020
- TVNR Rental
11 Aug 2020
- PhysicalNR DVD, Blu-ray
Ukraine
12 Nov 2020
- Theatrical18+
United Arab Emirates
25 Jun 2020
- Theatrical
Vietnam
19 Jun 2020
- TheatricalC18
Popular reviews
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appreciated the attempt at a nasty, child-eating creature feature with practical fx. might've liked it if it leaned a bit harder into its creepy monster setpieces (which are more effective and bloodier than i anticipated) instead of the bland, mopey kid going through puberty + parents divorce. i think they meant to get connect the two in some sort of allegory for loss and transformation but the writing/performances don't ever really develop the feelings enough for it to work.
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Witch in the Woods Fright Night. Suspenseful, atmospheric, and gross when it needs to be, The Wretched was exactly what I needed last night. A solid witch jam with above average performances from a cast of completely (to me) unrecognizable actors. I loved the working at the marina setup and the millennial neighbor parents are a perfect caricature of people I know in real life. It’s weird when you are now the age of parents in movies... time flies.
Anyway, I liked this way more than I thought I would, there’s some gnarly witch stuff in this and I couldn’t help but feel a touch of Joe Dante here. Neat little movie.
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🪝Meh 🏷️ Impression 🩸 Horror ⛤ Witchcraft (2019)
Skip this. 50 minutes in, the most horrifying thing about this film is that I am still mortal and will not get the last fifty minutes of my life back. And now I finished it to make sure. Yep, no.
The music is so horrible—I feel very cheap and overwrought just listening to it. Nothing scary is happening, and it's just sort of made-for-TV leftover feeling. The gore is sterile. It's not that it's bad so much as that it makes no impression.
You could watch this, and you might become scared during it, but why would you when there are other films in the universe that do that and are also clever and more worthwhile?
(Is it useful for me to leave a review when a film is bad? I usually have just ignored these instead to avoid being spammy, but I'm thinking it might help others avoid wasting time.)
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⚠️54%
2020 list - Click HEREIt’s genuinely hard to go this low (score-wise) with a film that managed to impress in so many categories. It looks great for its budget, it provides some creepy imagery, and it gives us an interesting feel that we rarely see in movies today. A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch. This witch is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door. We get this story from the perspective of Ben. Ben gets bullied, and he becomes firmly entrenched in this wacky situation involving parents forgetting about their children. As always in Horror, he seems to be the only one noticing…
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one of the characters had the personality of a plastic black choker from claire’s
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I’m pretty sure every movie that has the ‘let’s spy on the neighbors because they are up to some weird ass shit’ theme is entertaining. Like honestly, if you can’t create tension out of this trope, just give up your aspirations in film!
But The Pierce Brothers hedge there bets here and also sprinkle in some ‘out of towner kid can’t fit in’ with a dash of ‘strained parental relationship’ and finish it off at 325 in the ‘what a twist!’ oven.
However, we all know that all these winning ingredients can be spoiled by bad CGI, so I was delighted to see some pretty great creature effects as well.
Not as good as grandma used to make, but definitely a high end store bought.
Bon Appetit!
(I think I started using all these food metaphors because little kids get eaten in this).
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Some nice visuals and makeup effects peppered throughout a slightly more intense, feature length Goosebumps episode. It's very cute and entertaining from time to time, but it leans on far too many clichés to be memorable at the end of the day.
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I always seem to enjoy IFC Midnight films and this was no exception! It’s a nice spooky supernatural demon witch creature tale. You know, the kind where it never really goes too deep into exactly what the creature is, but it doesn’t matter because it sure looks cool. This one inhabits human skins and the way it cracks around inside the empty carcass is beautifully done.
The lead actor is more than just a cute face, he really does a great job and it’s a good thing because some of the other actors are lacking. I mean, you don’t go into these movies with any expectations of good acting so he was a very refreshing surprise. Hope to see more…
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Why all of these horror movies nowadays seemingly using bone cracking noises and odd poses so often? It bummed me out a lot, not original at all, y'all.
*yawning gorgeously*
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A decent creature feature. I enjoyed the creature design/final outcome. Lots of fun and creepy moments. Nice atmosphere and some solid visuals. Also the effects were mostly well done too. I mean it’s fairly standard in terms of creature feature and not entirely effective with its premise, but overall, a solid watch for someone who loves shit like this. 6/10🚤
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Murder and May-hem, Day 6, challenge #1 - Greetings from Canada! Grab some poutine and the nearest moose* and watch a Canadian horror movie.
*don't actually grab a mooseThe epitome of a mediocre horror movie. I liked the concept of this; I see "witchy lore" and click play dammit. But there is literally like a minute spent on the actual lore, the most interesting part of the movie, and most of it is taken up with the characters, the least interesting part. Why is so much time spent with random bullies and kids at a party who have no bearing on the plot and aren't even interesting? They needed to focus on the core characters - the main kid…
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