THE DARK AND THE WICKED MOVIE REVIEW

Siblings Louise (Marin Ireland) and Michael (Michael Abbot Jr.) return to the farm they grew up on, despite the warnings from their mother to stay away, as their father is in the final bed-ridden, non-communicative stages of dying. There’s a distinctive air of SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE, and it’s not just that there’s so damn many goats running around the farm. Before long, something horrible happens to Mom, and it is clear there are actual dark forces at work here, determined to claim the soul of their father, and hell, might as well throw theirs in too as a bonus. From the director of the acclaimed 2016 film “The Monster” this largely hit our crew in all the right (ie: most uncomfortable and seriously trauma inducing) places. Listen to Chris, Melina, Nathan, and Eliot give their summation.

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DIRECTED BY: Bryan Bertino

STARRING: Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Julie OIiver-Touchstone, Lynn Andrews, Tom Nowicki, Michael Zagst, Xander Berkeley, Charles Jonathan Trott, Ella Ballentine, Mel Cowan , Mindy Raymond, Chris Doubek

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, in 1992 Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas, where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this paradise you see before you. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

 

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad)

A recent transplant to Austin originally hailing from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the Midwest, Nathan Flynn has been a movie super freak since he saw “An American Werewolf in London” way too young and grew up worshipping the James Bond franchise and all things related to Cold War-era spycraft. When he’s not watching movies and being a constant defender of the Tron franchise, he can be found practicing his second biggest love: cooking (having been a chef for 10+ years) and hitting his head up against a...