The Witch

****SPOILER ALERT*SPOILER ALERT*****How in the hell did this movie get a 91% rating on rotten tomatoes? Look, I'll be the first to admit that I am not a fan of the horror genre, but the Mrs. is a connoisseur when it comes to scary movies and even she found the movie disjointed, clunky and anti climactic. We were tricked into watching the flick based on the rotten tomatoes rating. We made a mistake! Right from the start, the story makes no sense: why exactly did the family chose to leave the sanctuary of their home (they were sort of kicked out/sort of left on their own, but no concrete reason(s) were given), what evil thoughts was the oldest girl confessing to, what's up with the brown rabbit with creepy eyes, is the oldest brother attracted to his sister, who was the silver cup actually given to, how did the silver cup make it's way back to the home, why is the father such a coward and hiding so much from the mother, why did the chickens only lay one egg, why is one goat producing blood instead of milk, how come no one but me seemed to notice right away that the creepiest thing of all was the black ram (THAT IS ON THE COVER OF THE MOVIE) and is hence the real bad guy?

I do not think this should be in the horror genre. I mean...I suppose you could make a movie about this entire time period and label it horror. Everyone is super religious to the point of stupidity...You are obviously a witch if x or y happens and all the troubles of the world are caused by dark magic and devil worship. Ya...sounds pretty horrible to live that way. This movie does include an actual witch but this family wouldn't have done so well either way.

I'll start off saying as I did in my title that this film is not for everyone. The 1600's English can be pretty hard to follow if you're not familiar with it. If you think that jump scares and gore are what makes a horror movie then you won't enjoy The Witch. This film is all about tension, creepiness, and what is not known or seen. We have become too accustomed to what is currently called horror to appreciate this film.