TMDB 7 2015 USA 92 min

The Witch

Directed by Robert Eggers

A New-England Folktale.

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession.

Starring
Anya Taylor-Joy
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Context

Witch: A History of Fear

Ronald Hutton

Hutton on what people actually believed and what they actually did about it. Eggers used the trial records.

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02 Companion The Undiscovered Self Jung on the self a society refuses to acknowledge. Thomasin walks into it on purpose. → 03 Soundtrack The Witch OST Mark Korven →

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