Trailer for "The Witch" is here, looks pretty good

[BXKingPin82]

If you smoke dont do that shyt before seeing this
I cant even tell any of you if it was good cause my ass passed out about 20 minutes in


I asked my homeboy why he aint wake me up

He said "you looked so at peace."



He said it was wack tho so

 

[re'up]

This is pretty incredible, I loved it, from the opening scenes, a sense of grim, gray, foreboding envelops every angle, frame, interaction of the movie. Children don't play, laugh, or play hide n seek without the menace of the Devil, his minions, and our own madness and depravity. This is how you shoot a horror movie, on location, (or a location), real woods and clearings, branches and grey skies bearing down over all.

The performances are very strong, everyone is under the twisted oppression of Calvinist Christianity, in the era where they stoned, hanged, and tortured 'suspected' witches. The violence both emotional and physical is graphic and painful, the lurid sexuality lurks in the directors shots of the children, their tormentors, everywhere.The movies ending is horrific, yet enchanting, going from dark fairy tale to a whole other genre in a few frames......

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Doesn't surprise me. The theatre we went to had maybe 25-35 people in it, max. My girl hated it, and I heard a few others in the theatre grumbling about it too.

I get that some people won't like it because it's a slow burn period piece, but to act like it's not a great film because of that, is another thing altogether. Mainstream horror has completely ruined the value of storytelling and subtext.

 

[FlyRy]

This is pretty incredible....I loved it, from the opening scenes, a sense of grim, gray, foreboding envelops every angle, frame, interaction of the movie....Children don't play, laugh, or play hide n seek without the menace of the Devil, his minions, and our own madness and depravity. This is how you shoot a horror movie, on location, (or a location), real woods and clearings, branches and grey skies bearing down over all. The performances are very strong, everyone is under the twisted oppression of Calvinist Christianity, in the era where they stoned, hanged, and tortured 'suspected' witches. The violence both emotional and physical is graphic and painful, the lurid sexuality lurks in the directors shots of the children, their tormentors, everywhere....The movies ending is horrific, yet enchanting, going from dark fairy tale to a whole other genre in a few frames......

I do wish it was shot on film though. Period pieces always should be imo

 

[MartyMcFly]

Slow burn, period piece, unsettling as hell, creepy, and just oppressive and screwed up beyond all belief. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It's all a build to the last 15 min, which was all types of A nice mix of The Shining and Rosemary's Baby

The stetting helped, the fact that the family was incredibly religious also helped, and it's so up for interpretation of what it means or what happened or how it happened, etc. which I always appreciate. Rather than telling me straight up what the deal was, let me try to figure it out and think on it. Saw it late at the alamo last night and it's been on my mind ever since i walked out at like 1 this morning. It's definitely not for everyone but that by no way means it's not a good flick. For a lot of the runtime, I found myself trying to figure out what the hell is going on because clearly this family has issues that are going to come to the head.

First time seeing the witch

Peeping the creepiness between a young brother and his older sister

And the score is impeccable. Probably just as scary as the movie, sometimes more so.

Spoiler

The last 15 minutes fukked with me though. I've always got a thing for characters who are seemingly manipulated by forces they can't understand or contend with and she gave in. Felt like the ending of Rosemary's Baby.

The Witch: Little House on the Prairie From Hell

In case anyone wants to read a full review.

But yeah, definitely liked it. Great storytelling, great look, great feel, and an incredibly uneasy tone that worked for it. It's not a horror movie in the sense that things will pop out every 10 minutes, but it's a constant tension build and constant way to just mess with you. And as a viewer, I always appreciate when a director wants to mess with me

 

[FlyRy]

Slow burn, period piece, unsettling as hell, creepy, and just oppressive and screwed up beyond all belief. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It's all a build to the last 15 min, which was all types of A nice mix of The Shining and Rosemary's Baby

The stetting helped, the fact that the family was incredibly religious also helped, and it's so up for interpretation of what it means or what happened or how it happened, etc. which I always appreciate. Rather than telling me straight up what the deal was, let me try to figure it out and think on it. Saw it late at the alamo last night and it's been on my mind ever since i walked out at like 1 this morning. It's definitely not for everyone but that by no way means it's not a good flick. For a lot of the runtime, I found myself trying to figure out what the hell is going on because clearly this family has issues that are going to come to the head.

First time seeing the witch

Peeping the creepiness between a young brother and his older sister

And the score is impeccable. Probably just as scary as the movie, sometimes more so.

Spoiler

The last 15 minutes fukked with me though. I've always got a thing for characters who are seemingly manipulated by forces they can't understand or contend with and she gave in. Felt like the ending of Rosemary's Baby.

The Witch: Little House on the Prairie From Hell

In case anyone wants to read a full review.

But yeah, definitely liked it. Great storytelling, great look, great feel, and an incredibly uneasy tone that worked for it. It's not a horror movie in the sense that things will pop out every 10 minutes, but it's a constant tension build and constant way to just mess with you. And as a viewer, I always appreciate when a director wants to mess with me

Nice way of putting it breh. Its interesting to see moviegoers hate it. I knew what to expect as I've seen over 15 A24 films.

As scott mendelson of forbes says:

The film got a C- from Cinemascore, which will surprise no one who saw the movie. It’s exactly the sort of creepy and moody tone poem that gets raves from critics but turns off audiences expecting a more conventional slasher adventure. I am genuinely surprised that it didn’t get an F.

I like what hollywood wells said on it too:

Final note: Any film lover worth his or her salt will tell you that The Blair Witch Project (’99) is one of the all-time scariest films. And yet film critic Owen Gleiberman, on page 241 of his new book “Movie Freak“, recalls the following: “It became the most successful independent feature of all time, grossing $140 million (i.e., $32 million more than Pulp Fiction). And yet three out of every five people who saw it seemed to think it was the unscary/tedious letdown/ripoff of all time. Was everyone watching the same film? Yes and no. What The Blair Witch Project revealed was an American moviegoing population of blue states and red states, who happened to be seated right next to each other.”

I trust I’ve made it clear that The Witch is a blue-state horror film. The Babadook, It Follows…one of those. And one of the best of its kind because it (a) slavishly adheres to a very particular scheme and (b) reanimates a long-buried mythology that poked and terrified even those of a rational temperament. Fear is illogical, and it always has been.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Nice way of putting it breh. Its interesting to see moviegoers hate it. I knew what to expect as I've seen over 15 A24 films.

As scott mendelson of forbes says:

The film got a C- from Cinemascore, which will surprise no one who saw the movie. It’s exactly the sort of creepy and moody tone poem that gets raves from critics but turns off audiences expecting a more conventional slasher adventure. I am genuinely surprised that it didn’t get an F.

I like what hollywood wells said on it too:

Final note: Any film lover worth his or her salt will tell you that The Blair Witch Project (’99) is one of the all-time scariest films. And yet film critic Owen Gleiberman, on page 241 of his new book “Movie Freak“, recalls the following: “It became the most successful independent feature of all time, grossing $140 million (i.e., $32 million more than Pulp Fiction). And yet three out of every five people who saw it seemed to think it was the unscary/tedious letdown/ripoff of all time. Was everyone watching the same film? Yes and no. What The Blair Witch Project revealed was an American moviegoing population of blue states and red states, who happened to be seated right next to each other.”

I trust I’ve made it clear that The Witch is a blue-state horror film. The Babadook, It Follows…one of those. And one of the best of its kind because it (a) slavishly adheres to a very particular scheme and (b) reanimates a long-buried mythology that poked and terrified even those of a rational temperament. Fear is illogical, and it always has been.

So by blue states and red states is he inferring that it's for smarter less co se stove fans? If we're going by blue state red state stereotypes

 

[FlyRy]

So by blue states and red states is he inferring that it's for smarter less co se stove fans? If we're going by blue state red state stereotypes

i wasnt trying to make it that deep breh :zendaya:

 

[MartyMcFly]

i wasnt trying to make it that deep breh :zendaya:

Well when someone says blue states/red states it's a heavy implication lol. I need to check out the full thing for context

Let me get that link

 

[FreedMind]

People at my theater definitely didn't like it but, like others mentioned, they probably expected the more typical horror movie.

I went in expecting not to like this, but it was kinda dope.

Spoiler

Seeing the witch grind up the baby and bathe in his blood
The scene where Caleb was in the woods, and finally gets to the witch's house.

Or when he spits out the apple

His finally prayer or whatever had people cracking up though, and I agree it kinda killed it.

And the final night in the barn. The mom's dream where she was getting picked at by the crow stuck with me.

Had me thinking I was about to get swooped up by a witch walking from my car to the house.

 

[MartyMcFly]

People at my theater definitely didn't like it but, like others mentioned, they probably expected the more typical horror movie.

I went in expecting not to like this, but it was kinda dope.

Spoiler

Seeing the witch grind up the baby and bathe in his blood
The scene where Caleb was in the woods, and finally gets to the witch's house.

Or when he spits out the apple

His finally prayer or whatever had people cracking up though, and I agree it kinda killed it.

And the final night in the barn. The mom's dream where she was getting picked at by the crow stuck with me.

Had me thinking I was about to get swooped up by a witch walking from my car to the house.

Yeah that initial witch stuff was

 

[FlyRy]

Well when someone says blue states/red states it's a heavy implication lol. I need to check out the full thing for context

Let me get that link

Courtesy of black phillip, because he's the Goat

- Hollywood Elsewhere

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Spoiler: ...

Poor Caleb, I just think that that little boy had gotten it the worst. Trauma before Death. Little Man was just trying to Save his Family too.

 

[Yoda]

good lord, seeing what happens in this movie is driving me crazy.
on one hand i like these kinda slow burners, but on the other it looks like a movie that will make shyt myself so help me gawd.

 

[MartyMcFly]

good lord, seeing what happens in this movie is driving me crazy.
on one hand i like these kinda slow burners, but on the other it looks like a movie that will make shyt myself so help me gawd.

I kept waiting for it to end because I didn't want stuff to get worse