Set in 1630s New England, The Witch follows a Puritan family banished to the edge of the wilderness, where paranoia, religious fervor, and supernatural terror unravel their lives. With eerie authenticity, Robert Eggers crafts a chilling tale of witchcraft, isolation, and hysteria an unsettling blend of folk horror and psychological dread that launched Anya Taylor-Joy to stardom.

New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation and relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen animals turn malevolent, crops fail, one child disappears and another seems to become possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, daughter Thomasin is accused of witchcraft.

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An isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and possession.

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Version: : Blu-Ray (svensk text)

Språk : English

EAN : 5053083092092

Distributor : Universal Pictures

Inspelningsår : 2015

Regissör : Robert Eggers

imdb-rating : 7

Längd : 1h 32m

Cast : Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie