Something Wicked

Something Wicked is an American horror film series created by Hugh Jass for theatrical release. Produced by 1492 Pictures, the first film was released in theaters on October 5, 2025. The second film is expected to be released the following year in October.
In 2010s Idaho, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
Hugh Jass developed Something Wicked as a mix of investigative drama and supernatural elements portrayed with horror and childlike sensibilities, while infusing references to the popular culture of the 1980s. Several thematic and directorial elements were inspired by the works of Steven Spielberg and Stephen King. They also took inspiration from conspiracy theories involving extraterrestrial beings.
It has been received positively for its characterization, atmosphere, acting, soundtrack, directing, writing, and homages to 1980s films.
==Overview==
Something Wicked is set in the fictional rural town of Kittitas, Idaho, in the 2010s. A monster creates a portal to an alternate dimension that six kids refer to as the Nether, whose presence begins to affect the residents of Kittitas in unusual ways.
The first film begins in October 2016. Bastian Brooks, a child with the Sinning, is abducted by a creature from the Nether. Noah's friends investigate his disappearance, concluding with a terrifying fight at their high school against the being that took Noah.
==Cast and characters==
=== Characters ===
*Hugh Jass as Sam Anderson, a loner. He is sometimes withdrawn and has a fairly chilly, nonchalant personality. Although he is introverted, he is extremely rational.
*Mike Hunt as Larry Rowan, known for his analytical, practical, and detail-oriented personality. He is also known for being modest, humble, and helpful.
*Amanda Hugginkiss as Chrissy Archie, who is introverted, intuitive, extremely feeling, and critical.
*Phil McCrackin as Reggie Conley, who is extraverted, sensing, thinking, and perceiving.
*Anna Borshin as Gertie Brenner, who is empathetic, creative, and sensitive.
*Paul McCock as Bastian Brooks, a born esthete and reacts to beauty on an emotional level. He is drawn to outer attractions. His behavior reveals a deep-seated conflict between his need for freedom and experimentation and his striving for total harmony, tolerance, and understanding.
=== Creatures ===
* Doug Jones as The Demiurge, a humanlike predatory creature whose face opens to reveal rows of menacing teeth.
== Chapters ==
Main article: List of Something Wicked chapters
Film	Chapters	Chapters	Originally released	Originally released
1 	7 	7 	October 5, 2025 	October 5, 2025
==Production==
===Development===
===Writing===
===Casting===
===Filming===
===Visual effects===
===Music===
==Release==
The first film consisted of seven sixteen-minute-long chapters which was released in United States and France on July 15, 2025.
===Home media===
The first film of Something Wicked was released on a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack exclusively to Target retailers on October 17, 2026, and the same for the 4K/Blu-ray combo pack on November 15, 2026, both of which includes vintage CBS-FOX VHS-inspired packaging.
==Other media==
===Tie-in books===
*Kittitas High School Yearbook
*Something Wicked: The Behind the Scenes Book
====Novels====
*Something Wicked: Maddie Mansfield
*Something Wicked: Corey Conley
====Comics====
*Something Wicked (comic series)
**Pizza Time x Something Wicked
**Something Wicked: The Material Plane
**Something Wicked: The Captain's Log
**Something Wicked: Tales from Kattitas
**Something Wicked and Cells and Hydras
===Tabletop games===
Hasbro published a licensed version of a Something Wicked-themed Dungeons & Dragons-like "Cells and Hydras" starter kit in October 2025. The kit, besides including instruction books, character sheets and dice, includes a campaign called "The Hunt for the Lernaean Hydra", which the children played in the first film (written with the intent of having come from the pen of the character of Sam himself) as well as Demiurge minifigs.
=== Video games ===
==== Mobile games ====
* Something Wicked: Puzzle Stories
==== Console games ====
A video game released for a console called "Nintari 2600" created by a fictional arcade game company called "Nintari".
* Something Wicked: The Game
=== Something Wicked Store ===
Starting in November 2028, 1492 Pictures will open pop-up Something Wicked Stores, which blend both retail and immersive experiences, in several cities.
=== Something Wicked Experience ===
The Something Wicked Experience is a Something Wicked-themed theme park in Anaheim, California. It was the first theme park opened by 1492 Pictures, and opened on July 17, 1955.
=== Others ===
LEg GOdt, a fictional company that parodies Lego, introduced a Something Wicked set called "The Nether", based on a version of the Brooks' home and its replica in the Nether, in May 2027.
The Abrahams, which is the Something Wicked parody of the Simpsons, episode "Clubhouse of Terror", which will air on October 20, 2028, included the segment This Way Comes, a parody of Something Wicked. The classic 1980s bicycles used in the series have been produced in limited runs that sell out quickly, sold in Walmart. Something Wicked would also get a crossover with Changers, the Something Wicked parody of Transformers, releasing a figure of Autobot Red Flag.
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