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Pyewacket (2017) — Stream on AMC+ · CriticCrunch

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Pyewacket

Movie2017·88 min

Pyewacket

Directed by Adam MacDonald

Horror Thriller

A horror thriller film directed by Adam MacDonald.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 51%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.9/10

346 ratings

About Pyewacket

A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Gritty
Story Tags: family dysfunction, grief and loss, obsession, supernatural, isolated dwelling, wilderness, small town, parent child, outsider misfit, slow burn reveal, tragedy arc, demon occult, folk horror

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Details

Director: Adam MacDonald
Language: English

Cast

Laurie Holden, Nicole Muñoz, Chloe Rose

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How Pyewacket Ranks

All movies

Top 51%

2010s movies

Top 43%

Horror movies

Top 50%

2010s Horror movies

Top 38%

Top 51% All movies.

the vibe

Pyewacket Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintenseapproachableseriousintimatehauntingunsettlinggritty

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

unsettlinguneasy

slow-burn reveal

tragedy arc

family dysfunction

grief & loss

obsession

outsider misfit

parent child

supernatural

demon & occult

folk horror

isolated dwelling

wilderness

small town

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9