
Shudder 10: The Dark and the Wicked (2020)
Director: Bryan Bertino Run Time: 95 min. Rating: NR
Starring: Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Xander Berkeley
Country: United States
Language: English
Screening as part of the Shudder 10 Screening Series
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium horror streaming service, celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025. Learn more below.
About the film:
Official Selection of Fantasia Film Festival.
After a long absence, two siblings return home to say their final goodbyes to their dying father, and they quickly notice something off about their mother. As their own grief begins to take shape, they find themselves succumbing to a similar darkness.
“Bertino has a knack for evoking suspense and menace just by having people stand at the doorway.”
Maggie Lee, Variety


About the filmmaker:
Before writer, director and producer Bryan Bertino was terrifying audiences with his distinct brand of horror, he was a University of Texas cinematography student who moved to Los Angeles. While working as a grip on a micro-budget movie, he pitched a screenplay to Rogue Media and was asked to direct despite his inexperience. This project became his 2008 directorial debut The Strangers starring Liv Tyler and was nominated at the Fright Meter Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director. Since then, Bertino has continued to unnerve us with moments of real fear.
Adding authenticity to the set of the The Dark and the Wicked, Bertino returned to his hometown in Texas to film on his parents’ very own farm.
About the series:
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium horror streaming service, will mark its 10-year anniversary and a decade of the best in horror with its most terrifyingly ambitious programming slate to date, special fan events, customized merchandise and more.
Kicking off in April and running through the fall, Shudder’s nationwide screening tour, “Shudder 10 Screening Series,” will feature a curated selection of Shudder films that are making their big screen debut.
The tour will make stops at IFC Center in New York City, Music Box in Chicago, SIFF in Seattle, The Coolidge in Boston, Popcorn Frights Film Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Gateway Film Center in Columbus, Screenland Armor in Kansas City, all Soho House locations and more.
This film premiered at the Film Center on November 6, 2020.
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