Movie

The Wild

2023 · 99 min

A slow, dreamlike drift through small-town unease, where grief and old curses blur into a quiet, lingering dread.

Tagline: Don't fear the night.
Overview: At her mother's rambling behest, Josie enlists best friend and unofficial chauffeur Stanley, to search for clues after her sister, Andrea, mysteriously goes missing from a bar in the next town over. Eccentric roaming artists, less-than-helpful locals, and a shadowy secret society lead to more clues than answers but one thing keeps coming back; The Wild. Maybe there is more to the family curse that has lingered over Josie's head all of these years.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, isolation, addiction, mystery
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
addiction
mystery
family
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild