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The script here very closely resembles the texts of these pamphlets. The imagery of Satan first appearing through an animal which can communicate only with children, then later as a handsome, well-dressed man in black with an impossibly deep voice, is 100% correct and taken from confessions in real witchcraft trials.
There is something unsettling about the whole atmosphere. Maybe it's just the colors they used, the dark forest nearby, or the feeling of loneliness/isolation but there was a sense of impending doom throughout the movie. I did not find it to be scary. It was a little bit slow to get through but the ending got hectic.
The key to the movie is the full title: The Witch: A New-England Folk Tale. The movie was a straightforward telling of the worst nightmares of a New-England puritan family. The devil insinuates himself into the family in the form of a he-goat, witches prey on their children, secret sins are exposed, and the family is violently torn apart.
More so than even The Blair Witch Project, The Witch represents the stereotypical evil old hag of legend as a force of pure malevolence, as something to be feared, able to effortlessly turn everything the unfortunate group has against them. Traces of distrust are amplified a hundredfold. Guns misfire. Crops refuse to grow.
The ending of *The Witch* is weird. Really, freaking weird. And kinda out of nowhere. Quick little summary of the ending, avoid the next paragraph if you haven't seen the movie yet: After losing her entire family, our heroine, Thomasin realizes the goat, Black Phillip is Satan.
No over-the-top gore or shock gimmicks, only solid production design, tight dialogue, and an eerie 1630s New England atmosphere. The ending was so perfect, I’ve YouTubed it dozens of times. Not sure where Eggers drew inspiration for the Black Philip hooves into the devil’s black leather boots (complete with spurs) morph, but it was flawless ...
This might be why. It's an atmospheric period piece. And like many films with historical settings, it moves at a slower pace to match the speed of life at the time. It's more metaphorical with the way it's addressing fears of the time. It's not meant to be terrifying, it's meant to be unsettling.
The movie shows literal witches. It’s not about madness. It’s an allegory for patriarchal fear of fertility and the repression of women. The madness angle is just a wrong take on the movie. It’s based on a combination of folktale and actual documents from the witch trials. There’s even a postscript at the end.
The Witch's old hand clasping Caleb's head as the illusion of a young pretty woman was kissing him. The startling THUD! against the barn door in the middle of the night that isn't really explained, (while Thomasin and the twins are locked in the barn), and before The VVitch gets midnight munchies and goes blood-sucking on some goats in the very ...
The Ritual is a terrible film. It looks like it will have the same well-crafted experience as films like the Witch. But the writing was awful. Unfortunately, the directing isn't bad and some of the visuals are truly excellent. But the Witch's writing is leagues beyond and has the great cast, visuals, and sound design to boot.