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• Dead A

  
  It was okay. Not as scary as I thought it would be. I wouldn't recommend to watch it though.

• Lewis C

  
  I was excited by the trailer, but the actual film left me disappointed. The bare minimum of a plot and a lack of any real scares or suspense hobbles this movie.

• _kelly .

  
  'Wicked Little Things' was annoying. After banging my head, to no avail, against my LCD monitor (perhaps thusly the ineffectiveness) for two days, that is really all I can say about this movie. The production, cinematography, and acting values are there but the story is too… More
  'Wicked Little Things' was annoying. After banging my head, to no avail, against my LCD monitor (perhaps thusly the ineffectiveness) for two days, that is really all I can say about this movie. The production, cinematography, and acting values are there but the story is too weak and illogical to match the 'effective scare' this movie is going for. <br/>To zombie fans, file this under the "ghoul" category with "Creepshow" as these undead kids are conscious little buggers hellbent on revenge for the awful fillicide they endured in the collapsing mines. <br/>The leads are played well, and sometimes the makeup is effective. The lighting is pretty much 75% on, so why wasn't I that thrilled? Because the execution of the story was poor, and again another zombie flick falls short.

• Bruce B

  
  Out of The 8 Fiilms to Die for Series, this is one of the best. Was good enought to have me scared the next foggy night at work. Its worth the buy. Little zombies running around.

• Craig S

  
  <b><u>Directed by:</u> J.S. Cardone.</b> <b><u>Starring:</u> Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloe Moretz.</b> A perfect horror film?....Shit no! A horror film above Hollywood standard? For the most part....yes. One of the '8… More
  <b><u>Directed by:</u> J.S. Cardone.</b> <b><u>Starring:</u> Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloe Moretz.</b> A perfect horror film?....Shit no! A horror film above Hollywood standard? For the most part....yes. One of the '8 films to die for', I am slowly working my way through them, the only other I have seen is 'The Abandoned', which is thick on atmosphere but terribly bland everywhere else. So far, Wicked Little Things is the better film (obviously). I personally feel this film should have been released wider, especially in a world where Hollywood regurgitates so called 'horror' films onto the mainstream audience. The 'average' has now become a hard hitting low, thankfully Wicked Little Things is above them and should really be the new 'low standard' for horror. What proves to make the film better then it could have been are the visual elements. J.S Cardone proves to be quite worthy behind the camera, sure he doesn't have the pure skill or control like John Carpenter, Wes Craven or Neil Marshall (an odd name to add to that list for now....but you wait), but he manages to impress through a majority of the film by avoiding cheap scares. Sure there are some to be had in the third act (expected for a 'finale' in a film like this) but for the first two acts he really focuses on the atmosphere and draws a slow tension and creepiness from that. On that note, the cinematography is very dark, thick and claustrophobic, the use of shadows and lighting on these kids (pretty decent make-up effects on that note) is impressive. Now this brings me to the script, which is where the film falls victim, but thankfully not all the way. The premise starts off as quite intriguing, in 1913 in a mining town in Pennsylvania, children are used for child labor. When an accident occurs (and the miners show no soul), the mines collapse, trapping 12 children inside, where they are buried alive. Jump to many years later, where a family inherit a new home in the hills of Pennsylvania, one that is handed down by there father and husband who passed away from a long illness. This is where it has both its strong and weak points. Thankfully, the dialogue proves to be more formed than you would expect and the writer does try to develop on them with there loss, but the problem is how terribly cliché and one-dimensional they are. We have the stupid mother who leaves her daughter alone at the wrong times and walks into peoples homes because the 'door is open', the older daughter who clearly has no soul and just adapts to these 'new friends' she finds and tries to be cool around them, the younger daughter becomes fascinated by these zombies and walks off into the woods (surprise), the other teenagers are typical, tough brainless jock, ditsy blond girlfriend and a calm, 'sweet' out of place friend who takes a liking to this 'older daughter'. The list goes on with these characters and its just terrible....thankfully, two of the cast members (Scout Taylor-Compton and Chloe Moretz) don't always fall prey to there characters and they adapt well and show potential (I can see why Scout was picked for 'Halloween'). From there we do have mysterious buildups of these zombies motives, but then it turns into an 'all too familiar' finale that just loves to put the icing on the cake in the most cliché way. Clearly there are many, many horror films out there that are superior to this film, but the problem is that they are hard to find. When Hollywood's 'standard' horror films are atrocious, its good to see a slightly above average horror film come along and prove to be fun in its terribly cliché way. A film that shows potential for what could hopefully be the new 'low standard' for Hollywood horror films....which would be a start.

• Steve K

  
  No one single element stood out to me to make this interesting or unique.

• Steve B

  
  In all actuality, it's more of a ghost story than a Zombie movie -- the fact that these kids eat their victims is incidental to the plot. It's a pretty typical (read: predictable) ghostly revenge flick, but it's well-made and worth a look.

• Leigh R

  
  Pretty good.

• Marcus W

  
  Do you like movies that focus on the relationship between mothers and daughters, 97% of which is set in the dark? If so, this is the film for you. If, however, you've seen the poster of this film and expect brain-munching, limb-lopping, guts-a-plenty with social commentary - or… More
  Do you like movies that focus on the relationship between mothers and daughters, 97% of which is set in the dark? If so, this is the film for you. If, however, you've seen the poster of this film and expect brain-munching, limb-lopping, guts-a-plenty with social commentary - or even moderately scary children, then this is not the film for you. I'm going to stop giving these low-budget horror movies a chance.

• Nick G

  
  aahhwwnnn.. Oh, excuse me while I yawn. Fortunately for me this movie had a little bit of everything I like in horror movies. Enclosure (house/woods), zombies, creepy kids (somewhat creepy), among other things. Unfortunately for me they are all put together in a poor fashion. I… More
  aahhwwnnn.. Oh, excuse me while I yawn. Fortunately for me this movie had a little bit of everything I like in horror movies. Enclosure (house/woods), zombies, creepy kids (somewhat creepy), among other things. Unfortunately for me they are all put together in a poor fashion. I actually like JS Cardone but think they would have been better off with Tobe Hooper who was apparently at one point set to direct. I think it would have been better off with his style. Probably worthy of 2 1/2 of 5, but I'll give it 3 for hitting some of the right notes.

• Nicky M

  
  Just a creepy lil zombie movie. Ghoulish kids are an easy way to get to me. Nice use of shadows and darkness...had a eerie feel all the way through.

• paganchild1979 p

  
  Wonderful. I couldn't take my eyes off of the screen. Children wanting revenge - Awesome!

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