Elevated symbolically with Eggers’ commentary on how fanatical faith is impossible to live up to, and how that churns out something evil, despite its good intentions. All of that is delicately crystallized in the final moments of The Witch...

| Aug 8, 2024

The Witch has been aesthetically compared to that of The Shining and The Crucible, and it is easy to see why. But that fails to give enough credit where credit is due: Eggers has a unique direction style...

| Original Score: A- | Jun 17, 2024

…finishes on a few memorable flourishes, even if it ends roughly where one might have hoped that it would start. Nevertheless, the slow burn is effective, and Eggers deserves credit for ploughing a fresh furrow in the annals of witchcraft film-making…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2024

Robert Eggers' directorial debut is an exercise in restraint. That's his most terrifying asset and it pays off...

| Apr 20, 2023

It chilled me in ways I am not even sure I was meant to be chilled. The language was very historically accurate, the environment felt isolated and hopeless and I loved how dug in the film was to documented cases of witches.

| Sep 15, 2022

It’s impossible to leave “The VVitch” and not feel you’ve seen something unique.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

It remains a beautifully atmospheric and creepy masterpiece of period horror

| Jul 22, 2022

Eggers has made an unforgettable film that leaves us eagerly anticipating what he'll do next.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 22, 2022

An incredible debut for Anya Taylor Joy. Haunting, thrilling, and accompanied by a strong score.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 25, 2022

A chilly horror film that'll nibble away at your nerves...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 8, 2021

I thought the soundscape was amazing in this movie... I felt like if it didn't have that soundscape going along with the images it wouldn't have been as scary as it was.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 11, 2021

Eggers' meticulousness, no doubt honed in his former job, is the source of this film's strength.

| Apr 13, 2021

Like any good horror film, The Witch is rife with opportunity for allegorical interpretation, and one of the most compelling narratives bubbling beneath surface is the origin story of America itself.

| Feb 10, 2021

The kind of horror film that is not content to simply say "Boo!" There are few, if any, jump scares in the film. Instead, it's the kind of puritanical folk tale that slowly burrows itself into your brain, leaving you queasy and uneasy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 3, 2021

Filled with memorable imagery, from the cleverly shot, heart-stopping game of peek-a-boo to the stunning final few moments, The Witch is a haunting must see.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 11, 2021

Visually, it rules, and is well worth a watch, even if you're a weenie who is worried about intrusive night thoughts.

| Aug 25, 2020

The Witch is a totally messed up movie, in a good way. By the very nature of the story, the film begins at a simmer that slowly builds and builds until it's boiling over with insanity.

| Jul 18, 2020

Where bad horror movies settle for lazy tricks and easy outs ... The Witch is in a class rarely visited.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 13, 2020

Steeped in the religious conviction and paranoia of 17th Century New England pilgrim life, this is more dirt-smudged tension and distrustful atmosphere than jump scares and monsters hiding around corners.

| Original Score: A | Jul 3, 2020

Those that patiently - and bravely - sit through The Witch will find an unsettling movie, loaded with tension that keeps escalating until the film's final frame.

| Mar 30, 2020