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Credits | |
Title: | The Witch |
Director: | Robert Eggers |
Writers: | Robert Eggers |
Producers: | Daniel Bekerman; Thomas Benski; Jonathan Bronfman; Joel Burch; Brian Campbell; Rosalia Chilelli; Chris Columbus; Eleanor Columbus; Mark Gingras; Julia Godzinskaya; Lauren Haber; Alexandra Johnes; Lars Knudsen; Ethan Lazar; Sophie Mas; Lon Molnar; Lucas Ochoa; Jodi Redmond; Michael Sackler; Alex Sagalchik; Lourenço Sant'Anna; Rodrigo Teixeira; Jay Van Hoy |
Composer: | Mark Korven |
Cinematography: | Jarin Blaschke |
Editors: | Louise Ford |
Production | |
Production company: | Parts & Labor RT Features Rooks Nest Entertainment Maiden Voyage Pictures Pulse Films |
Distributed by: | A24 |
Released: | January 23rd, 2015 |
Rating: | R |
Running time: | 92 min. |
Country: | USA Canada |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $4,000,000 |
Gross: | $40,423,945 |
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The Witch is a period film of the supernatural thriller subgenre of horror with an emphasis on witchcraft. It was written and directed by Robert Eggers. It was produced by Parts & Labor, RT Features, and Maiden Voyage Pictures, and released through A24. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23rd, 2015.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Anya Taylor-Joy | Thomasin |
Ralph Ineson | William |
Kate Dickie | Katherine |
Harvey Scrimshaw | Caleb |
Ellie Grainger | Mercy |
Lucas Dawson | Jonas |
Julian Richings | Governor |
Bathsheba Garnett | The Witch |
Sarah Stephens | The Witch, young |
Wahab Chaudhry | Black Phillip |
Axtun Henry Dube | Samuel |
Athan Conrad Dube | Samuel |
Vivien Moore | Lead coven witch |
Karen Kaeja | Coven witch |
Brandy Leary | Coven witch |
R. Hope Terry | Coven witch |
Carrie Eklund | Coven witch |
Madlen Sopadzhiyan | Coven witch |
Paul Kenworthy | Militia man 1 |
Mark Millmna | Militia man 2 |
Andy Volpe | Militia man 3 |
Phillip Wynne | Wampanoag man |
Annawon Weeden | Wampanoag man |
Michael O'Hare | Pipe smoker |
Chris Messier | Shepherd |
Ron Young | Old Slater |
Nora Messier | Shepherdess |
Bill Rudder | Settler |
Grace Duffy | Settler |
Sophie Bermudez | Settler |
Corinne Manning | Settler |
Heather Fisher | Chamber pot woman |
Notes & Trivia[]
General Notes[]
- The tagline for this film is "Evil takes many forms".
- The Witch redirects to this page.
- There are a total of thirty-two credited cast members in this film.
- Production on The Witch began in December, 2013. It was filmed in Kiosk, Ontario, Canada.
- The Witch 's earliest domestic release date was on February 19th, 2016. It had a domestic opening of $8,800,230.
- The Witch was released on Blu-ray on May 17th, 2016 by Lionsgate Films.
- This is the first full-length feature film for director Robert Eggers. He will go on to direct the 2022 period drama The Northman.
- This film marks the film acting debut of Anya Taylor-Joy, who will go on to play Sandie in Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho in 2021.
- The events of this film take place in the year 1630.
Review Ratings[]
- On the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), The Witch has a Starmeter rating of 7.0 out of 10 based on more than 326,000 user reviews. This comprises 24.8% of the total voting pool (US). 8.5% of the voting pool gave the film a perfect score of 10 while 2.9% of users gave the movie a score of 1.
- On the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, The Witch holds a Tomatometer rating of 90% Fresh based on 332 approved critic reviews. It has an audience score of 59% based on more than 25,000 user ratings.
- On Metacritic, The Witch holds a rating of 83 out of 100 based on 46 critic reviews. It has a user score of 7.4 based on 974 ratings.
- On Letterboxd, The Witch has a weighted average review score of 3.83 based on 1,117,665 user votes.
- On The Movie Database (TMDB), The Witch has a user score of 70%.
Cast & Crew[]
- Voice actor Daniel Malik is credited as Wahab Chaudhry in this film.
- Actress Viv Moore is credited as Vivien Moore in this film.
- Actor Mark Millman is credited as Mark Millmna in this film.
- Actor Ron G. Young is credited as Ron Young in this film. He is not to be confused with actor Ron Young who portrayed a biker pool player in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Actress Norah Messier is credited as Nora Messier in this film.
Recommendations[]
- Hereditary
- His House
- Lords of Salem
- Midsommar
- Wicker Man, The
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