Wicked of Oz: classic kids' story becomes a horror film

Wicked of Oz: classic kids' story becomes a horror film

L Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been used as the inspiration for a low-budget horror movie, Wicked of Oz.

Wicked: For Good will unveil 'the full masterplan' as it moves into Wizard Of Oz territory

When Wicked arrived at the tail end of 2024, audiences made a real song and dance about it – it pulled in over $750 million at the box office, earned Oscar nominations, and rave reviews to boot. But how do you move past ‘Defying Gravity’? The first film saw director Jon M. Chu adapt act one of the hit stage musical – telling a very different backstory for the witches of Oz, aka Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s G(a)linda – closing out …