Prepare for a SERIOUS creep-out out...

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2016)

Getting right into it, this movie will give you the creeps at some point: if not many points. This is also one of those movies that has a bit of a slow build up. However, it is ALL necessary. For whatever reason, now-a-days people just want all things RIGHT NOW and in a hurry. Give me action! Give me gruesome! Give me the feels... but in order to hit you right between the kisser just right, there needs to be some ground work laid. This movie does that. The other challenge is the period which this movie takes place: 1630. Not the most exciting nor technological times. What this movie does quickly is establish main characters and jumps right into plot. It lets you know that this movie is focusing just on this family. While there's mention of other people, you don't really care. The few main characters all add something good to this gumbo.
The art direction and cinematography are brilliant in setting tone, mood, direction and capturing the essence of the suspense, struggle and mysteries that seemingly plague this family. And then... there's that creep factor. On a scale of 1-10, I'd easily give this movie an 8 for 3 reasons. #1. This movie is based off of written accounts. Whaaaaaat?? #2. This is one of those movies that uses kids in that RIGHT way to slap you with effect. #3. This is not your cute little Bewitched or Sabrina the Teenage witch kind of stuff. This is the kind of witch you had nightmares about and made you not want to go back to sleep, ever.
The only reason I give this a 7 and not higher is because it lacks some depth and isn't quite unique, but is an original "witch" movie in my opinion. The Witch kind of reminds me of The Village and Wicker Man, but better than both combined and multiplied by 5. The build up isn't for everyone as mentioned above, but may take a bit to get through. Additionally, I'm not the reviewer to give out that covenant 10 or even 9 very easily. But, this movie does have a lot going for it and worth the watch if you want a good creep-out or horror movie. There's A LOT worse out there.