The Witch (4K UHD Blu-ray) Limited Edition [2022]

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offering much in the way of hue. While the gray and blue tones that I mentioned in my review of the 1080p Blu-ray version are still very much in in evidence in the 1080p version. Selected brief moments, as in one of the first outdoor scenes where just a hint of rosy pink tones are noticeable in playing hide and seek with the newborn. The Witch doesn't dally around with ambiguities, choosing instead to overtly display a witch The most interesting aspect of the movie is its mythology. After Kaulder's curse, he becomes a witch hunter. A secret religious sect has been tasked with keeping him safe while he works in conjunction with the witch counsel. His job is to hunt down the bad witches and bring them in for justice so witches can live in harmony with humans. attempting to ferret out signs from the Divine in the workings of Nature, not always to felicitous results. The Witch plies a somewhatOverall, the image is not a traditional 4K showcase. But that doesn’t mean it’s not exactly as the director intended and in this case, that sense of dream-like confusion and escalating sense that things are moving away from ‘normal’ at an alarming rate is perfectly captured here. Before vengeful Vikings and farting lighthouse keepers, there was The Witch. Robert Eggers’ tale of New England witchcraft and puritan living was deemed an instant classic as soon as it was screened and is still affecting horror as a genre today. Just in time, then, for a brand new 4K restoration to once again showcase the acclaimed film to the masses. begins to fray, and suspicions arise, leading to a weird, almost hallucinatory, ambience where Katherine's increasing hysteria may or may not

Based on Eggers’ darker interests while growing up near Salem, The Witch is a masterpiece of a film that can easily be interpreted as a family drama, a tale of religious puritanism and resisting sin and temptation, and, well, a horror film about witches. Much of the tension around the film comes from the isolation the family is placed in and the struggles they have to make sure they have enough food while still keeping to their own values. Witch seems to be less concerned with any "hidden meanings" than in an almost cold and calculating portrayal of some Early AmericansThere's an overt reference to liturgically towing the line (in a manner of speaking) from the very first moments of The Witch, when

There’s also a short Q&A from a BFI screening of the film and a 2015 featurette, but one of the most interesting extras is the short film Brothers by Eggers, which was made before production of The Witch as a proof of concept that Eggers could make something with children that had a similar feel – kids in the woods – if not something identical. There is also a book included with new writing on the film that was not included for review. It’s a shame there isn’t more from the production side of things, including the music. Just getting the actors and Eggers involved seems like a bit of a missed opportunity. One thing about all the special features is that none of them are subtitled, which is hugely disappointing. I’m not going to mark it against the final score, but this is something that needs improvement. The Witch: A Primal Folklore– A fairly standard EPK with some clips from the film along with some interviews with cast and crew. It’s a step above the usual faire, but it’s not unlike we’ve ever seen either.

The Final Assessment

William is trying to be as pious and strong as possible, and Katherine is straining to be away from civilisation for so long, especially after the loss of Samuel. This subsequently puts more pressure on Thomasin, who does many of the jobs around the farm including looking after the twins, who themselves resent her, which then results in her accidentally convincing them that she herself is a witch. Thomasin is also victimised by Katherine, not least because she is becoming a woman, and Katherine fears she is leading the family away from their ways to something much more sinful. The best folk horror always worked because of its sense of the normalisation of the ‘uncanny’ – how something just a little bit... ’off’ from our everyday reality can be accepted as the norm to utterly unfathomable consequences. Be it the Festival of the Sun on Summerisle, the seemingly happenstance and everyday denouncement of ordinary women by everyone in Witchfinder General and the sinister warpings of Christianity by the children in Blood on Satan’s Claw. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation and relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest—within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen —animals turn malevolent, crops fail, one child disappears and another seems to become possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, daughter Thomasin is accused of witchcraft. The Witch is a masterful slice of folk horror and Second Sight has done it justice. I would have liked something deeper from the production side, but the extras provided are very good, and the film itself looks amazing. Essential for anyone’s collection.