The Witch

2016 · 92 min · EN · R · 7.0 (7,954 votes)

Dir. Robert Eggers · Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson · Music Mark Korven

“Evil takes many forms.”

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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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This is a descent into chilling, puritanical dread. It feels like a suffocating, isolated nightmare, where faith and fear intertwine in a bleak, unsettling landscape. The atmosphere is thick with creeping paranoia and a palpable sense of ancient evil, slowly consuming everything in its path.

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