| The Witch |
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| Directed by | Robert Eggers |
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| Written by | Robert Eggers |
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| Produced by |
- Jay Van Hoy
- Lars Knudsen
- Jodi Redmond
- Daniel Bekerman
- Rodrigo Teixeira
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| Starring | |
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| Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke |
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| Edited by | Louise Ford |
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| Music by | Mark Korven |
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Release dates |
- January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27) (Sundance)
- February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19) (United States)
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
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| Language | Early Modern English |
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| Budget | $4 million[5] |
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| Box office | $40.4 million[6] |
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The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, and subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 folk horror[7] movie written and directed by Robert Eggers. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson.
It is set in 1630s New England and is about a Puritan family who find forces of evil in the woods near their farm.[8]
References
- ↑ "The Witch (15)". British Board of Film Classification. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ↑ "The Witch". Sundance institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ↑ Grierson, Tim (January 24, 2015). "The Witch". Screen Daily. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Record-breaking year for Canada at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival". Telefilm Canada. January 14, 2015. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Feature Film Study" (PDF). Film L.A. Inc. May 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ↑ "The Witch (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ↑ Fleet, Adam (April 19, 2022). "The Witch: Robert Eggers' folk horror debut worms its way under your skin". The Guardian. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ↑ Wickman, Forrest (February 23, 2016). "All The Witch's Most WTF Moments, Explained: A Spoiler-Filled Interview With the Director". Slate. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
