The Witch (2015)

Xalara_sl said:

The movie is also a bit of a period piece,.

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This is something I forgot to mention. If you are some kind of witch-nerd who loves all things witch related and somehow you weren't convinced to see this, this movie is 100% for you. Eggers is, apparently, a huge witch buff. This movie takes place some number of years before the Salem witch hysteria, but a lot of what is in this movie is influenced by or directly taken from writings of the period of shit people actually accused others of and said about their neighbors, along with folklore of the time in New England.

Saw it tonight. Loved it. The acting was fantastic and the scenery gave the movie a very creepy vibe throughout. It's a great departure from the recent trend of cheap thrills horror flicks. It's slower paced, but if you go in not expecting a scare every five minutes, you'll be pleasantly surprised by how good this movie really is.

Oh nice, havent had a good horror movie in ages. I will go see this tomorrow.

etchazz_sl said:

Saw it tonight. Loved it. The acting was fantastic and the scenery gave the movie a very creepy vibe throughout. It's a great departure from the recent trend of cheap thrills horror flicks. It's slower paced, but if you go in not expecting a scare every five minutes, you'll be pleasantly surprised by how good this movie really is.

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I'm really looking forward to this movie, I want something that's going to make me uncomfortable rather than tired jump scares.

I really liked this movie. But I think 90% of normal everyday people won't like it. The audience I was with really really hated the thing. It was the perfect storm of shitty behavior for some reason. It was good but jesus christ, I'll never see a movie within the first couple of weeks again.

This movie is good if you like the mundane lives of 17th century colonists. A few interesting scenes interspersed throughout 90 minutes of boring schlock do not make a film.

supertouch_sl said:

This movie is good if you like the mundane lives of 17th century colonists. A few interesting scenes interspersed throughout 90 minutes of boring schlock do not make a film.

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Up your Adderol prescription and watch it again.

Yeah, I saw it and some dude with his girl was like I paid 20 bucks for this? People laughed. I enjoyed it. Good acting, eerie and foreboding is how I'd describe the movie.

The movie was alright, so what is the theory on the ending

For me 6/10, but definitely worth the watch.

The Good
-Captured the time period
-Atmosphere, visuals
-Acting of the Mother, Father, Oldest Daughter

The Bad
-The rest of the kids
-Some of the dialogue was force and too 'old-timey'
-Wasn't the most orignal of stories, not a lot happened
-Was not scary, at all

I really enjoyed this. I took a class on the history of New England witchcraft in college and how it was shaped by the economics of the Bay colony. A lot of what I studied showed up in this movie, and I was very impressed.

Adebisi said:

After loving The Lighthouse I had to see this.

Wouldst thou like the taste of butter? A pretty dress? Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

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Black Phillip is the greatest thespian of our generation

Locnar said:

Are we saying Lighthouse has a similar vibe?

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No! The only similarities are the commitment to time and place in that they both feel authentic and the characters use the period appropriate parlance. Apart from that, they're very different in every other way. The Lighthouse is still awesome, just slower paced, more surreal, more stylized in framing and lighting, a less straight forward in story... it's fucking weird, but it's really good.