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Feb 19, 2016 · The Witch: Directed by Robert Eggers. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw. A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
- (286K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Robert Eggers
- 2016-02-19
The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, and subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 folk horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her film debut, alongside Ralph Ineson , Kate Dickie , Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson.
- $40.4 million
- Mark Korven
- $4 million
When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. "The Witch" is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inconceivable evil.
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In 1630 New England, panic and despair envelops a farmer, his wife and their children when youngest son Samuel suddenly vanishes. The family blames Thomasin, the oldest daughter who was watching ...
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- Robert Eggers
- R
- Anya Taylor-Joy
Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest—within which lurks an unknown evil.
"The Witch," a period drama/horror film by first-time writer/director Robert Eggers, tellingly advertises itself as "a New England folktale" instead of a fairy tale. Fairy tales are, at heart, parables that prescribe moral values.