{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fdee7f29e-2baf-4fe0-bfb9-eaa42d02901c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Dark Discussions Podcast - Episode 482 - THE DARK AND THE WICKED (2020)","description":"\nBrian Bertino, director and screenwriter, hit it big right out of the gate with his instant classic, 2008\u2019s THE STRANGERS.\u00a0 Since then he has done a few other films, all getting fairly good reviews from critics if not favorites of viewers.\u00a0 But in 2020, his latest film, THE DARK AND THE WICKED, immediately gained recognition as another instant classic by many, both fans and critics alike.\n\n\n\nWhen a Texas family\u2019s patriarch becomes comatose, and it appears he is going to pass, estranged adult children, Louise and Michael, decide to return to give their regards.\u00a0 Their mother asks them not to come, but they arrive none-the-less.\u00a0 When they discover that their mother\u2019s concerns are not related to their estrangement but to something much more dark, all their lives turn upside down as an evil begins to effect each of them.\n\n\n\nConsidered part of the new subgenre of elevated horror that was coined by snotty critics, the movie has received phenomenal reviews.\u00a0 With its mostly unknown cast, the movie uses the real life sheep farm of Brian Bertino\u2019s family as a brilliant backdrop for its story.\u00a0 Dark Discussions takes a look at this interesting film and gives their thought.\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/11c708c5-3f35-43ea-b06f-8a88ba0c2b74/dark-discussions-3000x3000-zombie-graveyard-1-scaled.jpg"}