

Pyewacket
Be careful what you wish for. Someone might be listening.
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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5.9/10
365 votes
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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
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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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
Frequently asked questions
Pyewacket was released on 8 December 2017.
Audience reviews
2- F6/10
furious_iz
4/18/2018
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…
- R7/10
Repo Jack
10/21/2020
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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