Not a horror.

Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2017)

This film has a lot going for it, excellent acting, some beautiful cinematography, this showed the vastness of the 17th century wilderness and the claustrophobic living conditions. I think films set in this time frame work better as it was a time when gods and devils seemed real to the uneducated people of the time. I did not find this a horror movie but did find it disturbing, some of claimed it is anti religious which it is to a degree showing the nonsense of inherited sin and the tosh of needing someone to redeem these sins. The film is based in 17th century America and the early Puritans, one family is forced out and sets up a house in the wilderness. I am not sure the film needed a demonic element but could have stood alone as a film showing religious hysteria prevalent at the time.