Wildling
Anna spends her entire childhood under the care of a mysterious man she only knows as Daddy. He keeps her locked in an attic making her fear the Wildling, a child-eating monster that roams the outside. At age 16, Anna is freed by small-town sheriff Ellen Cooper who helps her start a new life as a normal teenager. But as Anna's body begins to blossom, her childhood nightmares return with a vengeance, leading to the conclusion of a terrifying secret.
18 March 1950, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
5 August 1962, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
1 July 1977, New York City, New York, USA
7 March 1992, London, England, UK
7 October 1958, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
27 April 1962, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
April 12, 2018
There's momentum to the endeavor that's compelling, and its general direction toward macabre discoveries is periodically hair-raising.
April 12, 2018
A supernatural "What's Happening to My Body?" parable in company with "Carrie," "Ginger Snaps" and last year's "Thelma," "Wildling" is low-key with an undertone of menace, skillfully directed by Fritz Böhm in his feature debut.
April 13, 2018
With curious fluctuations in tone, questionable motivations, a dull look and jagged editing that takes us out of potentially affecting moments, this tall tale feels slight.
April 11, 2018
Wildling is a phenomenal, original horror film that transcends the genre, offers a trio of strong performances from Powley, Dourif, and Tyler, and marks a debut for the ages for writer and director Fritz Böhm.
April 12, 2018
Wildling changes directions one too many times.
April 12, 2018
At its best, "Wildling" is very smart about how we humans like to compare ourselves to animals - from the names of our sports teams to the way we describe the feeling of cutting loose.
April 12, 2018
A clever, sharp-fanged mélange of classic midnight-movie horror and modern indie ingenuity.
April 12, 2018
Fritz Bohm's feature debut offers an intriguing spin on the hairy (and, one might add, hoary) old [werewolf] genre.
April 10, 2018
The script needs a reworking to figure out how the third act evolution from character drama into bloody violence can be organic and relevant to the rest of the narrative with substance
March 12, 2018
Move over, Bigfoot.
April 11, 2018
As first drafts go, Böhm has carved out a good starting place for himself, but that just makes the need for revision all the more glaring.
April 12, 2018
This creature feature from the director Fritz Böhm is functional but lacks flavor, an imaginative spark that might distinguish it from any number of other I-was-a-teenage-monster movies.
