The Witch

The Witch

  • Director: Robert Eggers
  • Countries of origin: Canada, United States, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: February 19, 2016
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: The VVitch
  • "The VVitch: A New-England Folktale" is a horror suspense film directed and written by Robert Eggers , with the participation of Ralph Ineson , Kate Dickie and Anya Taylor-Joy . It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2015   . It was released in the United States on February 19, 2016   .
    The film tells the story of a family that has gone through a series of mysterious events, got caught in a cycle of mutual suspicion, and then tried to find the culprit who cursed the whole family   .

    Details

    • Release date February 19, 2016
    • Filming locations Kiosk, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies Parts and Labor, RT Features, Rooks Nest Entertainment

    Box office

    Budget

    $4,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $25,138,705

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $8,800,230

    Gross worldwide

    $40,423,945

    Movie reviews

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    • By Roxanne 2022-04-22 07:01:07

      coin

      The great saint is not dead and the great thief is more than human beings are fragile wishful thinking it doesn't matter whether it is good or bad it is true or false Freud said we all believe in the pleasure principle is everything that aims at pleasure but ignores the reality principle misunderstanding and prejudice is the opposite let us know There is more understanding and insight. When you come to this space, the coin of destiny starts to turn on one side, God and the devil. Who did you...

    • By Stella 2022-04-22 07:01:07

      Watching movies from a psychoanalytic perspective

      Try to analyze it from a psychoanalytic point of view: as the eldest sister in the family, my sister is ignored by her parents, and she longs for love but cannot be satisfied. These longings are deeply suppressed into the subconscious. The black forest is the symbol of the subconscious. The first witch It has some characteristics of the god of death (prototype), and it can actually be understood as the appearance of the shadow (dark side) of the elder sister. It is also her own shadow that...

    • By Trevion 2022-04-21 09:01:43

      an unpretentious thriller

      This thriller and horror film that stood out at this year's Sundance Film Festival broke the previous horror films with sound effects and editing to stimulate the audience's perception. This film is more simple and has the characteristics of an independent film, highlighting the story itself, and honestly telling an ancient and mysterious race - witches. The understanding of witches is no longer just a group of people who can curse and black magic, abandoned and disliked by family and friends....

    • By Everett 2022-04-21 09:01:43

      It's great that there's no demon materialization

      Well. . . I think it's because I didn't see the subtitled version so I didn't understand it? So I feel that the atmosphere of horror is a little bit, but it is obviously too religious. The more you believe in gods, the more terrifying it will be. The whole article is full of various atmospheres, such as picking up an egg and breaking a hairy egg, which is especially bloody. A flock of birds pecking at mom's breast, and mom just thinks she's breastfeeding, the atmosphere is not bad.
      The...

    • By Edwina 2022-04-21 09:01:43

      The Witch: A Different Perspective

      To be honest, I don't really like religious movies because I'm an atheist.
      I have a certain understanding of religion. This film is not actually a religious film
      . The interpretation of witches on the Internet. In fact, most people are wrong.
      To say that this film is a horror film, I don't feel it at all. On the contrary ,

      at the beginning of the movie with a stomach full of anger , he explained the picture of the family being expelled. The male protagonist claims to be...

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    • By Clementina 2023-09-20 05:33:16

      What's interesting is that from the beginning to the end, the "witch", the main subject of horror, has never appeared in the real sense. Avoided the "Ghostbusters" format that made itself the worst horror movie. On the contrary, ghosts come from character relationships, from religious oppression, from the germination of the concept of sexuality, the overwhelming oppression of the Puritan life against individuals, the whole-hearted dedication to religion without the slightest doubt, and the...

    • By Sammy 2023-08-12 12:13:05

      Where did the devil come from? The first work [The Witch], which has a great idea of ​​sound and picture processing, seems a little hesitant on this issue. In the end it seems to tend to think that the devil exists outside and is powerful enough to take advantage of people's hesitation, jealousy and desire. This compromise route is not entirely satisfactory, as the gods seem to have completely abandoned and banished...

    • By Franz 2023-07-31 18:21:16

      The god dispatched by the original criminal has long been branded with his blood, and he tangoed with...

    • By Buster 2023-07-19 18:05:07

      Black goat, just eat...

    • By Brittany 2023-06-13 09:07:30

      (8/10) Dark, supernatural, claustrophobic, primitive, religious, demon, memorial ceremony, leading to unknown and mysterious horror, mixed with ancient and primitive witch legends, religious heresies, lost beliefs, demons shrouded sin, weak human beings , until it splits and dies. A strange horror film full of primitive wildness and possessed by evil spirits, it is the kind of horror that slowly spreads darkness, coldness, and dead silence, and gradually penetrates into the body. It couldn't be...

    Behind the scenes gags

    The film is adapted from real events. It took place 62 years before the famous Salem Witch Hunt (1630). The stories and character lines in the film are basically based on documentary records.
    The film was almost entirely shot with visible light and natural light, and the entire film was shot for only 25 days.
    According to the plan of the script, the goat Black Phillip in the film originally had more scenes. However, because the goat had...
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    Evaluation action

    The cleverness of director Robert Eggers is that he did not focus on the "witch" element at the core of the film, but instead allowed the audience to focus more on humanity and religion, just like the original title. The initial letter of the witch changed from W to a combination of two Vs, which also gave the film more room for interpretation. (Timeline Review)
    The film returns to the basics in style, and advances the narrative with a...
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    Movie quotes

    • Caleb: She desires of my blood. She sends 'em upon me. They feed upon her teats, her nether parts. She sends 'em upon me.

    • [first lines]

      William: [before the court] What went we out into this wilderness to find? Leaving our country, kindred, our fathers' houses? We have travailed a vast ocean. For what? For what?

      Governor: We must ask thee to be silent!

      William: Was it not for the pure and faithful dispensation of the Gospels, and the Kingdom of God?

      Old Slater: No more! We are *your* judges, and not you ours!

      William: I cannot be judged by false Christians, for I have done nothing, save preach Christ's true Gospel.

      Governor: Must you continue to dishonor the laws of the commonwealth and the church with your prideful conceit?

      William: If my conscience sees it fit.

      Governor: Then shall you be banished out of this plantation's liberties!

      William: I would be glad of it.

      Governor: Then take your leave, and trouble us no further.

      William: How sadly hath The Lord testified against you.

      William: [turning to leave] Katherine...

    • Thomasin: [walking gradually toward her sister] I be the witch of the wood.

      Mercy: Liar! Liar!

      Thomasin: I am.

      Caleb: List' not to her, Mercy.

      Thomasin: I am that very witch. When I sleep my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with The Devil. That's how I signed his book.

      Mercy: No!

      Thomasin: He bade me bring him an unbaptized babe, so I stole Sam, and I gave him to my master. And I'll make any man or thing else vanish I like.