Holy f***ing sh**

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2016)

Spoilers: This movie is f***ing fantastic. Ten seconds in and we've got an awesome premise: Puritan family banished to the woods, and they're not alone. That's right. There's a f***ing witch. This movie is slow burn in tone only. I was sitting on the edge of my seat at every moment. Right off the bat this movie assures you it's not pulling any punches. In a unsettling, subtle, brutal scene, the baby is kidnapped, and this is just about five minutes in. But does this movie leave it to your imagination what happened? F*** no. The witch killed that baby and crushed it up into mush *see title for my reaction*. From there we watch in terrified awe as the family is ripped apart (literally and metaphorically) from inside and out as it tries to defend itself from the forces of the devil. It's pulse pounding, fantastically shot, perfectly paced, and exquisitely acted. I would have said more, but I ran out of adequate descriptors. Regarding the reviews that say this movie isn't scary: as a horror movie veteran, I can't f***ing sleep.