It very successfully gives the audience more of what they loved about the original while respecting its characters enough to further explore their troubled states of mind.
The found-footage subgenre gets the nightmarish shot in the arm it has long needed.
Even with its problems, VICIOUS is further confirmation of Bertino’s skill at tightening the screws on both his protagonists and his audiences.
It's a by now familiar but still effectively elemental survival situation, one that Roache-Turner wrings for both interpersonal tension and toothy thrills.
The smart, deadly psychological thriller debuts at Screamfest LA this weekend.
