The Wretched

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The Wretched

2020

1h 35m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, faces off with an old witch who has possessed the neighbor next door.

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Critics Consensus

The Wretched stirs up a savory blend of witch-in-the-woods horror ingredients that should leave genre fans hungry for a second helping from writer-directors Brett and Drew T. Pierce.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

There's a good balance of firmness and entertaining. Creepy thrills and atmospheric chills, for a pretty modest horror film I thought it did the job pretty well.

May 11, 2020

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

There's something appealing about its modest ambitions, with its cast of unknowns, relative low stakes and retro jump scares.

Rated: 3/5

May 11, 2020

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A non-frightening muddle.

Rated: 2/5

May 6, 2020

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...growing up is scary enough, but with a decent plot twist up their sleeve, the makers of The Wretched don’t quite expand their big idea to form a striking, foreboding world in the way that a classic horror can...

Rated: 3/5

Jul 29, 2025

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Travis Johnson

Blunt Magazine

This is a fun, pacy piece of horror cinema.

Jul 3, 2025

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

THE WRETCHED has so much working in its favor, but it needed to be more fine-tuned to avoid some tone issues and plot holes.

Oct 2, 2022

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Downriver R.

Great horror movie. I've seen this a few times. Good acting/great cast/great story

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/19/25

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David W.

Great potential but halfway through the pacing goes from 0 to 60 (in a bad way). The twist made me go “Oh!” but after five seconds of thinking on it made me go “Naa, that’s dumb.” Very good special effects though.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/17/25

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Timothy B

Pretty good for an unashamed ripoff of the Wytches comic books.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Samantha L.

I like the originality of this story. There’s some plot holes but ultimately it’s a good new story that keeps your attention.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/01/25

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Philip S.

Horrible. Don’t waste your time. Not scary. Bad acting. Ending made no sense. No explanation of beginning of movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/31/25

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catherine T

Good movie, I didn’t expect much, but in the end, the film surprised me at least three times in a good sense... I would have liked them to develop more about the character of the 'monster' I don’t think she was a witch, in short the movie is well-standing and is pleasant to listen to throughout.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/09/25

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Synopsis

A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, faces off with an old witch who has possessed the neighbor next door.

Director: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce
Producer: Ed Polgardy, Drew T. Pierce, Chang Tseng
Screenwriter: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: Cailleach Productions
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 29, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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