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The Witch

Robert Eggers

2015 · USA / Canada · The New Wave

The Witch (2015)

Directed by Robert Eggers · Masters of Horror profile

A 1630s New England family, period dialogue and Black Phillip.

Folk HorrorWitchcraft

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Shaped by

Witchfinder General 1968
British and American folk horror.
Häxan 1922
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