Wicked Little Things

This is one of the "After Dark Horrorfest 8 Films to Die For" that was released in 2006. This movie is definitely not to die for... maybe to die from after watching though.

The movie first starts out with showing orphaned children being worked to death, literally, in a mine during the early 1900's. Then it cuts to modern day and a mother and her two daughters are moving to an abandoned, decrepit cabin that was left by the woman's late husband. You can already tell this is going to be a really great movie by the fact that the plot is so original. A family moving to some shitty ass cabin in the woods that no one knows anything about?? That's never been done before! So a bunch of creepy stuff happens, blah blah, the youngest daughter befriends a mysterious girl, blah blah, half zombie children come out of the woods only at night to terrorize people who happen to get in their way....but at least everyone is safe during the day. Cause it only happens at night, the reason for which is never explained. A few subplots are introduced, including drunken teens partying in a car, some creepy ass guy creeping around with little explanation as to why, and a real estate developer intent on screwing everyone over in the area.

So, now that you know the basic plot, don't go see it. The movie's pacing is quiet slow. I wanted to turn it off at times and go do something else, like go take a dump or stare blankly at the wall mumbling "why did I pay for this movie?" But, I mustered the courage to finish the movie.

If you want to see a movie with no plot but a lot of gore, still don't see it. All of the kill scenes are off camera. There's no gratuitous blood squirting or intestines flying. Just off screen screams and post kill blood dripping on characters. I mean, look at the pink blood on the character pictured above. Enough said.

Another thing that really drove me nuts is that the mother of the children looked to be about 2 seconds older than her oldest child. Really super casting decisions.

Why did I have some expectation that this might be a bearable movie? Beats the hell out of me, but as soon as I figure it out, I will let you know.

The plot is boring and lame, the gore is minimal, but the actual film it is shot on is high quality. I will give it a 1.5 out of 5 stars. This movie might be for some, but it wasn't for me.