The Wickeds Movie
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TAGLINES PLOT SUMMARY
It started off as the ultimate way to spend Halloween. Seven teenagers travel to an old, decrepit house, the site of a horror movie set and rumored to be haunted. But when two grave robbers arrive seeking refuge from an army of the living dead, it becomes the ultimate fight for survival.
| Ron Jeremy | Gus |
| Justin Alvarez | Jake |
| Anna Bridgforth | Julie |
| Kelly Sue Roth | Alyssa |
| Bradford Sikes | Bailey |
| Bryan Donoghue | Billy |
| J. Matthew Miller | Dylan |
| Michael T. Schneider | Teufel |
| Danny Darder | Richard |
| Gabrielle Dennis | Kate |
| James Boring | Zombie 'Extraordinare' |
| Gregg Peacher | Cop Zombie |
| John Poague |
4.80 out of 10 (292 votes)
Visitor Reviews
This movie was so...mmph...(chuckle)...ha,ha...HA HA HA!
posted on 10 Mar 2009OK, I expected bad when I rented it. But my wife and I like bad horror movies on a Saturday night. We like to do the MST 3000 thing and make wisecracks and boy, does this movie ever give you the opportunity!SPOILER WARNING! The director (or whoever was responsible) was obviously confused as to what the monsters were. At times they were zombies but after Ron Jeremy's partner transformed he had vampire teeth and started biting Ron's neck! Guess they had the teeth and wanted to use them. Later they had the African-American girl confront a ghost which also just seemed to be carelessly tossed into the script - it had nothing to do with the "plot" as developed this far. Grape or raspberry jam was the main gore effect and I'm sure the people employed to walk in front of the camera (didn't want to mislead you and call them actors) had to shower the stuff off a lot. Zombies either walked slowly or (in the case of the first teenager offed) could react as nimbly as a living person could depending on...what? No logical reason.The early sex scene was where I initially made my "here's the gratuitous nudity scene" only as another reviewer noted it was a long boring dry-hump, the length of which was way out of proportion to the rest of the film.Got a kick out of seeing names on the gravestones obviously blurred out. Added to the overall cheapness of the movie. Too many pseudo-boo moments early on, they added nothing. Ron Jeremy was a porn star? Was he in better shape than this or was there a market for plump male porn actors? I did appreciate the reasonable use of profanity, get tired of movies that use the f-word or similar every third word.If you're looking for a laugh, rent this. Otherwise stay away.
No fun
posted on 24 Feb 2009Its so easy to make a film these days that DIY Horror is becoming a genre all of its own, a good thing and a bad thing as I'm sure you're aware, its main strength is a back-to-basics approach that produces little innovation, but plenty of fun. The Wickeds is the exception that proves the rule. John Poague seems determined to make a star of his boom pole as it's shadow is seen so often it should probably be listed in the cast. Ron Jeremy gives a brilliantly laidback performance and even manages to make some of Poague's awful script work and Kelly Roth throws herself into her role so enthusiastically that you can't help but like her. Yeah, its easy to make a film these days. Too easy.
Ron Jeremy steals the film -- and he can keep it!
posted on 20 Dec 2008A group of kids decide to spend Halloween at a house in the countryside being used as a set for a low budget horror film next to a large cemetery where two gravediggers bring the dead back to life by stealing a piece of jewelry from a corpse. Okay, time for the pros and cons. The pros: Ron Jeremy. The (former?) porn star was the best thing in this film. He was the only actor who seemed comfortable in front of the camera, and he seemed to be the only one who didn't take everything too seriously. As a result, he managed to give the film it's only enjoyable moments. The cons: Ron Jeremy is the best thing in the film. That should tell you everything you need to know about the rest of the indistinguishable actors and actresses who spend the entire movie screaming or yelling at each other. It became a bit of a headache, which was made even more infuriating because there is not a bit of common sense in the film, i.e., why did Jeremy and his friend run to the house rather than going to their own truck. Why everyone just doesn't get the other car going. Plus, does there have to be a ghost too? If you can't get the zombie thing down, don't even thing about doing ghosts. Geez, Louise. Enough already! Truth be known, I sought this film out. I saw a trailer for it before "The Revolting Dead." I hated "The Revolting Dead," which had the same plot about grave robbers being tormented by the returning dead, but I thought this film had to be better. Oddly enough, this film was better than "The Revolting Dead" thanks mainly to Ron Jeremy. (One final note, without meaning to, I have just seen Ron Jeremy in three out of the last four horror movies I saw. I guess there must be a law requiring him to appear in every horror movie under a certain budget. This performance was the best of the three.)
One of the Worst Movies EVER!
posted on 08 Nov 2008Just to let you know I can usually find something interesting or noteworthy about every movie I see. This is the first time I have ever given a 1* (COMPLETELY Awful!) rating to a movie. Many times when you get a b-rated movie there is at least a somewhat interesting plot (or at least watchable), maybe some funny lines, or special effects, or lots of sex & nudity. This movie had nothing at all. Actually the only reason I even finished watching the movie was so I could comment on it here. The plot had so many cheesy overtones from several other movies (mainly Night of the Living Dead & a bad vampire movie) that it seemed like the writers got confused if they were making a zombie movie or a vampire movie. The only line in the movie that made me break a smile was when the zombies are attacking the house and one of these hack actors said, "What would Bruce Campbell do?" As far as nudity/sex is concerned where do I begin? First of all the only nudity in the whole film is a female zombie. Which I was thinking could be a good thing since most of the zombies were better looking than the lead actresses in the film. The one somewhat "hot" girl in the movie is kissing and dry humping her boyfriend for the first 20 min of the film but it is extremely boring. The acting is the worst I have ever seen. I didn't expect much acting talent from Ron Jeremy but many times you get to see some decent actors or over actors in these types of films. I wouldn't have cast these actors in a grade school play. As someone else said the only reason I rented this movie was because the box looked cool. I would recommend avoiding this movie at all costs.
The problem (among many) of this film.
posted on 17 Sep 2008With Ron Jeremy.One good thing about a lot of really bad horror films is they are unintentionally funny. This film was funny at the beginning because of how bad it was, but after that it just got boring. The movie has everything wrong in it. The gore effects were really fake looking, and ultra plentiful. The acting was really, really bad!!! Some things in it were funny though. In the cemetery it seems as though the director couldn't actually get access to all of it, so many of the tombstones names in the film are blurred out. There's a scene where a creature is biting a character's neck, and you can clearly see that they aren't even near him. The zombies aren't at all scary. It's an idiotic film, that you might enjoy as a comedy, but most likely won't.Rated R for some sex, violence and language. 82 mins,
Learn to take a joke!
posted on 11 Mar 2008Of course this movie was cheesy. It was supposed to be cheesy! Jeez. Learn to take a joke. The whole point of the movie was obviously to make fun of all the stupid, cheesy, B-movies out there. Reading all the other reviews, I can't believe you guys actually took this seriously. A horror movie with porn legend Ron Jeremy? Wasn't that your first clue that this wasn't a horror movie at all? And of course the sex was dry humping. How many of your local mass market video stores stock movies with actually x-rated sex scenes? How many horror movies (think Friday the 13th) have you seen with ACTUAL SEX? You were expecting Marilyn Chambers to jump out of a closet and start blowing a zombie maybe? Get a grip. This movie was so obviously meant to be a send up of the worst of the worst horror movies and, judging by the responses of the other people writing about it here, it went over their heads.
All about the Amulet
posted on 25 Sep 2007Well, the only thing that kept this movie from being rated a total flop, was one thing. That solitary thing being Mr. Ron Jeremy. Now, the movie itself was Atrocious, we just need to get that out of the way. From the poor camera work, and terrible music.....to the porno-esquire script, and terrible acting. Amidst all of this, Ron Jeremy thrives in true Gutman form. He and his slack-jawed sidekick, set off a world of zombie trouble over an absolutely ridiculous prop referred to as "The Amulet". To Make a long story short, watch this movie, but for nothing more than comedic value and if you have a free rental coupon (like I did). It's definitely not worth the price of admission. From special effects to soundtrack......this movie is garbage.
Dumb Dumb DUMB horror *SPOILERS*
posted on 05 Sep 2007I've seen a lot of really dumb horror movies in my day, but this has got to be one of the worst EVER. Let me start by saying that I'm not going to harp on the acting or quality...it's what you would expect from a very low budget horror movie. The cast does a good enough job and the zombies look pretty good. My only problem with it (which ruins the whole movie for me) is the incredible idiocy of the movie. Let's go down the list:1) Zombies are popping up out of their graves, yet some are dressed in tie-dye and one even in little league uniform. I don't know about you, but last time I saw someone get buried, they wore real clothing, not baseball uniforms. 2) All those zombies and not a single hole in front of a grave? Whats up with that?? 3) The grave diggers decide to run away from the zombies instead of getting in their truck and driving off? HUH? 4) Speaking of trucks, how is it easier to run to the cemetery after a truck that you don't have keys for, when you have you OWN vehicle parked 10 feet in front of the house? All you have to do is find the kid with the keys! Once again, HUH? 5) One second its a zombie movie, the next there's ghosts? Make up your mind! 6) The zombie in the attic in the coffin...come on, did that magically appear or what?OK, I'm done ranting now. I just watched this movie and couldn't wait for it to end cause it was so bad. Despite the hot chicks in it and good looking zombies, the movie is lame city.
Holy ****!
posted on 05 Jul 2007Sometimes, we are simply out-smarted by distribution companies. I was wandering through the video store looking for some new horror to rent. I came across this little "**** nugget" and the cover screamed "Rent me!"... Now, I've seen a lot of bad horror films in my life, but this one is just wrong on SO many levels... It is completely mind boggling that some film production company payed actual money to have this thing made... There is nothing salvageable here, bad cinematography (if you could call it that), horrible acting, despicable script and the editing... You can actually see the cameraman in several scenes!Again, I will take full blame for not reading the back cover. Had I done so, the name "Ron Jeremy" would have jumped out at me, and I would have looked around for creepy guys in trench-coats, thinking I was at the wrong video store...This thing deserves no rating.
Sooooooooo bad
posted on 03 Jul 2007Worst film ever!! Worst film ever!!! Warning: ''The Wickeds'', by John Poague and written by David Zagorski, was the worst film I've ever seen. I'm a big fan of well done independent films, and this was not one of them. The filmmakers clearly had problems in ever department.Sound- lots of camera noise and horrible special-sound- effects.Camera- Direction was not good, & Cinematography was awful, '' hurts-your-eyes'' it's so bad.Script- Continuity was the biggest issue here- the story wasn't too bad, it was just made by bad filmmakers and very bad actors.Lights- In almost every scene, the lights are casting shadows on the walls, and twice I actually saw the boom pole.Ron Jeremy, the infamous porn star plays the protagonist in this film, and even he could not make this film worthy of the 4 dollars I wasted on it...this film should not be at Blockbuster, but rather at a store especially for failed films...I pray to God I never make something as atrocious as this... That's 87 minutes of my life I'll never get back!!
Whats to spoil?
posted on 24 May 2007I love bad horror movies, but I actually turned this one off because it got to be really boring. It was a mix of Amityville Horror, Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, and a piece of lint I guess. It was more movie loaf, real movie pieces chunked in form.I have some comments: 1.) Decide what you're going to be! Are you a zombie flick? A ghost/haunted house flick? Possession? Vampire? 2.) Most zombie movies are pretty good about this, but if we are supposed to assume that most of the zombies are coming out of their graves, not just fresh & turned kills, why would they be buried in jeans? A wedding dress? Completely nude? Did a prom bus turn over near the cemetery? 3.) The zombie caught instantly on fire.4.) The actors- yeah they were pretty bad. And the blonde chick had the worst hair, it was like Christina Crawford from Mommie Dearest! 5.) Ron Jeremy, in here for novelty, sounded like he trained with Howard Cosell. But of course, hes not really known for his voice...6.) Ah yes the Ancient Curse from the 1970's...Yeah the "Vampire King" or whatever- German Primse- looked like Captain Spaulding & Clint Howard had a baby.7.) Could the beginning have been any more directly ripped from the Return of the Living Dead movies? Those were so campy and ahead of their time, but c'mon! 8.) I was laughing so hard during the "slow mo" action scenes. yes he jumps from a second story porch onto a huge pile of hay! Action! It was the Walker Texas Ranger Lever.9.) So...there are members of the Sex Pistols and deBarge buried there? At least try people! 10.) As a woman I appreciate making out and foreplay, etc., but that was the longest "sex" scene I have ever witnessed! And sex didn't even occur! 11.) Okay wasn't the Vampire guy already IN the house? Then why was he outside again trying to get back in? I don't know what to say...it was like a poor-poor mans Troma. All that I can forgive- if its at least entertaining, interesting. This was really boring.
How did this survive editing?
posted on 01 Dec 2006My only thought is "they didn't have editors for this movie". Despite the horribly bad... well, everything, there were things that were just unnecessarily bad.Yes, the gore was crap, and there was only two, very short, gory scenes despite this being a movie that you would expect gore from.But what really made me laugh was how many mistakes there were. There was at least six times when thing would be one way, then they would change to a different scene, and they would have forgotten to make the changes from the previous scene. Bites and wounds would have magically disappeared, etc.And yes, I want to know how they could have possibly blown a million dollars on this. That doesn't seem possible, even if they had to buy the land and build the house. Explanation please?
No More "HEAD" For Ron Jeremy!!!
posted on 01 Dec 2006No, that is not in reference to Mr. Jeremy's (a.k.a. "The Hedgehog") porn career. In this movie, he gets his head ripped off by a bunch of zombies, hence the no more "head" for Ron Jeremy in the summary. Not funny? Oh well.Anyway, where do I begin with this movie? Plot? Well, 7 bratty teenagers decide to go to an old farmhouse that is being used as the set for a low budget horror movie. On the way to the farmhouse, the teenager driving the vehicle they are all in (Richard-and I only remember his name cause, well, cause that's my name) decides to play chicken with an oncoming pick-up truck. They head toward each other and the truck swerves and pulls into a cemetery. Inside this truck are 2 grave robber's, one being played by the for-mentioned Ron Jeremy. He is there digging up a grave and looking for an amulet that his worth more than you could imagine. Only thing is, when he does get the amulet, the dead start coming back to life. Soon, Ron and his grave robbing buddy head toward the farmhouse and the zombies give chase. Well, if you want to say "chase". How the grave-robbers and the teenagers seem to have trouble out running the zombies is beyond me. So, needless to say, blood is shed and nearly everyone is killed besides...well, watch it if you want to know. Though I don't advise you to watch it. Not even sure why I did.The acting? The only plus for more was actually the acting of Ron Jeremy. I don't think his performance here was on par as the one he gave in 'HOUSEWIFE FROM HELL' but, being he's a porn star, what more could I expect? Some okay stuff was done with the budget they had. I liked the ghost effect of the ghost coming down the stairs and I liked it when one of the zombie girls got her head smashed in with a shovel but that's about it.One more thing. Whoever edited this movie needs to find a career doing something else cause your editing was complete crap. MAIN EXAMPLE: Guy and girl are about to have sex in bedroom. Guy has pants on. Switch to shot of the girl from the front and the guy is sitting behind her with his legs to her side, clearly he is not wearing pants. Cut to other things going on in and around the house. Cut back to sex scene. Guy has pants back on, than off, than on. PATHETIC!!!
Sadly, this movie is unwatchable.
posted on 23 Nov 2006I wanted to like this film but. . .Positive: It is for the most part well-lit. Some nice camera work. Some of the CG is slick, especially for a no-budget mini-DV zombie film.Negative: Terrible script! Adequate to poor acting, bad art direction, inconsistent audio.*SPOILER* The Wickeds is incredibly boring but also just dumb. I turned it off when the vampire (the first corpse that wakes up is a vampire, right?) magically appears in the house for the sole purpose of performing oral sex on a young woman wearing panties. Maybe they did things differently back in his day?
Horrible
posted on 13 Nov 2006The cover was false advertising. I actually was excited to rent it and every time I went to Blockbuster they were out of it.. so I'm guessing a lot of other people were fooled by their cover. Although they were pretty smart to get people to see it (which really, is the main goal) by the misleading cover and synopsis, there was nothing even remotely close to what the cover was like. I spent my time laughing at the bad acting, shadows of the camera guy, cheesy special effects, lame plot, Ron Jeremy?, well why waste my time even talking about it.. the movie just plain sucked.Don't see it.
well.... hmm....
posted on 24 Jul 2006All I have to say is that this movie is THE BIGGEST PIECE OF CRAP EVER!!!!! All that needs to be said is that Ron Jeremy is in this film, and its not supposed to be a porn... therefore in my mind the caliber of this film was already decided when they cast him. Not saying he made it a bad movie... what I'm saying is that he was probably the only reasonably "well known" actor they could get to star in this movie. The reasons being: 1)Awful script 2)Terrible acting and last but certainly not least 3)Horrendous cheesy graphics!! Now if you really feel the need to waste $4 at a blockbuster, this movie is a perfect waste. I am now dumber after sitting through this flea on the dog that is Hollywood!
So many things wrong with this movie
posted on 04 Jun 2006OK...I don't even know where to begin. I was recommended to see this and was so disappointed. The scene in the car sucks...total B movie from the beginning. I let that slide. Then the grave robbing. Lame! The vampire in the grave had the worst makeup I've ever seen! I could do better. And hello!!!It's daytime. Why is he rising during daylight? And then the kids having sex..oh wait, they never got that far. Right. And like the zombie/vampire would have replaced the bf! Oh my fave is the gf with no shirt on when the vamp/zombie shows up, suddenly has her bar back on as she's hysterically running down the stairs??!! No way. It would have been more real if she came down with her shirt or hands just covering her up. Like I'd pause from running away from a creature to put on my bra. I think modesty would take a backseat to staying alive....DUH! What else? What's with the single ghost? Is this a ghost story, or a zombie flick, or a vampire movie? They couldn't decide? It's fine to have them all in a movie, but at least make it believable (if one exists, why not the other)...but please! And the cast was horrid! Not to mention the blood spraying from the middle of the screen, nowhere near the actual injuries.And the zombies didn't seem very much of a threat...their freaking car was parked like 5 feet away? I know, their dead friend had the keys...but it still bothers me. They could have gone out and got them in the beginning....OK, that's not that unbelievable. But what's with the glowing eyes of the bf at the end? I would have liked it better if those two got away. Already seen that in Resident Evil 2! And I could have done a better job of kicking the lame zombies asses in this movie!!! All in all, a waste of $3...
Good DVD artwork, awful, awful movie
posted on 19 May 2006I'm a huge fan of low budget horror, so when I saw this movie at my video store I had to rent it. I was so disappointed. Bad acting, awful editing, no scares, nothing new, nothing worth recommending, except one or two cool looking zombies. I don't want to make anyone involved with this movie mad, but it is just plain awful.Not even the pretty actresses can save this movie.All the action takes place during daytime in a house where these dumb teenagers and Ron Jeremy (who gives the best performance) can't figure out a way to get out, but have no problems arguing among themselves.Avoid it at all cost.
Really bad "Night of the Living Dead" rip-off.
posted on 08 Dec 2005Seven young people have decided to spend Halloween night in an old,run down house supposed by the local community to be haunted.However during the night a couple of grave robbers-one of whom is played by porn legend Ron Jeremy-drop by,terrified beyond belief.They are on the run from an army of bloodthirsty zombies,which will not rest until it has killed off everyone in the group."The Wickeds" by John Poague is a laughably bad zombie flick filled with lame acting,absurd situations and tons of cheesy splatter.The script is incredibly poor and rips-off "Night of the Living Dead" and "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things".Still Ron Jeremy's character and plenty of zombie mayhem are obvious highlights of this crappy flick.3 out of 10.Not recommended.
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Holy Crap
posted on 04 Jul 2009Whoever said "Holy crap" had obviously seen this film. It looked like a movie I'd film in my backyard, except much crappier. (I know that's not a word, but it fits so well.) The script was a mess of horror movie references that made no logical sense. The only good actor was Ron Jeremy, so you know that's bad. When you read the back of the packaging, it sounds good, and the cover is a graphic artists' dream, but the execution is enough to make someone suicidal. I've sat through 'Scary Movie' when I was 15 and with my Dad, but I turned off The Wickeds about half way through. It has the distinction of being the first movie I ever stopped watching because it was SOOO god awful. Congrats.