Preview the latest terror from The Strangers writer-director Bryan Bertino in the Vicious featurette below. The film releases tomorrow, October 10, on Paramount+ and Digital. “I find fear to be a very intimate feeling,” says Bertino. “Throughout the movie, I want it to feel real. I want an audience to experience the fear that Polly faces.” […]
Preview the latest terror from The Strangerswriter-director Bryan Bertino in the Vicious featurette below.
The film releases tomorrow, October 10, on Paramount+ and Digital.
“I find fear to be a very intimate feeling,” says Bertino. “Throughout the movie, I want it to feel real. I want an audience to experience the fear that Polly faces.”
“It’s a film that gets inside the mind of this woman, and you really experience her psychological terror,” adds star Dakota Fanning. “And I hope there are some jumps and screams too!”
When Polly receives a mysterious box from an unexpected late-night visitor, it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside: something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare.
Trapped in a terrifying world where reality bends and memory betrays, Polly must navigate a series of impossible choices. As time slips away, she’s forced to confront the darkness not just around her, but within her—before it consumes everything and everyone she’s ever known.
Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott, and Emily Mitchell round out the cast.
Bertino produces alongside Richard Suckle (Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo). Melinda Whitaker and Shane Boucher executive produce.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Three simple rules ignite a nihilistic nightmare in this holiday horror chamber piece, one that emphasizes emotional and experiential horror over storytelling.”
