horror element is too weak

Rating: 8/10 (12 October 2017)

I am giving this movie an 8 because as a movie it is extremely carefully constructed, the acting is superb, it has a very good atmosphere . Roman Polanski put a lot of care to create a good movie. But the problem is to call this movie a horror movie. There are horror elements but they are too weak, too few, The movie is submerged with too much realism for a witchcraft and horror standard, do not forget that this is a movie about witchcraft and the supernatural elements are too weak, the movie sounds more like a drama, too often. The suspenseful atmosphere becomes too weak at times to be called a horror movie.