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Stars: Evyn Flanders, Stefanie Estes, Molly Kunz, Colleen Camp, Michael X. Sommers, Claire Saunders | Written and Directed by Gordon Shoemaker Foxwood

Wild Eyed and Wicked opens with a young girl named Lily (Evyn Flanders; Brave the Dark), hearing a noise outside in the dark and, picking up a sword and shield, goes to investigate. Silvia her mother tells her to get inside, which she ignores. As a result, she gets to witness her mother put a gun to her head and pull the trigger.

The now-grown Lily wakes from seeing her mother’s death in a nightmare and heads off to give fencing lessons before having a session with Genevieve, her therapist, about the nightmares and her anxiety concerning her estranged father Greg contacting her as the anniversary of that night approaches.

We also know something else is going on because, as she takes a picture of her girlfriend Willow a clawed hand briefly appears.

One of the most acclaimed horror movies of the year, A24’s I Saw the TV Glow heads home this week, and it’s joined by three other horror movies as well as an anthology TV series.

Here’s all the new horror released June 10 – June 16, 2024!

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First up, Gravitas Ventures released G.S. Foxwood’s horror film Wild Eyed and Wicked on VOD outlets this past Tuesday, June 11. The film blends elements of horror, familial drama, and fantasy to “create a unique, emotionally powerful, and terrifying experience.”

Molly Kunz (Widows, The Irrational), Michael X. Sommers (Sense8), Stefanie Estes (Soft & Quiet), and Colleen Camp (Clue) star in the indie horror film Wild Eyed and Wicked.

Wild Eyed and Wicked follows Lily Pierce (Kunz) in her attempt to strike back at the medieval creature that’s haunted her family for generations.

Indie flick Wild Eyed and Wicked is a unique blend of horror, drama, and fantasy that, for me, seems to be telling a bigger story than just a girl fighting her childhood trauma in the form of a medieval monster. The film is certainly lacking in execution, and I did find the first half tedious, but I am glad I didn’t succumb to the urge to turn it off before the good stuff came about. The film almost feels like an adult version of “Bridge to Terabithia” and has a compelling lead character who we want to root for despite all her own flaws. Wild Eyed and Wicked tells the story of Lily, a young woman who watched her mother shoot herself as a child. It’s about how she learns to deal with this trauma and become a capable adult with a meaningful life. The film goes from...