2015 · horror
The Witch
Directed by Robert Eggers1h 32m2015
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
Our read: The Witch (2015) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, slow-burn, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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How The Witch feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want colonial dread, archaic language, and dread that creeps not jumps.”
Skip it tonight — Slow period horror and family doom will feel punishing late at night.
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