I had anticipated Bryan Bertino’s newest film with interest, given my appreciation for "The Strangers," which presented masked intruders in a uniquely disturbing fashion, and finding “The Monster” surprisingly good—a story of an isolated mother and daughter pursued by a creature while their vehicle is stuck deep within the woods. "Wicked" garnered respectable ratings from critics (90% on Rotten Tomatoes/72 on Metacritic) and received decent audience feedback (3.2 on IMDB), but I found it disappointing. I consistently felt like I was waiting for some element to tie together the disconnected, unsettling events and narrative threads. A number of films attempt to mislead audiences with unreliable narrators, prompting speculation about whether occurrences are supernatural or products of a character’s imagination; movies such as "The Babadook," "Black Swan," and "The Lighthouse" manage this effectively. This one doesn't succeed in the same way. It seems evident that something otherworldly is at play, but aside from some graphic and brutal sequences—which are skillfully executed—the film’s ambiguity becomes genuinely irritating.
On September 30, 2026
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