Talk about a great directorial debut. The Witch is a slow burning horror set in the 17th century with superb cinematography that is absolutely stunning, solid acting, good drama and a great eerie soundtrack. It's quite a minimal horror, one that unfolds steadily with a great atmosphere and I was totally compelled throughout. It's tense, unsettling with no reliance on jump scares(hoorah!) and I found it more disturbing than a lot of other films that are more explicit and full on. The fact that this is Robert Eggers first feature is great shows a lot of promise and i look forward to seeing what he does in the future.
Overall this is a beautiful and effective horror and one of the best I've seen in the cinema for a while.****
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