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making a witch-centered horror film isn't as easy as it might seem. sure, there several that stand among all-time greats in the genre like suspiria, black sunday, hereditary, häxan, and -- of course -- the witch. but for every success there are scores of fall short, most recently gretel & hansel. brett and drew t. pierce's the wretched doesn't reach anywhere even close to the level of the former set of films' highs, but it's far better than many of the half-hearted attempts to mine the the witch that have come before.
this film's biggest failing is its attempt to follow in the footsteps of several successes in the genre. it wants to mine the nostalgia of childhood captured by the likes of stranger things and it as well as the classic voyeuristic good guy story of rear window while also containing a few nods to the likes of the witch and, most clearly, roald dahls the witches. serving too many masters means that things have to suffer and here it's character. really, how are we supposed to care about young ben (played with earnestness by john-paul howard) when his nudding relationship with his co-worker mallory and his bullying at the hands of local rich kids don't have more than a scene or two to develop? the drama between ben and his father over the latter's divorce is also given the short shrift.
it's a shotgun approach to character-building: establish enough slight hooks, no matter how underdeveloped, and maybe everyone will find something to connect to. it doesn't work, as much as the cast tries to make it fly. piper curda's mallory only has one defining trait in being spunky, and curda tries to turn it into something more to her credit. the same can be said about the rest of the cast, to no avail.
fortunately, the pierces do a nice job with the horror side in developing mood and suspense. they know the value in drawing out a moment, and when those work they really work. the sound design is pitch-perfect and helps creep us out, whether it's devin burrows' unnerving score or the cracking and crunches as the witch ravages the bodies she's possessing. (kudos to the visual and makeup effects team for making it visually unsettling too.)
all in all, the wretched is a bit disappointing considering how much potential it wastes by being all over the place. but it's still an okay way to spend an hour and a half being creeped out.
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