A low-budget picture filmed in Australia and released direct-to-video in 1991, THE WICKED is an uneasy blend of comedy and revisionist horror that recalls Peter Weir's THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS. Though not entirely successful, it's unusual enough to be a welcome change of pace from the
average inexpensive genre picture.
Cowboy brothers Rick and Bronco are driving through the Australian outback on their way to a rodeo. They pick up hitchhiker Lucy, an independent, knife-throwing kind of gal who brooks no gruffness from the two boys. Before long, their car breaks down (they don't notice that the road was
suspiciously booby-trapped) and they find themselves in an i...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
87 mins