The Wicked is a 2013 American horror film directed by Peter Winther.
A quartet of teenagers decide to investigate a house called Open Hearth that, according to legend, houses a child-eating witch. They throw rocks at the house, and later on that night the witch begins to hunt them.
This movie contains examples of the following tropes:
- Burn the Witch!: The ultimate solution. Or is it?
- Cruel and Unusual Death: The witch runs Tracy and Carter through a meat grinder feet-first before eating them.
- The End... Or Is It?: Although the house is destroyed, it's hinted at the end that the witch is still hunting children.
- Evil Redhead: The witch has red hair and she's obviously very evil.
- The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: The witch is revealed to be still alive at the end and before the movie fades to black she smiles devilshly at the camera implying that she'll start another murder spree and the viewer will probably be one of the many victims.
- Giggling Villain: The witch is often heard chuckling sinisterly.
- Hot Witch: The titular witch once she regains her youth she's revealed to be actually a quite beautiful woman.
- I'm a Humanitarian: The witch eats children; girls for beauty, boys for strength.
- Police Are Useless: The cops reject the teens' first call for help as a prank, and Deputy Karl only gets involved when Sammy threatens him with blackmail.
- The Unintelligible: The witch speaks some kind of ancient language who sounds like a chant.
- Wicked Witch: Take a guess.
- The Witch Hunter: Turns out Max's grandpa used to be one of these.
