The horror stories we heard as kids had very few, and generally unintimidating, witches in them. See, where I live, we don’t appreciate witch stories all that much. I’ll play my geographical location card one more time. I found myself in complete disconnection with the objectives of the script though. The grim and cruel surroundings are well reflected in the overall dark theme of the picture, with very careful natural lighting supplying a clear picture with no visual discomfort, and yet enough reasons to be concerned about the characters and the lurking dangers. Coming from a production/costume design background himself, it’s easy to see how he showcased his qualifications in this opportunity. Eggers’ vision for extreme faith violently challenged in 17th century New England is definitely mesmerizing.
#The witch movie movie#
is not scary!Īssociating the movie with mysteries and thrillers sounds more fitting to me, and leaves me with enough preparations to appreciate the beautiful picture that Robert Eggers introduced on his long feature debut.
I can’t say for sure, but it’s hard to imagine that those few minutes could’ve turned my opinion all the way around, and therefore I’ll say it with confidence The Witch.
Cinemas are never tolerant of nudity where I live, and it’s probably our bad luck that most of the horrific events in the movie came hand in hand with some nudes. First, I find it necessary to highlight that I watched the movie in Cairo, Egypt, and censorship wasn’t at all kind with the final product I watched. What we should’ve found around that forest as well was the horror that the movie promises, and just like Samuel, all those promises go missing early on in the movie.
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