THE DARK AND THE WICKED

Louise and Michael are sister and brother. When they return to their family farm to accompany their father toward his inevitable death, they realize that their mother is suffering deeply, and not only because of her husband's condition. As the days go by and the suffering increases, the two siblings begin to have nightmares and they start to believe that something evil is possessing the entire family. Four years after The Monster, Bryan Bertino directs a rural horror movie with a powerful supernatural ambience.

“We are all going to experience, or have experienced, the death of our parents. For many, being intimate with the actual dying process often creates uncomfortable and horrific situations. In addition, death tends to bring families in close proximity, yet doesn’t necessarily create actual closeness. We wanted to explore a side of this very universal experience that is not often depicted. Our hope is that people might leave this story asking themselves about their own feelings surrounding the death of one’s parents.”

DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Bryan Bertino. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tristan Nyby. FILM EDITING: William Boodell, Zachary Weintraub. SET DESIGN: Scott Colquitt. MUSIC: Tom Schraeder. CAST: Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Xander Berkeley, Julie Olivier-Touchstone, Lynn Andrews, Tom Nowicki, Michael Zagst. PRODUCTION: Unbroken Pictures, Shotgun Shack Pictures, The Traveling Picture Show Company.