The Dark And The Wicked

[Machine Translation] Blood-chilling horror and deep despair await in this 95-minute film! A sister and brother return home to take care of their father in his final days. The film is directed by Brian Bertino, who received overwhelmingly high acclaim for "Strangers". The film stars Marin Ireland, the up-and-coming actress who made her presence felt in The Irishman and The Last Chase, both of which were nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards (R), and A24's Dick Long in the lead role in Why Is Dick Long Dead? and Michael Abbott Jr. in the lead role in A24's How Dick Long Died. --Louise and Michael live apart from their parents, but when their father's condition worsens, they visit him for the first time in many years at the remote Texas farm where he was born. They visit their father for the first time in a long time at his birthplace, a secluded farm in Texas, where their mother watches over their father as he quietly approaches his final days. However, their mother shuns them, saying, "I told you not to come. Soon, they notice that something is wrong with their parents. That night, their mother hanged herself and died. This was just the beginning of the unimaginable horror that awaited them.

*Rated 12-and-over.

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血も凍るような恐怖と深い絶望が待ち受ける、戦慄の95分! 父の最期を看取るため帰郷した姉弟。彼らは母の突然の死をきっかけに漆黒に絡め取られてゆく― 監督は『ストレンジャーズ/戦慄の訪問者』で圧倒的高評価を受けたブライアン・ベルティノ。主演を務めたのはアカデミー賞(R)作品賞候補に挙がった『アイリッシュマン』『最後の追跡』で存在感を示した気鋭の女優マリン・アイルランドと、A24が手掛けた『ディック・ロングはなぜ死んだのか?』の主役に抜擢されたマイケル・アボット・Jr。――両親から離れてそれぞれ暮らすルイーズとマイケルの姉弟は、父の病状が悪化したとの報せを聞き、久方ぶりに生家であるテキサスの人里離れた農場を訪れる。父はそこで母に見守られ、ひっそりと最期を迎えようとしていた。ところが母は「来るなと言ったのに――」と彼らを突き放す。やがて彼らは両親の様子がおかしいことに気づく。そしてその夜、母が首を吊って亡くなった。それは彼らを待ち受ける想像を絶する恐怖の幕開けにすぎなかった。

映像特典: 予告編