If you loved The Dark and the Wicked, try Vicious
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Bryan Bertino, and they both carry the dread, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Dark and the Wicked, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
dreadslow burn
What Vicious is
Basement floorboards creak beneath a sealed cardboard box in late October. Polly arranges a pocketknife, a wedding photo, and a half-empty pill bottle in the dim glow of a single bulb. Feels like early Polanski meets a cursed VHS tape—watch it alone, lights off.

