Dakota Fanning’s New Horror Movie Shifted From Theaters To Streaming, And The Director Has Key Advice For How To Enjoy It Most Watching At Home

One of the easiest pop culture equations, at least in my head, goes like this: Halloween + horror movies = a damn fine time, and doubly so when enjoying those movies alongside like-minded genre buffs inside a movie theater. Thus, it is indeed unfortunate that Paramount shifted Dakota Fanning’s upcoming horror movie, the mystery-box nightmare Vicious, from its theatrical release in order to make exclusive for those with Paramount+ subscriptions. But at least it means fans everywhere will be able to watch with immediacy, and there’s an ideal way to experience it as well.

Vicious is the kind of movie that’s best viewed without really knowing anything about it, but one thing everyone should be aware of is that director Bryan Bertino and the film’s sound design team (headed up by Chuck Michael) put a ton of work into making this one of the most sound-intensive horror movies out there. Literally everything sounds as if it’s engulfed in microphones, from floorboards to hourglass sand to cigarette lighters to [SPOILERS]. (Not gonna get that one out of me!)