child death and horror movie will always remain a sensitive and controversial combination and therefore it be my personal opinion that every movie that show the courage to revolve on this topic should receive some extra attention from horror fan . of course and like in the case of wicked little thing and controversial theme do not always guarantee a good film . despite the potentially interesting plot and the atmospheric setting and the involvement of video nasty director j. s. cardone ( the slayer ) and this be an uninspired and cliché ridden film that couldn not offer a single fright or shock . after lose their husband and father and the remain tunny woman ( mother karen and her daughter sarah and emma ) move to a small and remote pennsylvanian mountain town where they inherit an old and ramshackle mansion . their new home be dangerously close to the old mine ruin where dozen of innocent child tragically lose their life in 1913. strange thing start to happen and like young emma befriend an ( imaginary . ) girl who use to live in their house and and the eerie local seem to keep secret from karen and her daughter . quickly turn out that the undead child still leave their mine graf at night to seek vengeance on the descendant of the mine owner mr. carlton and who be responsible for their death . wicked little thing be rather tame and extremely predictable . the script shamelessly serve one dreadful cliché after the other and like car wheel stick in the mud at crucial time and malfunction flashlight and horridly broken doll . there very little suspense and even less gore and the make up effect be disappointingly weak . the zombified child do not look menace at all . actually and they all look like miniature version of marilyn manson and with their black outfit and pale face and dark eye . the excitement free finale be stupid and just as derivative a the rest of this pointless production . lori heuring be thoroughly unimpressive in her leading role a the mother and but scout taylor compton ( currently a big star thanks to the halloween remake ) and young chloe moretz be adequate a the daughter .