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

05/11/2020

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.

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

05/11/2020

3/5

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

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

05/06/2020

2/5

A non-frightening muddle.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

07/29/2025

3/5

...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...

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Travis Johnson

Blunt Magazine

07/03/2025

This is a fun, pacy piece of horror cinema.

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

10/02/2022

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.

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J H

@UpstateNYThriller Jul 22

5/10 Weird movie with this Twinkie kid who works at a summer camp. The boy next door is haunted and he spies on the house, etc..

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ZoorMoth 0

@ZoorMoth Jun 28

I have seen worse. Elements could have been great. Would not recommend.

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Garry A

@heavyg Jun 21

I was entertained by this story about an evil witch who steals children.

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Rosie T.

@RT44484436 Jun 13

Movie is such a drag. So basically the peeping Tom next-door tries to save today? Yeah no mate.

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Griffin S.

@RT23796853 Apr 6

I mean the scariest thing in the entire film was the acting. Save yourselves the watch and skip.

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Callum D

@Calzo Feb 22

Could be alot better was disappointing

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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)