Bryan Bertino is a filmmaker who is adept at giving us a dizzying array of frights on the big screen. His stories and visual style tend to stick with you, and some things you just can’t unsee. In 2008, he shocked the horror world with The Strangers. Now fast-forward to this year at Fantastic Fest where we find him returning, somewhat, to a self-contained, claustrophobic and hostile setting. Vicious is definitely in the same vein. But it’s more apt to say it’s under your skin. The force in the story is not external; it’s already here, it’s on the inside, and it knows everything about you. Bertino’s film focuses on the…
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Interview…Michael Abbott Jr. Dives Into Horror with ‘The Dark and the Wicked’
Halloween is over, but that doesn’t mean 2020 is done with its tricks and treats. There are still several horror films left and we’ve got a line on a couple coming down the pike that are worth your time. One such ghoulish delight is RLJ Entertainment‘s The Dark and the Wicked. The pensive thriller from Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) is an exercise in tension and pacing. It relishes the concept of less-is-more as grief stricken siblings return to their childhood ranch to deal with their parents’ end of life affairs…and, maybe, the devil. One of the most interesting actors we’ve interviewed in recent years is, hands down, Michael Abbott Jr.…
