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Pyewacket

Be careful what you wish for. Someone might be listening.

5.9(365)20171h 28m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$166.6K
Language
English
  • witch
  • high school
  • widow
  • black magic
  • woods
  • murder
  • teenage girl
  • cabin
  • attic
  • occult
  • devil worship
  • mother daughter relationship

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Behind the camera

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Canada

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NR23 Mar 2018
    • Digital / OTTNR23 Mar 2018
  • United KingdomGB

    • Premiere15FrightFest Glasgow3 Mar 2018
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMMonster Fest Melbourne25 Nov 2017
  • CanadaCA

    • Premiere14 Sept 2017
    • Theatrical (limited)8 Dec 2017
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical1613 Jul 2018
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG2 Nov 2018
  • MalaysiaMY

    • Theatrical24 Jan 2019
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalB1 Feb 2019
  • PolandPL

    • PremiereSplat!FilmFest30 Nov 2018
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical18+25 Apr 2019
  • SingaporeSG

    • TheatricalNC1629 Mar 2018
  • South KoreaKR

    • Digital / OTT152 Dec 2019

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Pyewacket was released on 8 December 2017.

Audience reviews

2
  • F

    furious_iz

    4/18/2018

    6/10

    A slow-burn horror that doesn't quite burn enough. Before I get started let me just say that angst and anger are not the same thing. I have read so many reviews that have described the character of Leah as angst-ridden. Angst is fear or anxiety, often about the future, it is not the same thing as anger... Leah is a teen living with her grieving mother. She likes black metal and the occult. She's not complet…

  • R

    Repo Jack

    10/21/2020

    7/10

    Alone Alone 2020 ★★★½ Rewatched 17 Sep, 2020 Surly goth teenagers dabbling in the occult have become a horror movie cliché, but with Adam MacDonald's follow-up to his excellent debut Backcountry, it is an effective and compelling slow burn. With great performances from the leads (including Laurie Holden of The Mist and The Walking Dead), it explores what happens when a troubled teen follows up on her darkest wis…

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