SATAN REIGNS IN THE SHADOWS

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2020)

Brilliant horror from writer/director ROBERT EGGERS...this is not your hat & broom type genre but a true masterpiece of the SALEM WITCH HUNTS era...a young girl is adventurous by nature & yet she is bound by family duties some of WITCH she might be tainted by but her mind is powerful & she uses it to project herself into fantasy for entertainment..still a loving sibling by nature the girl is not phased by the torment of her younger siblings when they act devilishly in their playful routines...a family disaster sets the trail for a journey that will enlighten the girls mind and challenge it to the border of realism when the family will face an unseen intruder who tears at the emotional bond that holds it together...this girls mind is powerful and absent and the hunger to find answers leaves the door open for invitation...I loved this movie the dialogue the set pieces the story line are all beautifully achieved in this 17th century story where evil reigned in the shadows and challenged the power of the spoken word no matter who was reading it....BRILLIANT