In the woods, they spot a hare, which sends their horse into a panic. That night, the children overhear their parents make plans to send Thomasin away to serve another family.Įarly the next morning, Thomasin finds Caleb in the stable preparing to check a trap in the forest, and forces him to take her with him by threatening to awaken their parents. At dinner, Katherine questions Thomasin about the disappearance of the cup, and William remains silent.
Thomasin is sent to wash William's clothes at the brook, and, when Mercy bothers her, she teases the girl by saying she is a witch and gave Samuel to the Devil. Katherine chastises William and Caleb for disappearing and Thomasin for not watching the twins well enough. When they get home, the twins have riled-up the family's billy goat, Black Phillip, and William quickly puts Black Phillip back in his pen. As a blight has afflicted the family's crops, William decides to try to get enough food to last through the upcoming winter by hunting wild animals, and he takes Caleb to the woods, where he discloses that he secretly traded Katherine's prized silver cup for hunting supplies. Katherine, devastated by Samuel's abduction, spends her days crying and praying. It is soon revealed that a witch has stolen and killed the unbaptized Samuel to use his body to make a flying ointment. One day, when Thomasin is playing peekaboo with Samuel near the edge of the wood, the baby abruptly disappears. The family builds a farm near a large, secluded forest and Katherine bears her fifth child, Samuel. In 1630s New England, English settler William and his family-wife Katherine, teenage daughter Thomasin, pubescent son Caleb, and young fraternal twins Mercy and Jonas-are banished from a Puritan settlement over a religious dispute. It was a critical and financial success, grossing $40 million against a $4 million budget, and is considered by some to be one of the best horror films of 2016. Īn international co-production of the United States and Canada, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2015, and was widely released by A24 on February 19, 2016.
Set in 1630s New England, it follows a Puritan family who encounter forces of evil in the woods beyond their farm. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her first film appearance, along with Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson. The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, and subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 folk horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut.
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