The Witch, is a period drama/horror film by first-time writer/director Robert Eggers, that describes itself as "a New England folktale.” The film follows a family in 1630s New England that is torn apart by the forces of paranoia, witchcraft, black magic, and possession. Banished from their pilgrim colony, a self-righteous father, William, and his Puritan family attempt to create their own homestead beyond the world they knew and on the outskirts of a dark forest. As the struggling family tries to survive, their infant child vanishes into thin air, and ominous tragedies fall upon this supposed God-fearing family. But the question remains, is all of this the result of a family unhinged or is their first-born daughter, Thomasin, a witch and root of all evil?
Random tangents include discussions about fun road trips, Cottagecore, and Mallory's inability to spell the word: bureaucracy...