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‘The Dark and the Wicked’ Review: Marin Ireland Unnerves in Diabolical Horror Movie

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Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticThe devil is in the details in “The Dark and the Wicked,” a horror film that teases out the evil presence descending on a grieving family on a Texas farm, with the same ambiguous, psychological heft of Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw.” Writer-director Bryan Bertino’s slender script translates into a low-humming, allusvie narrative (punctuated with occasional gore) of tingling terror.

His evocation of a familiar, domestic world mysteriously sliding into chaos feels all the more blood-curdling because the protagonists’ distress and helplessness are emotionally relatable.Following its selection by the Tribeca, Fantasia and Sitges festivals, the film will be released theatrically stateside in November, and.

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