Pyewacket (2018)

A Goth girl is frustrated by her father's death and her mother's inability to collect herself after the passing of her loyal and loving husband. In a fit of fury, the girl takes seriously the Black Magic books all of her friends study and calls a demon forth called Pyewacket (one of the demons spoken about in Salem during the Witch Trials) to kill her mother. But the demon is smarter than the girl and pretends to have killed the mother and then masquerades as the dead woman. The teenager becomes confused, believing the body of her mother is real, when we know it was only Pyewacket pretending to be the dead woman. The Goth then encounters the sheer power of the demon while her mother is still away in the small town near where they live. She runs to the attic for safety, and the demon follows her in the shape of her mother. But is this really the demon? The girl thinks it is, and so takes a bucket of gasoline to her mother's bedroom--still believing her mother is dead--and douses the "demon" then sets it on fire. It turns out to be the girl's actual mother, and so insanity ensues as we see that Pyewacket has indeed done what it was summoned to do--kill the mother-- and then, as demons always do, has turned its ferocity on its summoner.

Wow, this movie was absolutely terrible! The Bye Bye man movie was better than this and that movie sucked! You can sleep through the first hour of the movie and not miss anything. I've seen many slow burn movies in my time but this was like watching an LED candle hoping that the wax will melt but it won't because there is no heat and it's fake! Just like this movie. Don't rent it, don't buy it, don't stream it! Watch a nature documentary or golf! They are a lot more interesting than this movie that dares to call itself a horror film or a psychological thriller.

What can I say that hasn't been said already? This felt like a film from someone learning how to make a movie on an extremely low & tight budget.If it's supposed to be a horror film then it is the worst I've ever seen. Not scary. Just long & very boring. The entire film could have been told in 15 minutes. The plot is stupid! Don't waste your time. I can think of several horror films far better than this rubbish.

Yes, this is a teen angst story. Yes, the teens are of the troubled Goth variety so unappealingly stereotyped in so many films. But don't despair! Director and writer Adam MacDonald portrays them in a very sympathetic manner (the obligatory expletives are a little forced, however) and they emerge not only as strong characters, but their group is a vital one considering the inconsistency that exists at home.Leah (Nicole Muñoz) is missing her dead father, and her mother's up-and-down alcohol-induced mood-swings are making her unhappy. A keen reader of occult books, she rashly performs a Black Magic ritual to be rid of her mother - and then regrets it. By then, of course, it's too late.This is a pleasingly altered take on the familiar 'summoning a demon' story, and the modest budget is used to good effect, with bumps and jolting camera angles providing more naturalistic chills than CGI (which is used, but very sparingly) or wildly choreographed jump-scares. The new house Leah and her mother (Laurie Holden) move into is tailor-made for a haunting and is surrounded by acres of terrific Blair Witchy woodland. The acting is very good from all concerned, especially the two major females, and it becomes a blur as to just who is possessed and who is the victim.It's a low-key slow-burner with a familiar narrative, but with enough enjoyable details to satisfy.