The film is based on the conflict between the Puritan William family and the plantation church and their departure as the fuse to narrate the strange misfortune they encountered in the wild farmhouse, and finally ends with the tragic death of the whole family and the conversion of the eldest daughter to a witch. On the whole, the plot is complete, the narrative rhythm is stable, and there are no major plot problems. However, from the perspective of horror films, the horror elements are a bit too single, and the sense of fear and excitement is too small, which makes the film lack of horror highlights in the plot. In terms of details, this film is worth pondering in terms of character setting and shaping: the tyranny of the patriarchy, the hysteria of the mother, the eldest son's desire to spy on his elder sister in adolescence, the ignorant younger siblings... If the witch stole the baby is just one of the film's The fuse, then it is the ugliness of human nature that makes this family really fall apart.
Concealment and deception between family members eventually led to mutual suspicion between parents and children, which went crazy with the help of witchcraft. The only innocent eldest daughter in the family also killed her mother at the end of the film to protect herself, and finally successfully sold her soul to Philip the black goat (or metaphorically referred to as Satan).
Another highlight of the film is the setting of symbols. The scene of the young twins holding hands and introducing the black goat into the home is a metaphor for Satan the Devil entering the family. Crows pecking at human milk, white goats milking blood, spitting out apple cores, witch worship, etc. are also common witchcraft symbol metaphors in Western culture. But at a deeper level, the director lacked further thinking on these symbols, that is, they just "used" but did not give them a personalized meaning that belongs to the film. Another example is the supernatural phenomenon in which the eldest daughter walked naked into the jungle at the end, and as the witches finally rose into the air, she just stayed in the air and seemed to enjoy the expression - but we don't know what the purpose of this ending is. ? On the contrary, it makes people feel that the film ends at the end, which seems a little weak. In the end, the whole film is too small, and it can only be regarded as a type film with witch elements and humanistic thinking, and cannot be drawn out from many similar films.
Of course, the composition of the picture is quite good. It is worthy of the title of its horror art film. It is also a pleasure for researchers to stop studying the composition of the picture.
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