Definitely enjoyed the film but I wasn't really scared by this. There were some parts that were unsettling (mostly the opening scene with the baby) but overall it was pretty tame. Maybe I hyped it up too much in my head or I was just expecting something different but I was a bit disappointed with the scare factor of this one
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I've heard that this has great imagery and is quite disturbing. Sounds like my type of film. Jump scares can be irritating so it's good to hear of a movie that doesn't rely on those. I will put this on my to see list.
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I'm glad to say that I have just enjoyed watching this. It is everything you said. The menace of suggestion in it is great. Much better than jump-scare-ridden movies.
shareI agree. It’s certainly more suspenseful than it is horrific or scary. It’s a horror film in the sense that the family is utterly hopeless and alone, but a thriller in just about every other sense.
shareIf you were expecting a movie with thrills and terrifying action and jump scares and what not, you were bound to be disappointed. This is not that kind of movie, and was never meant to be. It's more geared toward instilling an existential sort of dread, when you imagine yourself in the place of the characters, and picture yourself in a world where all the horrifying things the Puritans thought about Satan and witchcraft were actually real, not mere superstition, and witches could blight crops, kill farm animals or render them horrifyingly unproductive (e.g. goats that yield blood from their udders instead of milk, and chicken eggs that carry dead chick fetuses inside them instead of yolk and white), as well as carry off infants to murder and use as fuel to power their black magic, etc. etc. Imagine yourself in such a world, powerless to fight such evil, and watching helpless as it consumes your family around you, as you pray all the while for God to help you, and that help never comes.
If you can appreciate it for what it is, it's a frightening, atmospheric film whose horror comes from what it makes you think about, long after the movie is over. In one sense, that's better than a horror movie dependent on thrills and jump scares, because those movies depend on suspense and surprise, and those are always diminished on subsequent viewings, because you now know what's coming.
i saw this movie in san franscio probablty the most scariest city in the world
shareThis one of those films where some think it is a masterpiece of horror and others think it is boring, slow, awful and something to avoid. I fall in the middle somewhere as I thought overall it was pretty good, not quite the great film I hoped. I was at least interested to find out what would happen next from scene to scene. The acting is impressive, especially Anya Taylor-Joy as Thomasina, who is exceptional and has definite star power. And there are some disturbing images in this film but not all that scary. The scene with the crow was horrifying. I guess the ending was perplexing and food for discussion. Beautifully filmed and it sure looks authentic. I'd give it 71/100.
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