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Original Title: The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
Title: The Witch
Year: 2015
Runtime: 92 minutes
Votes: 105397
Rating: 6.8/10
Language: English
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil
All Genres: Horror, Mystery
Plot Outline: A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
Tagline: A New-England Folktale
Director: Robert Eggers
Writing By: Robert Eggers,
Produced By: Daniel Bekerman,Thomas Benski,Jonathan Bronfman,Joel Burch,Brian Campbell,Rosalie Chilelli,Chris Columbus,Eleanor Columbus,Mark Gingras,Julia Godzinskaya,Lauren Haber,Alexandra Johnes,Lars Knudsen,Ethan Lazar,Sophie Mas,Lon Molnar,Lucas Ochoa,Jodi Redmond,Michael Sackler,Alex Sagalchik,Lourenço Sant'Anna,Rodrigo Teixeira,Jay Van Hoy,
Music: Mark Korven
Plot:
New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian
life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five
children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops
fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a
chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own sins, leaving
them prey for an inescapable evil.
In the Seventeenth Century, in New England, the farmer William and his
family are banished from the Puritan plantation controlled by the church
due to differences in religion principles. William leaves the spot with
his wife Katherine; his teenage daughter Thomasin; his son Caleb and
the twins Mercy and Jonas and settles at the edge of a forest. They
build a small house and a barn and meanwhile Katherine delivers the baby
Samuel. One day, Thomasin is playing with Samuel near the forest and
the baby mysteriously vanishes. The family unsuccessfully seeks Sam out
and Katherine becomes insane, praying all the time and mistreating and
blaming her daughter for everything wrong in their lives. However, Sam
was abducted and slaughtered by a witch that lives in the woods that
used his blood to paint her body. William goes to the forest to hunt
since the crop has failed and he confides to his son that he sold
Katherine's silver goblet o buy supplies. However he is a bad hunter and
misses his target. In the farm, the twins tell Thomasin that they speak
to the goat Black Phillip. While having dinner, Katherine accuses
Thomasin of losing her cup and William does not tell the truth. During
the night, Thomasin and the children overhear her mother telling William
to deliver Thomasin to work for another family. Early in the morning,
Caleb, Thomasin, their dog and the family horse go to hunt in the woods.
However Thomasin falls from the horse and faints, Caleb becomes lost in
the woods and stumbles upon his dead dog first and upon a seductive
woman later. William finds Thomasin and Katherine confronts her about
Caleb's fate. When the boy returns naked and with fever, the twins
accuse Thomasnin of witchcraft and she discloses that they speak to the
goat, in the beginning of the tragic end of their family.
- Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
- Written by
Keith Simanton
Cast:
Anya Taylor-Joy as Thomasin
Ralph Ineson as William
Kate Dickie as Katherine
Harvey Scrimshaw as Caleb
Ellie Grainger as Mercy
Lucas Dawson as Jonas
Julian Richings as Governor
Bathsheba Garnett as The Witch
Sarah Stephens as The Witch, Young
Daniel Chaudhry as Black Phillip
Trailers:
Trailer #2
Trailer Commentary: Robert Eggers, Director of 'The Witch'
The Witch | Official Trailer |
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