WhenRobert Eggers debut movie,The Witch, screened at Sundance last year, the critical response was rapturous.
When wider audiences saw it on its wider cinematic release, the reaction was far more ambivalent.
It isnt difficult to see why.The Witchis a period drama delicately laced with a crimson thread of terror.
Eggers film is generously steeped in history and years of research.
Then the crops fail.
A goat lactates pure blood.
Evil seems to surround the little farm, and gradually, the family turns on each other.
The witch really serves as a catalyst.
Why is it that women are chiefly addicted to evil superstitions?
further reading: The Witch Director and Star Talk Puritan Horror
