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Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloe Moretz

The Forsaken director J.S. Cardone returns to the helm for this tale of a widowed mother of two who discovers a dark secret about the land surrounding her newly inherited mountain home. When her husba... read more read more...nd died and Karen Tunny inherited his family's remote mountain estate, she never could have foreseen the terror that was about to be unfold. It was 1913 when a tragic mining accident claimed the lives of numerous children who were forced to descend into its darkened depths, and their restless spirits are still rumored to roam the area around the sprawling home. Now, as Karen and her two young daughters attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered family life, the dark history of the land deemed cursed by the fearful locals stumbles screaming into the glowing moonlight of the present as the children who were once buried alive come out to seek revenge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: J.S. Cardone

Release Date: November 19, 2006

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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007

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  • 3niR
    December 7, 2010
    3niR
    It was okay. Not as scary as I thought it would be. I wouldn't recommend to watch it though.
  • lewiskendell
    August 26, 2008
    lewiskendell
    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.
  • Stinger839
    May 10, 2008
    Stinger839
    '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 ... read moreand illogical to match the 'effective scare' this movie is going for.
    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.
    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.
  • bbcfloridabound
    December 21, 2007
    bbcfloridabound
    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.
  • SilentWarProductions2009
    September 27, 2007
    SilentWarProductions2009
    Directed by: J.S. Cardone.
    Starring: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloe Moretz.

    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 th... read morerough 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.
  • Beefy
    May 28, 2007
    Beefy
    No one single element stood out to me to make this interesting or unique.
  • nuheart
    April 19, 2007
    nuheart
    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.
  • dreamfaeries
    November 30, 2006
    dreamfaeries
    Pretty good.
  • Lemure
    March 14, 2010
    Lemure
    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... read more 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.
  • grimmna
    June 23, 2007
    grimmna
    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. ... read more 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.

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Anton Bitel
July 15, 2008
Anton Bitel, Film4

Neither this nor that, Zombies (aka Wicked Little Things) offers up a creaky old forest-load of horror cliches but never quite sees the wood for the trees. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
March 28, 2007
Scott Weinberg, Cinematical

Feels like something that was written, shot and glued together over the course of one drab and uneventful weekend. Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson
March 25, 2007
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

Wicked Little Things wastes a lot of potential; but if you approach it more as a supernatural drama and not so much a horror film, it's not altogether bad for the price of a rental. Full Review

Johnny Butane
November 20, 2006
Johnny Butane, Dread Central

It is a fun undead romp with very attractive girls, creepy kids, and a good amount of the ole dark and chunky. If that's all you want out of it, you won't be disappointed. Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.
May 26, 2011
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

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