The Wicked (2013 film)

The Wicked

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Peter Winther
Produced by Zachary Halley, Marvin Towns Jr., Michael Vickerman, Couni Young, Robert Young
Written by Michael Vickerman
Starring Devon Werkheiser, Justin Deeley, Nicole Forester
Music by Joseph LoDuca, S. Peace Nistades
Cinematography Eduardo Enrique Mayén
Edited by Brady Hammes
Release dates
  • March 20, 2013 (Denmark)
  • April 30, 2013 (United States)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1.2 million
Box office 2,345,675

The Wicked is a 2013 American Horror film directed by Peter Winther. It was shot in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Plot

There is a local myth consisting of a Witch whose spirit is said to inhabit an abandoned house known as Open Hearth. It is said that the Witch eats children to live, girls to stay beautiful and young men for strength. Though the myth is initially regarded as superstition, it is proven to be real when a little girl Amanda is snatched from her bedroom without a trace.

Max is a teenager mourning his Grandpa's death and is visited by his girlfriend Sammy. Sammy's mom is a drunkard and her hobby is making prank calls to police. Max and his brother Zach fight over everything. The next night Max's father has to work and asks Zach to baby sit Max. But Max learns that Zach along with his friends Julie, Carter & Tracy is planning to go to the house and throw a rock through one of the windows to see if the myth is true. He and his friend Sammy decide to follow them and take pictures so that he can have his revenge. They take a short cut through the woods in their bike, were they kiss for the first time.

In the meantime Zach and his friends arrive at Open Hearth and throw stones at the house. One of the stones hits the window and they are not sure whose stone it was. They see a shadow moving inside the house and run back to the camping area. There they get drunk and have sex with their partners. In the meantime Max & Sammy reach the house and throw stone at the house, Max's stone hit the window and they run after seeing the Witch. At night Julie hears a whisper and finds a teddy bear which belongs to Amanda outside the camp. The four decide to check out the woods to find the kidnapped girl. They come near the abandoned house of the Witch and hear a child crying from inside the house. Julie decides to go inside the house despite the warning from her friends. Zach joins her in the search and they find Amanda tied up in the basement with an apple in her mouth. They manage to escape in to the woods with the witch in pursuit. Once at the campsite they are shocked to find Carter's truck missing and their tent and other camping gear are gone. With the town 10 miles away and the nearest ranger station 4 miles away they decide to walk rather than wait for the Witch to catch them. Max shoots a video asking whoever will see the footage to burn the house down as the myth is real. The Witch then abducts Max with Sammy screaming. Zach and his friends lose their way and wander in circles due to Witch's magic. Zach finds Max's bike and decides to go into the house again to rescue his brother. Others go in to the woods in search of the nearest rangers station. The Witch kidnaps Carter and his girl friend Tracy, Julie and Amanda hide under the bush.

Zach finds Max in the basement and is knocked out by the Witch. Sammy reaches the nearby rangers station and call the cops, who rejects her call as prank. She finally blackmails Deputy Karl saying that she will upload his photo which shows he is smoking on duty if he doesn't show up. Enraged Karl sets out to arrest Sammy. In the house Zach opens his eyes and see Max, Carter and Tracy towards the wall with an apple in each mouth. The Witch kills Carter & Tracy one at a time in a huge meat grinder and eats them both, thereby restoring her beauty. Zach manages to free his hands from the cuffs and tries to escape with Max. They manage to make it out of the house but the Witch captures them again. In the meantime Karl arrests Sammy and takes her back to the police station, rejecting her pleas to save Max. He gets a message from another cop Deputy Mahoney saying that the ranger in Speeder Station is dead and he found Julie and Amanda. Karl realizes Sammy is telling the truth and drives towards Open Hearth, asking the other cop to meet him there.

Karl arrives and goes in to the house, with Deputy Mahoney remaining to guard Sammy. The Witch kills him and attacks Karl inside the house. Sammy finds Max and tried to escape with him. They find Zach on the table where the Witch kills people and save him. They find a Witch bottle and decide to use it (Max's grandpa was a witch hunter). The Witch runs away at first but then attacks them and start to drain their souls. They manage to burn her using the flame thrower given to Max by his grandpa. The police search the house but do not find any corpses.

The house is later torn down and turned in to a children's park. But the Witch is still out there some where hunting children.

Cast

Reception

The film receive negative reviews from critics. Rotten gave the film 16% review out of 89 reviewers. While IMDB gave the film 3.5 out of 10 scores.

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