I should hang my head in shame
that once again I’ve opted for a horror movie over any other movie, but here we
are again. I often feel like I’m
competing against an unseen clock, time ticking down for a movie to fly out of
the theatre before I can see it. Sure, I
could just wait for the movie to appear on Netflix or Amazon (as I did with
Goodnight Mommy – which was worth seeing).
I fully admit, I tend to get caught up in the hype, caught up in
believing I need to see something.
In a lot of ways, The Witch was a
both a traditional and non-traditional horror movie. The story follows a family that has been
banished from their plantation and forced to live in the wilderness. The movie is set in the 1600’s, so this is
not a huge stretch, I suppose.
Amazingly, they are able to build a farm in short order. The family consists of a father, mother and
five kids. Don’t get too attached to any
of the kids. Not long into the harvest
for the season, the viewer realizes that something is afoot. The crop is unusable, one of the kids goes
missing and the animals go nuts every so often.
Without revealing what could be potential
SPOILERS, I found myself surprised and unfazed by a lot of things. One particularly gruesome scene early on I
only just now understood the implications of after reading a synopsis. I didn’t think, anyway, I don’t want to ruin
that. For a horror movie, I was never
scared. If this were a psychological
thriller, then this was on point. The
acting is passable, but not great. The
scenes are tight, at times too much so, as if a wider frame could have revealed
more. I also found the main actresses’
eyes to be too far apart. This was
thoroughly distracting throughout the movie.
I’m not sure this movie is a can’t miss, but it kept me engaged, but was
soon forgotten.
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