Writer/director Bryan Bertino is a master of terror. From The Strangers to The Dark and the Wicked, Bertino knows what gets under our skin. Now, five years after the release of The Dark and the Wicked, he’s back with a new terrifying tale: Vicious. Set to have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, Bertino’s new film stars Dakota Fanning as a woman trying to escape a horrific fate.
In Bertino’s new film,
When Polly (Dakota Fanning) 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.
Now, watch the chilling new trailer:
Fanning stars in the film with Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott, and Emily Mitchell.
In our review of The Dark and the Wicked upon its initial premiere, Drew Tinnin wrote:
“The horror is unrelenting but in that wide-eyed, mouth agape sort of way, not in the so terrifying you’re watching through your hands kind of way. One reason for this is the Wicked is not a personification of grief or a representative of something metaphorical. Executed at a high level across the board, this is not an elevated genre film claiming the pseudo-intellectual descriptor of “post horror.” This is an outright horror film rooted in the classics that clearly define the battle between good and evil. Something quite real and demonic is after the soul of the father and will create the most inconceivable horrors, whether real or imagined, in order to make the soul more vulnerable. The scares are often rooted in waking nightmares, but there is a level of verisimilitude that’s in-your-face and undeniably powerful.“
We simply cannot wait to see what Bertino has in store for us with Vicious. Keep an eye on Dread Central for our review out of Fantastic Fest later this week.
Vicious comes to Paramount+ on October 10, 2025.
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