It's rare to see an amazing horror film. "The Witch" can be regarded as a Western fantasy film. The story comes from folklore, and it has a truth like a religious experience. Seeing the witch from the perspective of horror, only a few strokes, but one-third of the way, it is chilling. The previous witch Blair frightened four people. It was an imitation documentary, selling witch gimmicks, but never saw the true face of the witch. In this film, the witch does not have much ink, but it really shows her face. Starting from the sly atmosphere of the baboon, the witch has an ignorance, and then the back of the witch, the night, the thin body facing the sky, the feeling of evil and terror It's indescribable. The picture is so beautiful that I dare not look directly at it. The composition of this scene is absolutely classic. In addition to being scary, the director also gave the witch an incomprehensible scene, a bright red cloak, sexy breasts, and coquettish lips. This sultry beauty, the whole movie is bright, and it is similar to our Liao Zhai, and it is evil. It will always turn into a charming and alluring beauty, and the story will always happen in the depths of the dense forests off the beaten track, where there are unfortunate people. The last appearance of the witch is very creative. I have never seen this way before. She came out of a goat’s butt. It was quite salty and wet, disgusting, and terrifying. I should like it here. .
Rhythm, mood, the director is too accurate, is this really a debut? It is said that the director Robert Eggers had only participated in film costume and art design before. The pace is slow, calm, should be irritable, should be quiet, and emotions, always anxious, family conflicts add fuel to the fire, each other infighting, this is not right, it is the instigation of the devil, but also the fear of people in an isolated environment. In fact, this kind of atmosphere can best breed horror. It seems boring, but it fills the blank space outside the witch's appearance. This piece is slow-tuned, and it slowly grinds out a sense of cruelty.
The director has a deep understanding of horror films, the soundtrack is retro, and the music can penetrate into the depths of people's hearts and unearth the most primitive fears of people. The sound effect is like a strand of steel wire, pulled tightly, sharp and hurried, stimulating people's heartbeat to accelerate, and the flood of fear bursts into the floodgates, continuous. The cold picture is dead, and the sky is cold and the heart is cold.
Sundance Film Festival won the best director award. The film story style is not high, and the effort is all in the director. The detailed design, atmosphere control, picture composition, small cost does not limit his creation, but makes him use his ability to the extreme , The director's award is well-deserved.
View more about The Witch reviews
