THE WITCH (2015)
Label: Lionsgate
Region Code: A
Rating: R
Duration: 92 Minutes
Video: Dolby Vision, 2160p Ultra HD, 1080p HD Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA with Optional English Subtitles
Director: Robert Eggers
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Katie Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson
In the time since their banishment from the colony Katherine has given birth to another child, the infant son named Samuel, but one day while Thomasin is caring for the child it disappears near the edge of the woods, never to be seen again. The question lingers about what has become of the child, was it a wolf that snatched it or could it possibly have been a witch of woods, and Thomasin's innocence in the matter is up for debate in the eyes of her mother. We as viewers are privy to the gruesome sight of a witch murdering the child and grinding it's body the way you'd smash an avocado, grinding the infant's corpse into a bloody pulp and smearing it across her naked body in some sort of black magic ritual.
Things deteriorate from here for the family, with Thomasin's younger, and often irritating, fraternal twin siblings regularly taunting her, inspiring the older sibling to lash out at them, saying that she is in fact the witch of the woods, and that it was her who took the infant, and that if they do not listen to her she kill them as well, with those words said in malicious jest coming back to haunt her not long after.
Special Features:
- The Witch: A Primal Folklore (8 min)
- Salem Panel Q&A (28 min)
- Design Gallery
- Audio Commentary with Director Robert Eggers
