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By Margot Harrison (328) for Seven Days (657) on 03 Mar 2016

We leave it deeply unsettled, as if we've time traveled back into our ancestors' worst nightmares…

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By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 02 Mar 2016

A movie that looks great, builds immense atmosphere and then allows it all to putter out well before we are even close to reaching any significant…

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By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Feb 2016

The Witch is sparing in its use of special effects and generates suspense and foreboding through what is suggested rather than what is seen…

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By Glenn Lovell (434) for CinemaDope (253) on 28 Feb 2016

Not to worry, the satanic entity found herein is not of the head-spinning, pea soup-spewing variety…

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By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 27 Feb 2016

In this alternative history, the tension comes from the murky unknowns between true black magic and paranoia, because both are at play…

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By Austin Trunick (219) for Under the Radar (636) on 26 Feb 2016

There's a gut-wrenching sense of dread that saturates nearly every minute of director Robert Eggers' feature debut…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 26 Feb 2016

It has a creeping darkness, leaving you with the sense that you've taken a harrowing ride through hell and gotten some of it on you…

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By David Blaustein (150) for ABC News Radio (149) on 25 Feb 2016

The Witch is an extraordinarily well-acted horror film…

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By Charles Koplinski (232) for Illinois Times (232) on 25 Feb 2016

Haunting Witch effective Art House horror…

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By Mal Vincent (128) for The Virginian-Pilot (129) on 25 Feb 2016

Thoroughly in the 17th century, both in mood and content, The Witch is a compelling, frightening study in religious hysteria that is not without…

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By Josef Braun (74) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) (665) on 25 Feb 2016

It's indie-horror as art-object, more than as suspenseful journey. Taken on those terms it is a major accomplishment…

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By Jay Stone (286) for Ex-Press.com (333) on 25 Feb 2016

The Witch is a film that asks audiences to slide into the past and imagine the everyday haunting of missing children, failed crops and dark evils…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 25 Feb 2016

The Witch is a horrifying film, one unique in my experience…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 24 Feb 2016

A terrifying portrait of how evil operates in the world, both openly and covertly, to undermine our best intentions…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Tiny Mix Tapes (64) on 23 Feb 2016

The horror clichés could practically write themselves from that point, but Eggers himself resists temptation at nearly every turn…

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By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 22 Feb 2016

It adheres to the orthodoxy of the genre with standard jump-scares that satisfy in the theater, although troublesome questions bubble up from…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 22 Feb 2016

This is a scary movie and a serious one, because it lures us into the minds, and the earthly domains, of those who are themselves scared, night…

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By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 21 Feb 2016

Eggers’ filmmaking is bold, confident, and endlessly patient, luring the viewer into a world that is seductive in its barren beauty and measured…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 20 Feb 2016

This production is absolute perfection in every regard, from its well researched screenplay and art direction to its great ensemble cast and…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 20 Feb 2016

If you're looking for a movie that's better than hex, lay down with The Witch. It's guaranteed to bewitch, bother and bewilder…

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