Not the average horror/occult film.

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2016)

As of writing this I can think of many, many horror films that are coming out lately: Conjuring, Insidious, Sinister, The Possession, Babadook, and numerous exorcism based films. They all tend to be quite similar: jump scares, freaky imagery, etc. Well The Witch is not at all like these films.
The film is set about 400 years ago in a very religious and puritanical world. A man and his family are banished from a community and set up a small farm on the edge of a forest. Eventually supernatural problems occur...
Now don't think that it will be like the other horror films I listed. This film is slower and doesn't really feature anything too out there like spider-walking little girls or red-faced demons. Nonetheless it is quite thrilling for a horror fan who appreciates something different. And I don't think this is too much of a spoiler but this isn't a film where the protagonists can just shout about the power of Christ to make the antagonists run away. So it's refreshing in that way.
Technically the film is very well made. The acting is good, the scenery is believable and you really get the feeling that it is historically accurate.
I recommend it but do realize that it's a divisive film seemingly; some say its really scary (including Stephen King) and some say its so boring.