And to kindly respond to your question, they tolerated them for three days maximum. Now during that time, remember all the strange looks that they received, and how we only see them all armed with axes and such when they are near the witches home?
They don't really arm themselves within their town because they felt little threat until the crew came back. They were already aware of the crew filming her six months before, because they are a film crew, and they had shots of the home and town in the intro. The witch makes it known that the townsfolk were constantly giving her "hard, angry stares" the few times she went to the market.
Keep in mind, the crew literally had her pick the house on their show, so in the towns eyes, it looks like they bring her there, leave for months, and return. They've already been suspicious, as implied by the witch, but they really lose their sh!t when in the span of three days, the crew that brought her there, film a funeral service for three of the towns children, continually ask about the witch, and than scream it in a bar after finally earning some trust from them.
Now, if you recall, they get the hell out of there faster than bats out of hell. Obviously something was going to happen to them if they didn't. How serious, we'll never know.
So, coming to climax, after all the strange behavior from the crew (the same crew that brought the witch sick to their town, filmed a triple child funeral and wouldn't shut up about the witch), the townsfolk start making it clear they're aware what's going on, and they think they are ready and armed. The crew doesn't take the hint of after a few days of ominously standing around the witches home with weapons, the townsfolk are threatening the witch.
Now, cut to the final showdown. Most of the crew are killed without the townsfolk aware. All they see is that a couple members of the crew are running towards them, from the witches home, virtually unscathed at this point, as the witch is doing some crazy electro-sh!t that COULD have killed them. Do you see how it's understandable from their point of view that they could think that the crew were on "her side"?
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super16g
8 years ago
So you equate strange looks to armed with axes...
No way. The idea was to convey a typical xenophobic feeling outsiders, particularly Americans might get from visiting an isolated eastern European town. They were all over that town, acting like jackasses doing stupid crap and the people tolerated them. The constable even came up to them and asked when they would be leaving. He saved them when they were being yelled at by the people after the funeral. He asked when they were leaving because he just wanted them gone and was tired of playing middleman between them and the complaining townspeople. NOBODY THOUGHT THE WERE IN CAHOOTS WITH THE WITCH until the end. IF they did, they would have killed them earlier. The bar/restaurant scene never would have happened.
As soon as they went to that house and spent the night there they were doomed. Becky destroyed their van, the townspeople couldn't have done that without making noise. Who knows what else she did to finally get the townspeople to show up with picks and axes.
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Kal-Jel-Lo
8 years ago
Look, at this point, I think we should just agree to disagree. I interpreted the film differently than you did. Let's just leave it at that.
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super16g
8 years ago
Oh, okay someone that resorts to name calling and personal attacks to try to make their point suddenly wants to be civil and let it go. IF you got somewhere else to be just go, no need to try to end a discussion or tell me I don't have to post anymore.
If the townspeople were hostile from the jump it would have been a very different and short movie. Instead we had little old ladies quietly staring with one finally telling them they should leave. We had angry people being calmed down by a constable who later killed one of them. That can't be reconciled. The law man, the constable urging them to leave, keeping the townspeople at bay is mad at them from the beginning? Thinks they are in cahoots with the witch from the beginning? No. We have no idea how long it took before whatsherface started acting like a witch.
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jewelsb129
7 years ago
Kal-jel-lo, you're right. This child is a moron and not even trying to see things from another POV. Too many young ppl today don't have the ability to be analytical in any sense.
In addition to your view, the townsfolk didn't speak English very well or even at all. They also didn't seem to have access to American TV shows. They had zero idea who these ppl were or why they were there. They were a small town that probably NEVER had visitors. Plus, they stopped seeing Becky's husband, who I believe was a native of the country, which further increased their suspicion of the witch and what she'd possibly done with him.
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