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Critics Consensus: As thought-provoking as it is visually compelling, The Witch delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building horror that suggests great things for debuting writer-director Robert Eggers.
Critic Consensus: As thought-provoking as it is visually compelling, The Witch delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building horror that suggests great things for debuting writer-director Robert Eggers.
All Critics (310) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (281) | Rotten (29) | DVD (1)
Like any outstanding horror film, its true impact only reveals itself once the credits have rolled and it stays buried under your skin, breaking through every now and then to remind you of its insidious power.
The Witch is sparing in its use of special effects and generates suspense and foreboding through what is suggested rather than what is seen.
In the tradition of William Friedkin's The Exorcist, this chilling low-budget horror movie taps into the same temporal fear that sparks religious feeling.
"The Witch" feels at once sticky with tangible detail and numinous with suggestion.
I would prefer seeing a failed attempt at something different than a regurgitation of every modern horror trope. Yet The Witch proves unable to capitalize on being different.
Helped by along by a great cast, a haunting soundtrack and terrific attention to period detail, The Witch is an auspicious feature debut for writer-director Robert Eggers.
This film is true terror. You will not find jump scares. [Full Review in Spanish]
The Witch is visually resplendent, aurally meticulous, and singularly crafted to evoke dread from opening to close.
The Witch isn't just a great horror film; it's a great film, period.
He visto un centenar de películas de terror en lo que llevo de vida, pero ninguna como The Witch. Nunca antes algo me había dejado tan estupefacto, extasiado, y aterrado. Todo al mismo tiempo.
The film's sense of brooding, lurking menace is exceptionally chilling, precisely because director Robert Eggers entwines it with ordinary family life, and children being children.
The Witch creates a world that feels stifling and claustrophobic, even though it's set in an open land with no one else around for miles.
Neo-horror film based on New England folk tales as well as the fear of the wood and the supernatural. Well acted and filmed, the movie does not follow regular "scary movie" blue prints. That's a blessing for its unpredictability and a curse for its slow pace. There are some deeply unsettling and creepy scenes, but very few classical scares. The religious zealousness of regular 17th century folks is almost as uncomfortable to watch as the witch in the woods. The ending actually dares to go bat shit crazy, you gotta admire that.
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Despite a bit of a slow pace, the Witch's tense sequences are enough for a decent folktale. The disturbing score, the daunting scenes and thought-provoking lore will make any moviegoer feel unsettled and paranoid. 3.5/5
The very definition of terror in the purest sense of the word - a disturbing and nerve-wracking slow burn whose profoundly anguishing atmosphere made my skin crawl and left me almost squeaking in panic, and I don't think I will ever want to see this horrific nightmare again.
words cannot describe how irritatingly boring this movie is.
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