The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)'s comments

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Emiam

7/10
Cool idea that they have succeeded well with. Dark. Truth based. Not pure fear, but this is film art.

5 years 1 month ago

heat_

Successful in terms of cinematography, beautiful shots. A nice watch.

5 years 6 months ago

Klondike Bongo

Best film about crop blight I've ever seen.

Also taught me it's possible to trip my everloving tits off on corn.

spoiler

6 years ago

jhhayes

Overrated and forgettable...

6 years 1 month ago

It's funny that two of my favorite horror films are The Witch and The Conjuring. They could not be any more different, but both are effective in their own ways.

The score is utterly chilling and the ending stuck in my head for weeks. So excellent.

6 years 3 months ago

Monteyn

The movie was nothing special but the father can be one of the best Death metal vocals of our time with that voice. Or maybe a competitor for the throne of Leonard Cohen. I suggest him to enter the music business.

6 years 4 months ago

Bayushiseni

This is a movie where characters do not make sense. The ending is feeble and weak.

6 years 5 months ago

Paravail

A well-paced slow-burn of a film with strong thematic elements. Each member of the family is guilty of some fundamental sin: the father is prideful, the mother envious, the son lustful (after his own sister, no less) and the sister, the main character of the film, is happy and free of sin. spoiler

The dialogue is period-accurate, and the soundtrack is intense and effective. It is creepy movie more than a scary one, but it is definitely worth watching.

6 years 7 months ago

iago-rotten

Beautiful and atmospheric. I would even say they didn't need to show spoiler

in order to support the story and the suspense. Plot wise it's a little weak and kept losing me from time to time.
I think Eggers still has a lot to learn and has room to grow as a director and a writer, but all in all he's on the right path to great success.

6 years 7 months ago

Panunzio

The attention to historical detail, well-constructed visuals, and tense editing really make this an immersive experience. Much more unnerving than outright scary, but this is easily the best horror movie I've seen in recent memory.

I'm a huge fan of Robert Eggers' style, and I'm excited to see what he'll present next!

6 years 10 months ago

BLJNBrouwer

"Wouldst thou like to see the world?"

7 years 6 months ago

ikkegoemikke

"I am that very witch. When I sleep my spirit slips away from...my body and dances naked with The Devil. "

Wow, this was the biggest disappointment of the year. After reading some laudable messages and the rather misleading recommendations on certain websites, I thought I was ready for again another original horror that, unlike most in this genre, doesn't have an overused subject. In retrospect I really wondered where the horror started in this story. Yes, the language used in that time terrified me. That's for sure. I understood absolutely nothing and I was glad that subtitles were provided. Is it the religious devotion in those days that scares you? I would call it religious insanity. As soon as something happens, those arms go up to the sky and that all-encompassing divinity is called on for help. Or is there really something pernicious in that dark forest, causing this poor farming family to be overwhelmed by adversities?

What if they'd called "The VVitch" a historic drama? Probably my opinion would be slightly milder (and probably I wouldn't have watched it anyway). But calling this horror, is a gross deception for many. In my view this movie shows the misconceptions and misinterpretations that were commonplace at that time. A bad harvest, another setback or an unexplained illness caused those simple and unknowing souls to wail and pray to the almighty. An era in which superstition and fear of the unknown thrived. Is that what this simple peasant family made insane? Such madness, that even the black goat in the family was regarded as the source of all evil? For me it's just a historical, psychological drama. It's as simple as that.

As mentioned earlier, the entire film is drenched in Old English. I can imagine that historians and linguists go all lyrical about it and get overexcited about it (I can see them sitting there already all slobbery). I tried to understand a tiny bit of it. As a result it required my complete attention mostly. I can believe that the mise en scene of the whole, looked accurate and authentic. The house-holding, the way they dress and the way of living were shown brilliantly and very well cared for. Likewise, the acting and dramatics. Especially the young actors were excellent and gave it a unique character. I can imagine that finding such good, young actors, isn't easy. Their hard work, while seeking a perfect cast, paid of.

Nope guys. This is far from being a horror. Or hearing yet another prayer gives you the chills. I like subtle films in the horror genre. It isn't necessary for me that it's all bloody and gory. But I'm afraid I've missed the subtlety of "The VVitch" somehow. The marketing department of the publisher probably realized suddenly that the label horror sounds sexier and more commercial than the ordinary label drama. Let alone they would even mention it's a historical costume film. Not that this is an insignificant genre, but the target audience is more limited in my opinion. In terms of atmosphere and film technology it's unparalleled. But I'm just allergic to deception on a large scale. A bit like religion itself, isn't it? Lets pray for that for once ...

PS. I've seen the trailer afterwards. Now I understand why film-goers thought this would be horror.

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7 years 8 months ago