Review of The Witch (2016) by Rebecca31 — 12 Mar 2016

This film has been receiving amazing reviews since last year, it's been described as terrifying, haunting etc. I guess I must have been watching a completely different movie. 1 hour and 32 minutes of sitting there wondering what in the hell am I watching? It starts off slow and when it eventually starts to pick up it never takes you anywhere finally diving headfirst into the trap so many of these movies fall into, a chaotic ending.

This is all atmosphere and not much else, in fact there is nothing else, it leaves you with a sense of dread for the whole movie but that's it, no story and terrible dialogue. Is it really too much to ask for a good horror movie? Apparently it is.

I expect a certain kind of standard for this genre and The Witch doesn't even come close, not recommended.