Rapid Fire Review of The Witch.

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2017)

This is going to be a quick review, usually I like to go more in-depth in my reviews, but everything that can be said about The Witch has been said. So these are my quick thoughts.
The Witch is a masterpiece. It's what true horror is all about, it has a fantastic story alongside amazing acting. the film is accompanied with a brilliant brooding atmosphere, that is filled with absolute dread, that seeps into your very bones. This for me is the best Horror film in the last twenty years. It's far beyond the offerings of today's 'Horror' the Blumhouse type jump scare, poorly edited assembly line of crap films.
The biggest problem with this film, is the audience, people tend to go into this film not understanding what type of film to expect. Most people I know thought it was going to be a Conjuring type film. It's so much more then that, this is the type of horror that belongs in the 1970s. Robert Eggers had full creative control to do what he wanted. You just don't get that sort of freedom today, and despite it being his debut feature he absolutely knocked it out of the park. The Witch is a far cry from the usual copy and paste, play it safe jump scare horror, which in my opinion isn't at all scary. This film reminded me of Horror classics like Rosemary's Baby, Don't Look Now and even Ken Russell's The Devils. Like those classics this is true horror that gets under your skin and stays there. The Witch is a wonderful piece of pure cinema!