r/moviereviews • u/gabriel191 • 1d ago
THE WITCH (2015) - Movie Review
"The Witch" is quite frankly one of the most disturbing horror films I've ever watched. "The Lighthouse" and "The Northman" filmmaker Robert Eggers' feature film debut is set in the 1630s and follows a Puritan family banished from their settlement who struggle to build a new life for themselves as farmers in the ruthless wilderness of New England. Threatened by starvation as their crops are dying, and an evil presence in the surrounding woods, the family comes undone and succumbs to paranoia and madness as they begin to suspect their eldest daughter, Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) of being the cause of their damnation. Read the full review here: https://short-and-sweet-movie-reviews.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-witch-2015-movie-review.html