The Wicked (2013)

A Group of teenagers test the legend of an immortal witch and get more than they bargained for.

Director:

Peter Winther

Writer:

Michael Vickerman

Stars:

Devon Werkheiser, Justin Deeley, Jess Adams

Cast

Credited cast:
Devon Werkheiser	...	Max Reese
Justin Deeley	...	Zach Reese
Jess Adams	...	Julie Adams
Jamie Kaler	...	Deputy Karl Bryant
Caitlin Carmichael	...	Amanda Drake
Diana Hopper	...	Sammy
Jackelyn Gauci	...	Tracy
Chase Yi	...	Carter Evans (as Chase Maser)
Robert Young	...	Deputy Mahoney
Cassie Keller	...	The Witch
Nicole Forester	...	Terri Drake
Carlos Faison	...	Sergeant Reid
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Collins	...	Dr. James Reese
Paula Tutman	...	News Reporter
Ian Samuel Young	...	Child on playground

Storyline

"Season of the Equinox, the witch besets her kill. One less soul in the town to know, taken against their will." It is a bedtime story nearly every kid in the small town of Summerset has heard. A silly story passed down from generation to generation that offers just enough chills to keep the legend alive. This year is different. Seven year old Amanda Drake is swiped from her bedroom window. Rumors swirl. The Witch has returned. Always up for a good fright, and a chance to impress the girls, 18 year old Zach and his friends decide to sneak into the woods and find the mysterious old house where the legendary Witch supposedly lives. Unbeknownst to Zach, his younger brother Max and Max's "girlfriend" Sammy sneak along. They all soon discover that folklore isn't always myth and that bedtime stories sometimes come true. The Witch has indeed returned, intent on casting her magical spells to deceive, hunt and ultimately consume the local children - little ones to keep her young, older ones to...

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Plot Keywords:

witch | old house | woods | teleportation | digital camera | 

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Taglines:

The Wicked Will Get You...

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in White Lake, Michigan. An actuall White Lake police car was used during filming.

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Goofs

When Max and his brother are attempting to escape from the Witch's basement, they knock down a door and when they fall down the other side, a crew member is visible behind the knocked door for a second.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Scariest Movie Witches (2015)

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Soundtracks

Funky Sauce
Written and Performed by Walker Gibson, Sean Schafer Hennessy, Dave Krusen (as David Krusen), Adam Kurey (as Adam Kury) & Kevin Martin

User Reviews

I didn't mind this movie.

This is nothing special, but it also isn't as bad as some reviews here have said. The primary settings, the house and surrounding forest areas, provided a bit of atmospherics, and were competently filmed, it doesn't sink to unwatchable shaky cam, and/ or deep green or yellow colour tinting and frantic editing. The characters are at least somewhat likable. The acting, while not Oscar worthy, is tolerable at worst, decent at best. The screen writing was all over the place, sometimes clichéd, sometimes melodramatic, sometimes inspired, as it tells its fairy tale- like story of a mythical witch/ ghost going after the group of teenagers who vandalised her creepy house in the woods.

The characters are just that: characters, who have a bit of depth to them, not just empty, meaningless cyphers who exist merely to be killed. They are not repulsive imbeciles present in far too many of these low budget horrors, and Julie (Jess Adams) is gorgeous, but her character disappears for too long. I'm going to look for more of her films now.

If some editing had been done, this might have been a decent little B- movie, but as it is, it's a marginally talented cast and crew working with a ridiculously over long screenplay, and variable effects work, and ending up with a watchable but unmemorable horror.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wicked

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A. C. I. Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1