Review of Wicked Little Things (2006) by Katley M — 01 Apr 2009

Wicked Little Things did surprise me, because it was not what I thought it was going to be at all. I went in expecting a typical zombie film and I have to say this surpassed my expectations. Ok, so the movie is based around a single mother and her two daughters who move to this house that they inherited from her dead husband.

Little did they know in the early 1900's there was a horrible mining accident that killed a large group of kids, and now there back and with a vengeance. Killing anything and everything that goes anywhere near the mines.

Now while it might sound a bit played out, this actually is a good ghost/zombie story. Acting, you get pretty solid performances from the entire cast but nothing noteworthy. Gore, not much at all you get an impalement, some children eating intestines, and a lot of blood splatter.

One of the only flaws of the film was that there were a lot of scenes at night and the director let the darkness take over, making it hard to see what was going on, this was a real pain and definitely minimized the amount of gore that we got to see.

But this was meant by a genially creepy atmosphere that was nothing like I've seen in any zombie film prior and in this movie it wasn't all about the gore it was about the story and the characters which in the zombie genre is very hard to come by and was quite refreshing.

The soundtrack was also quite nice you get reasonably paced mood music that fits the storyline very well. And I have to give them credit for the poster. I mean this poster was creepy and gave you a fair representation of what the film is going to be, and what horror fan isn't a sucker for a good evil child poster right? Bottom line Wicked Little Thing was one of the better movies in the original Afterdark Horrorfest lineup and gave the zombie genre a whole new twist on what a zombie film can be.

With good acting, an eerie atmosphere, and a truly creepy plot that made you happy you live in the city I say Wicked Little Things is a must see. Check this one out.