Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Anya Taylor-JoyThomasin
- Ralph InesonWilliam
- Kate DickieKatherine
- Harvey ScrimshawCaleb
- Ellie GraingerMercy
- Lucas DawsonJonas
- Julian RichingsGovernor
- Bathsheba GarnettThe Witch
- Sarah StephensThe Witch, Young
- Daniel MalikBlack Phillip (voice)
Recommendations
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Hitfix
Eggers manages to create a sense of mood and dread that is so suffocating at times that it feels like we're watching something genuinely transgressive, something we should not be seeing. - 100
The Playlist
A deeply impressive first film by director Robert Eggers, “The Witch” is immaculately constructed, evinces an exquisitely ominous tone, and is unequivocally haunting. It’s exacting look at the dissonance of human nature is terrifying. - 100
Time Out
The Witch is one of the most genuinely unnerving horror films in recent memory because Eggers has the guts to earn your fear. - 91
IndieWire
The Witch becomes a focused portrait of fixed rituals crumbling in the face of inexplicable forces, evoking the fear of change lurking in the shadows at every moment. Despite the setting, its scares are uniquely contemporary. - 90
Variety
Writer-director Robert Eggers’ impressive debut feature walks a tricky line between disquieting ambiguity and full-bore supernatural horror, but leaves no doubt about the dangerously oppressive hold that Christianity exerted on some dark corners of the Puritan psyche. - 90
Screen Daily
The Witch’s greatest asset is its precisely controlled menace, and so even when nothing terrifying is happening, it feels like something ominous could be unleashed at any moment. - 80
The Guardian
This movie may be too slow and verbose to be the next breakout horror hit, but its focus on themes over plot is what elevates it to something near greatness. - 80
Time
Although Eggers is discreet – the things you don’t see are more horrifying than those you do – the picture’s relentlessness sometimes feels like torment. But if you can survive it, The Witch is a triumph of tone.
