due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reception Box office The film earned $410,787 at the global box office. Critical response On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on critic reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads: "The Dark and the Wicked delivers on its title with an unsettling horror story whose deep dread and bleak outlook further compound its effective jolts." Metacritic reports a score of 72 out of 100 based on 14 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Cath Clarke of The Guardian gave the film a score of 3 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a nastily effective, lo-fi, psychological haunted house horror", and added: "There is possibly not a single scary moment here that will be new to horror fans, but Bertino directs with such technical flair that I yelped at most of them – and half-missed the others, eyes squeezed tight shut." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film a score of 3 out of 4 stars, writing that it "has enough jump scares to satisfy the "Yes, but it is scary?" contingent of horror fans. But for the most part, this film ... focuses on atmosphere and creeping dread, channeling 20th century classics like Don't Look Now, The Tenant, the original Alien and The Sixth Sense." Kate Erbland of IndieWire was more critical of the film, giving it a grade of C. She praised Ireland's performance, but wrote that the film "despite a strong start ... never coalesces into anything more than a collection of chilling images and a paper-thin logic." References External links 2020 films 2020 horror films American supernatural horror films Demons in film Films about death Films about suicide Films set in Texas Films set on farms Films shot in Texas 2020s English-language films 2020s American films 2020s supernatural horror films