"The worst movie I've ever seen"

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2016)

I'm sitting in the theater, the movie just ended, I am in shock and awe (amongst many other emotions). There were maybe 5 groups of 2-3 people in the theater. They immediately get up to leave as soon as the credits start rolling and I hear one of the groups say "this is the worst movie I've ever seen" and another group says "what the f--- was that, can we get our money back? *insert obnoxious laughter*" At first, these sentiments made me feel a little bad because I enjoyed the movie so much. But this is not a people pleasing movie. It would be easy to just say "They're sheeple. They don't understand it." But honestly, the movie is quite hard to follow; due to the language. The pace is incredibly slow; for the average Hollywood horror flick. And what horror elements that we do see is completely bizarre and psychological.
I don't even want to talk about the plot, storyline, acting, or directing. It's all so unbelievable. Everything about this movie is just perfection. There's nothing I could say to appreciate the hard work that went into this movie and the imagination.
Noroi had been my most favorite horror movie of all time for 7 years until I saw this one. Nothing came close, but now The Witch is easily #1 on my list. It's a... different... movie. It's definitely not for everyone. But I'm really glad it's had as much success as it's had. Makes me very eager to see what Robert Eggers has in store for the future.