A New Kind Of Horror Film

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2018)

A Puritan family gets banished from their community over a religious dispute. William ( Ralph Ineson) and Katherine( Kate Dickie) along with their five kids leave for the New England wilderness the oldest is Tomisen(Anya taylor Joy). The twins Mercy( Ellie Grainger) and Jonas ( Lucas Dawson) are the toddlers, then there is Caleb, second oldest. Caleb is a pre-teen and notices his sister a little too much. Everything seems to be going well until Tomisen plays peek-a boo with the baby( Sam). When she opens her eyes Sam vanishes. She tells her mom and Katherine is distraught. Little dose the family know that a witch lives out in the woods, and she has done some sacrifice with Sam. Then strange things begin to happen the crops begin to fail, the family will starve if they don't find other means of food. So William and Caleb go out to hunt, that when William tells Caleb that he sold a valuable piece of Katherine's. It was for money so they could get by. When they go hunting the dog spots something, but is killed. When they arrive back Mercy starts teasing Tomisen that she's a witch. Well when the family hears about this, every member starts to turn on one another. The animals begin to stop producing milk, and things just go down hill from there. One night Caleb goes out on his own, but is later seduced by a young witch. When he gets home he is barely alive, and eventually becomes possessed and dies. The parents begin not to trust the children, and their goat black Phillip is not what it seems. This movie explores the occult like no other film I watched has. It full of mystery, deception, and a great twist at the end. I gave it a 7, but really it deserves a 7.5. Regardless of your taste in horror movies this is one I would highly recommend.