A great horror film

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2016)

Legitimately terrifying horror film set in 1630s. A family banished from regular society makes their humble home at the edge of the deep woods. They are on the brink of starvation, with their decimated crop, but they have more immediate problems when their youngest baby is kidnapped by something from the woods. The remaining children (a teenage girl (played by the terrific Anya Taylor-Joy), a slightly younger teen boy, and two creepy twins who seem to be best friends with their pet goat) are threatened by their parents' grief and religious fervor (the parents are well played by Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie). First off, the film is just gorgeous to look at. Eggers has done marvels with the details of this film, and based the period-appropriate dialogue on actual writings of the time. I also have to thank any director making a film like this who's obviously seen and loved Benjamin Christensen's Haxan. I am not 100% sure what I feel about the ending of the film - it's either a bit too little or a bit too much. It's most certainly one of the best horror films of recent years.