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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
- $40.4 million
- Mark Korven
- $4 million
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.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Robert Eggers
- 2016-02-19
Feb 18, 2016 · But more often than not, "The Witch" concerns Thomasin ( Anya Taylor-Joy ), the eldest of Katherine and William's five children. Thomasin undergoes puberty under the mistrustful eyes of her family, but realistically, they're not too concerned with her when crops are failing, money is scarce, and Samuel is missing.
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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit (2020) , Thomasin in the period horror film The Witch (2015) , as Casey Cooke in the horror-thriller Split (2016) , and as Lily in the black comedy thriller Thoroughbreds (2017) .
- Actress, Soundtrack
- April 16, 1996
- 2 min
Starring. Anya Taylor-Joy. Ralph Ineson. Kate Dickie. Harvey Scrimshaw. Ellie Grainger. and Lucas Dawson. New England, 1630. 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.
Front and center in the film is Anya Taylor-Joy’s Thomasin, a teenager whose family weathers a storm of what might be bad luck or might be something more sinister. Here, the actress explains what drew her to the role and why what was most difficult about the film isn’t what you might think.
