It's great that there's no demon materialization

Everett 2022-04-21 09:01:43

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 heroine said that her father was incompetent to grow corn and hunt, so he blamed the witch of the forest. I think it's quite right. The family scared themselves to death. The female director, Lao Renqi, was yelled at by her mother all day long. Those twins were really annoying. They forgot their words when they were praying, and then pretended to be dizzy. The heroine just thought that the bear child was too bearish, so she pretended to be a forest witch to scare her, but the bear child told her mother that it was really her sister who was a witch and cursed their house, and her mother believed it! Although Dad is more reliable, it may be that the heroine is destined to be lonely. Dad was killed by the sheep like that. The sheep here may also be an allusion in the Bible, otherwise why do demons have horns?
Overall, it is much better than the European and American horror films that are materialized by ordinary demons, because there are too many daily routines, such as chicken coops and sheep coops, digging earth to build stoves, washing clothes and lighting candles. This is ordinary farm life. Feeling cursed for lack of food.

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  • Arnold 2022-04-23 07:01:39

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  • Lacy 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    Robert Eggers itself is the guarantee of art, no doubt ~ no jump scares in the whole process, the fear of the unknown is shaped by the suspicion of the small group and the collapse of spiritual beliefs, and the characters and relationships of the seemingly simple family of five correspond to I learned metaphors of religious teachings, and my personal knowledge is limited. I read some interpretations in the comment area and found it quite interesting. The climax part is chaotic and unremarkable, giving people the feeling of "this is it?" I don't know who the voice of Lucifer is in the end, it sounds good~

The Witch quotes

  • William: Corruption, thou art my father!

  • William: We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us.