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The Witch

The Witch

Hardcover

Series: Devil's Advocates

Film StudiesGeneral ChristianityFilm Guides & Reference

ISBN10: 1800348355
ISBN13: 9781800348356
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Sep 15 2020
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.31 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Robert Eggers' The Witch (2015) is one of the most critically acclaimed horror films of recent years, praised as a genre film of unusual depth which eschews jump scares in favour of a gradually and steadily building tension. Set in newly colonized New England in the early seventeenth century, the film's deep historical and mythological background, as well as its complicated and interlocking character arcs, make for a film whose viewers will be well served by this Devil's Advocate, the first stand-alone critical study of the film. As well as providing the historical and religious background necessary for a fuller appreciation, including an insight into the Puritan movement in New England Brandon Grafius situates the film within a number of horror sub-genres (such as folk horror) as well as its other literary and folkloric influences.

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