Overview
- Paramount+ released a behind-the-scenes featurette that highlights the film’s intimate production and psychological tone, with Vicious now streaming after its October 10 debut.
- The film is written and directed by Bryan Bertino, who previously made The Strangers and The Dark and the Wicked.
- The story follows Polly, who receives a mysterious box with instructions to place something needed, something hated, and something loved inside.
- Kathryn Hunter portrays the late-night visitor who delivers the box, with Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott, and Emily Mitchel also in the cast.
- Dakota Fanning told Extra the role was emotionally taxing, saying she was “crying for 12 hours a day,” and she noted she will next work with sister Elle on The Nightingale in Europe.