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Jan 17, 2017Earlgrey454 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An excellent film that really gets the early New England setting right (though filmed in Ontario, the trees and other natural features are nearly the same as in New England) , and the characters look, act and talk in a way that seems very believable for the 17th-Century. Indeed, after awhile I turned on the English subtitles, which were quite helpful for this film. If you are interested in seeing a "witch film" that is much more honest and true-to-life than almost any other, see this one. It's not a traditional "horror" film at all, and the writer/director said he lifted many of the characters' lines straight from actual historical texts, and it works quite well. The eeriness begins slowly, and tension among the family members builds and builds, and there are some wonderful-and creepy scenes of imagination. And it's the kind of movie that will stir lively debate among those who see it.