With a title like The Witch, some were taken aback when the film premiered amongst Sundance's competition slate instead of the genre sidebar. From its opening scenes, it would be clear that Robert ...

Writer-director Robert Eggers creates a mood of unsettling dread in this chilling 17th century colonial horror tale. ... New England folktale ‘The Witch’ leaves a mark. Adam Graham.

Set in 1630 New England, The Witch is partly the story of a family torn apart by mysterious evil, but like any folktale, its true function is to nose around deeper, murkier anxieties.

Robert Eggars critically acclaimed 2015 film, The VVitch wears its folk horror influences on it’s period appropriate sleeve with its full name The VVitch: A New England Folktale. So, let's ...

The Witch - The VVitch: A New England Folktale A24. Like the best horrors, The VVitch: A New England Folktale focuses on the unseen. Although the titular villain rarely appears, ...

The little-told tale of the 1651 trial of Hugh and ... In 17 th century New England, ... The event that took place in Salem in 1692 was by no means the only witch trial New England saw during this ...

Ireland’s Elaine Cassidy stars in Thursday’s contemporary take on the spiritually possessed in “Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale.” We learn that the town of Sanctuary is England’s equivalent ...