Teenager Ben (John-Paul Howard) is still adapting to his parents’ recent split, making a summer visit with his dad in a small coastal town a bit strained a...

A teenager struggling to accept his parents’ separation sees his family fears magnified into evil incarnate as an ancient witch starts making children disa...

The Pierce brothers deliver the rare example of a derivative horror movie that manages to make its borrowed formulas feel worthwhile.

The Pierce Brothers honor their influences with "The Wretched," and mask familiarity with atmosphere and suspense.

A teenager suspects that the woman next door has supernatural origins in this atmospheric chiller.

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Ultimately, The Wretched doesn’t work as either comfort food or gross-out entertainment because Ben’s world is rarely shown to be bigger than his libido.

When the babysitter stumbles upon a crazed woman devouring the kid she’s supposed to be caring for in the opening moments of “The Wretched,” my first t...

Need a new horror film to watch while self-isolation? “The Wretched,” out on-demand May 1, contains plenty of bone-crunching scares.

A girl tip-toes into a basement. Hesitantly, the camera creeps past withering flowers on the window sill and dolls scattered on the dank, unlit floor. Someth...

A teen's suspicions of supernatural doings in a lakeside resort town go unheeded in this nicely turned summer-vacation horror tale.