Writer-director Adam MacDonald follows his 2014 wilderness adventure “Backcountry” with “Pyewacket,” a supernatural thriller that like his earlier film derives much of its tension from dysfunctional ...

A teenager summons an evil spirit to kill her mother in Adam MacDonald's horror film 'Pyewacket.' By Frank Scheck Teen angst feels almost redundant in horror films, but the condition provides a strong ...

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Part family drama and part supernatural horror, Adam MacDonald’s second feature, Pyewacket, shows what happens when a morbid curiosity with the occult becomes a terrifying pact that can’t be undone.

Intriguing Canadian horror pic “Pyewacket” is sort of “Lady Bird” in extremis: Its heroine is a teen caught in an antagonistic relationship with her single mum who becomes so unhappy that she casts an ...