“The Dark and the Wicked” doesn’t follow the usual horror-movie rules. There’s no literal or karmic explanation for why an otherworldly force is terrorizing a Texas family; it just is. “Dark” is much more effective when it’s being atmospherically creepy than on the occasions it resorts to jump scares. Advertisement× Grown siblings Michael and Louise (Michael Abbott Jr. and Marin Ireland) return to their family farm to find something malevolent growing there in “The Dark and the Wicked.”The film’s strongest asset is its collection of performances, especially by leads Ireland and Abbott. In a situation from which most of us would flee, we buy that Ireland’s Louise simply can’t abandon her dying father.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2020 18:32 UTC