100/100
★★★★★ 10
In 2015, the film debuted at the London Film Festival, stunning four, and director Robbert Eggers rose to fame. At that time, the film was called "the most amazing horror movie in recent years", and it was also one of the representative works in the first small-budget film legends, setting a precedent for the subsequent A24 and Bren House low-budget horror films.
Followed by small-budget horror movies that have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain: the ones that have achieved great commercial success include "Happy Death Day" (2017), etc.; and the literary horrors that have the same reputation as "The Witch", there are "Escape". Breakthrough" (2017), "Hereditary Doom" (2018), etc.
This year, we are waiting for the new directorial works of the three literary and artistic horror debuts of "The Witch", "Escape" and "Hereditary Doom", namely "The Lighthouse", "Us" and "A Midsummer Night's Fright".
Compared with "Escape from the Dead", director Jordan's rebellious spirit and magical temperament in the sci-fi genre have been further sublimated more enthusiastically and crazily, and the horror index has been greatly improved. At present, Rotten Tomatoes The freshness rate is stable at 93%; and the "banned film on online disk" "A Midsummer Nightmare", which has recently exploded its marketing account, not only shows the cultural connotation of director Ari's accumulation, but also shows its strong scheduling ability and the same type of film. The masterful control of different styles of (horror) has won the unstinting praise of "Cinebook".
Not to mention The Lighthouse, the second part of the "New England Folk Horror" series, which directly made director Robbert a finalist in the Cannes Director's Fortnight. (Looking forward to the storm! Wait for resources!)
Jean commented on "A Midsummer Night's Fright" in the article "Dangerous Joy", "(It) brings us back the dangerous joy peculiar to horror films"; then "The Witch" is "re-brings us the peculiar joy of horror films" Dangerous fear." And this is exactly what the director wants to bring us: the fear of the unknown in the age of ignorance. In the October 2019 issue of "Universal Screen", in the film review of "The Beacon", "An atavistic Experience Achieves Horror Ballads", this title is used to call this special and valuable viewing experience, yes, it is "attribution experience".
What is an "attribution experience"? What horror elements does The Witch have? ...
To be continued…
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