Thy movie suffers as thine ending sucketh..

Rating: 6/10 (10 April 2017)

First things first. Without doubt, one of THE best opening scenes introducing the "big bad" (the Witch) and setting the tone for a horror movie. Hell, the movie is worth seeing just for the introduction the Witch gets.
Now comes the part where the movie messes it up. It takes way too long showing an uninteresting puritan family's daily banter, which you most likely will have trouble understanding because thy speech is olde and rotten.
Which means that you have to listen to them pray every time somebody drops the spoon or thinks they sinned or something (which is pretty much all the time). It added to the charm at first, but after half an hour, it got old and annoying.
But the movie has another trick up its sleeves. The forest. That's right, the movie starts with the foreboding forest as the backdrop for the puritan family and presents it as a dark entity where only evil lives (why anyone would want to build a home next to it is a mystery, I sure wouldn't, I've seen Blair Witch :P). The scenes which are shot inside the forest are really well done with creepiness meter definitely on the edge constantly.
Now comes the part where movie decides to ruin it all, again, but showing the typical moronic ending the movies with witches have. Manages to kill any suspense anything the viewer might have imagined, by showing a generic portrayal of witches. I know they were trying to be authentic to the beliefs of the people at the time, but they REALLY could've used something original and creepy. I am trying to avoid mentioning anything that would give the ending away, that's why this para is vague.
I took of two points just cause of the last 10-15 mins which basically ruins any suspense or hope you had built up till then.
BUT, is it a must watch movie? I didn't get scared, I only find psychological horror (Blair Witch) scary and this movie is not a psychological horror movie. In-fact, it shows you the monster in the beginning and avoids jump scares (there are only few and they are toned down as well) religiously. What this movie does well is the creepy atmosphere, which I haven't seen done since I saw Blair Witch as a kid one sunny afternoon.
So yes, it's a movie you should definitely watch, despite my 6/10 rating. It would've been 8/10 with a better ending mimicking Blair Witch tone. Oh well.