A diffiCULT horror movie.

Rating: 7/10 (8 May 2016)

Not really a cult film but more about the horrors of religion than the horror of witches or devils. The film feels artsy and tried to put to much into one movie with little to no explanation. At the end you are left with multiple explanations to the same story and that makes the whole thing just confusing.
The story starts of with a family getting banished from a town and in hindsight this scene was to short and should have made a better build up from where they were coming from. Arriving at the place they were banished to the baby disappears and that point in the movie kept me puzzling the whole movie thru. In my mind that was just to impossible to phantom and made me think this must be a dream or hallucination or something.
I got more of these feelings throughout the film but a lot of other elements in this film were handled pretty well. The actors all performed well in difficult roles to play, especially with having to adapt to the time period.Also the production value was high and the director was dedicated to tell his story in his way.
This movie gets better if you know some of the back story which unfortunately isn't in this movie.I still think its a movie you should see but it counts a lot on interpretation from your side.If this would have been less in the movie I think it would be a better watch for a broader audience.
The movie is filled with a lot of tension and the dark tones of the movie often intensifies that,they took a bold approach and I like that,also,the goat was really scary.
The actress playing the oldest daughter was good and I'm curious to see in which movie she will be next and also the next project of the director.
Recommend it, but under the terms I mentioned before.
Your choice.