Glad you enjoyed it! The Witch, for me, was everything I wanted The Village to be, hah. Small fact: the dialect isn't Old English. Old English is actually heavily Germanic, and died out in about 1100. It's early modern English that they're speaking! It just seems like Old English to us because we're so removed from how early modern English speakers spoke.
It was really difficult to understand when I first saw it in theaters, but once I watched it at home with subtitles, I found it much more enjoyable. Overall , good film!
"The Witch" is probably my favorite supernatural horror movie-so brilliant, so creepy, so amazing. I love the folklore of witches in Salem, the slow build up was incredible, the cinematography, the director just nailed everything. :)
The Witch is easily one of the best horror movies to be released in the past couple years. Masterful cinematography. Incredible sound design Acting was top notch, even from the children. (Which was a pleasant surprise) I feel like a lot of people felt is was "boring" or "slow", as the general public is used to watching car chases and explosions galore. The only complaint I have with the film are the 3 jump scares, as I think we all know, are used to get a cheap scare. They felt VERY out of place, when the film seemed like it was trying to make you feel creeped out, and unsettled, as opposed to making you flinch. The main issue with the film wasn't the film at all, it was the marketing. This is not a film about a "scary thing", it's a film about how the "scary thing" affects our characters. Showing how extreme stress can make family turn on each other, and reach for any semblance of hope, be it believing a dead character to be alive, or to cast out everything you've been taught, just to survive. 8/10
Great review! I actually saw it last week when it came out and I really enjoyed it. Like you said, not what I was expecting and the soundtrack was probably one of my favorite things about it because it made it so much more creepy and uncomfortable at times because it was really good at putting you on edge. After seeing it my husband and I spent a lot of time talking about it and what we thought about it, which I think shows how good of a movie it was. Sad to hear your theater didn't have a lot of people in it, mine was about 3/4 full. I look forward to your next review!
I enjoyed the movie, and how it keep the horror aspects in your mind---just shows you enough to get it, without spelling everything out for you. Makes you wonder what deal the twins made with Black Philip.....
Watching in 2024. I love how long you've been doing this and I can always count on going back to something and there still being a review. Idk why it took me so long to watch this movie 😂
i thought the witch was amazing, just watched it for the first time yesterday. also the way he looks at you when you get all passionate is absolutely adorable.
I saw this movie by myself during a Wednesday matinee. I was the ONLY person in the theater. I don't think I'll ever have another experience like that again.
Yay! I love when Ryan joins you for videos. He seems a lot more comfortable in front of the camera and you guys vibe well off each other (obviously, haha!) and both bring your own unique flair to the review. Also I'm a total puss, but I'm going to try to watch this movie... I've already spoiled the hell out of it, so I know when to cover my eyes, haha! Please tell me that there's no graphic baby death scenes? Because that I can't handle. My mama heart is scared for that part... Also, his blue tongue made me want a slush puppie... Nomz
My husband and I both loved this movie! It kept my attention the entire time, and I actually really loved the ending. Best horror movie I've seen in a longgggg time.
I watched this today and now as I am going to bed, I had the thought "I wonder what Sarah thought about this!" we had a lot of the same thoughts. I actually used the words "It was a weird movie but in a good way!" which you both said! The more i think about it, the more I like it...
I hate the ending bc like we NEVER see what happened to the baby boy, what was Satan all doing, where the other Witches were doing, etc Also disappointed the Mother was so hysterical about everything, and we also didn’t get to see how the other villagers were doing, like did they absolutely not care about these people? What about other folks who don’t live in town? Where are they?
I'm so glad I waited to see the film before watching this honestly have the creeps after watching this film it's absolutely everything I wanted it to be. I am so glad that you guys agree! This has restored my faith in horror.
I think the movie was beautiful. Some of the scenes took awhile to continue to the next. I really like how they did use actual diaries and made a movie where it was a real kind of story. I've read books about witchcraft back then and they got it on point. Overall great movie of the year so far. Hope there will be more to see.
I saw it in a packed theater on the Friday it came out! But I live in an area where everyone is an aspiring film director or actor, so they just flock to movies that have high ratings from critics! It's still selling out here til this day! btw, I live in Boston
I found the older dialect to be easy to understand... but that may be bc my English teacher in HighSchool gave us a few lessons on actual Old English. Like Old English is basically another Language, not an accent or dialect of modern English. Middle English isn’t as hard but is also like another language imo.
I want to see it :) I think maybe there weren't so many people there in your theater is because of marketing, or lack of. Out of all the movies and shows I watch, I only ever saw one trailer for it and that was in like November.
great review guys I definatly wanna see this movie now I was hoping itd be gd. your reviews are great espessially the ones with u and your boyfriend u work well together giving both your different opinions on what you see. you look like a nice couple and you keep it real. hopefully there will be more great horrors coming this yr :)
You had a way better experience then my group did. We went on the opening night and I had annoying teenagers laughing the whole time. while a man behind me made eating popcorn sound like he was eating gravel. Otherwise I enjoyed it and thought it was very different and disturbing. I also liked how what happened to each character was directly related to them *spoilers* (the boy getting seduced and dying from that, the mom dying by the daughter she turned against, the father dying by the woodblocks, etc) so good movie in my opinion. :)
I really liked this movie and I enjoyed and understood all of the old English... BUT i did have subtitles on while watching so I could translate in my head after reading them
This is the first time I'm even hearing of the vvitch - I probably would have gone if I'd known about it. you should review southbound, though. it's on video on demand. :D
this was a beautiful movie. and disturbing. I didn't know who to believe. I just wish they delved more into the witch's storyline. I want a movie that realty digs deep into a witch's beginning, transformation. this had an ancillary storyline but not enough. still I loved it. like you, there were 6 of us in the entire theater. disappointed about that. I look forward to watching it again. and wow....that damn Black Philip!!!!! a beautiful devil.
I loved the end of the movie, because you really didn't expect it. Plus it has a sinnicle twist which is really screwed up, which I think made it good!
Just came home from seeing The Witch. I'm still processing whether I truly liked it. Quick question though: do you consider it to be a horror film? Or do you think it best fits under anther categorical name?
I saw it last week and totally agree about the dialect thing totally couldnt understand half of the words but I thought the ending was kind of disappointing I wouldve preferred it ended like a minute before with just the girl. thought the language historic choice was cool though
this movie was absolutely redic!! I couldn't understand ANYTHING and they didn't really explain who the witches were or where or why....unless they did and I just missed it. the little sister was the creepiest to me.
It wasn't that packed maybe because it didn't had that much promotion. Those movies that are promoted, literally, everywhere tend to have more people inside the theater. It makes us think that it'll be super good but some don't even past like 3 stars 🙄
I think the english was even harder to understand for someone who doesnt live in england because it was in a northern accent not the traditional southern
when i went, it was packed. Spoiler: the scene where the bird is pecking at her breast, everyone went "ooooh shit" and like 10 people said "what the fuck?" I loved the strange/creepy scenes and i felt like it wasnt trying to hard to be scary which was great
I wish I enjoyed it! I watched it recently, sat through all of it, and disliked it. I found it so boring. I called the ending too so it didn’t come as a surprise. 💀 I didn’t like the characters either. I was at my sister’s house and she has subtitles on her TV so I understood, I just wasn’t into it lol.
Man, I was really hoping this movie would be enjoyable. I watched your review and thought that the movie would be overwhelmingly good, so I went a few hours ago to see it with my boyfriend, and we really didnt enjoy it. I feel as an analytical movie its really good. the soundtrack and shots are amazing (youre right about it being very artsy), but its not one youd wanna see with a friend if youre looking to be scared. It definitely was artistic, but it was SO SLOW. I know thats a huge complaint with it already, but people are trying to defend the movie by saying "well its SUPPOSED to be slow. horror fans/the common people dont understand psychological horror" and its like really??? like im sure if i felt fear on any level (especially psychological) id notice, but the director just dragged out scenes unnecessarily, to the point where whatever idea they were trying to convey is just lost. the ending was ridiculous too, why did she join them???? they caused all the shit
I actually really disliked the movie. I thought it took forever to get anything really started (besides the first witchy scene with Samuel, because it took ages afterward for things to happen again). I didn't find it all the scary or disturbing besides the Samuel scene. I went to go see it with my friend, and he didn't really like it either. It was more them just doing constant chores, which is fine and all, but it made the movie seem super long.
I'm English & found it difficult to follow ye olde English. The dialect is northern English, where I'm from. You guys think England & automatically think London. That's south. Northerners tend to talk like the Starks in Game of Thrones. Interesting film. To sum up: goat made them do it
Honestly, I thought this one was very boring to me. I expected way more, seeing the trailer and reading opinions on Tumblr etc. I personally wouldn't classify this as horror, or even thriller.
The Witch was beyond boring and I didn't understand why people liked it so much. I had to keep myself awake kept falling asleep. I was never scared so I can't call it a horror movie.
I thoroughly am grateful for people like you. There are films that I don't like, or I guess that aren't for me, but I appreciate the movie for what it is, and most people don't understand that, just because you don't like a movie, it doesn't make the movie a "bad movie" it just isn't for them. For you to appreciate something you don't care for, demonstrates to me that you have a huge understanding of the way a lot of things work...I just wish there were more people who thought that way in the world.
Glad you enjoyed it! The Witch, for me, was everything I wanted The Village to be, hah. Small fact: the dialect isn't Old English. Old English is actually heavily Germanic, and died out in about 1100. It's early modern English that they're speaking! It just seems like Old English to us because we're so removed from how early modern English speakers spoke.
true
It was really difficult to understand when I first saw it in theaters, but once I watched it at home with subtitles, I found it much more enjoyable. Overall , good film!
"The Witch" is probably my favorite supernatural horror movie-so brilliant, so creepy, so amazing. I love the folklore of witches in Salem, the slow build up was incredible, the cinematography, the director just nailed everything. :)
The Witch is easily one of the best horror movies to be released in the past couple years.
Masterful cinematography.
Incredible sound design
Acting was top notch, even from the children. (Which was a pleasant surprise)
I feel like a lot of people felt is was "boring" or "slow", as the general public is used to watching car chases and explosions galore.
The only complaint I have with the film are the 3 jump scares, as I think we all know, are used to get a cheap scare. They felt VERY out of place, when the film seemed like it was trying to make you feel creeped out, and unsettled, as opposed to making you flinch.
The main issue with the film wasn't the film at all, it was the marketing.
This is not a film about a "scary thing", it's a film about how the "scary thing" affects our characters. Showing how extreme stress can make family turn on each other, and reach for any semblance of hope, be it believing a dead character to be alive, or to cast out everything you've been taught, just to survive.
8/10
+Hopkins0505 I love how it is SO QUIET. Especially near the end. You could hear a pin drop, it was just so uncomfortably quiet.
awful
I love black Phillip he's so cute and silly but also the embodiment of pure evil
CUTE AND SILLY???
He's just so quirky like that, you know? He's just not like other girls
I was watching a more recent video and came to this one and I didn't realize you guys have been together for so long it's adorable
Great review! I actually saw it last week when it came out and I really enjoyed it. Like you said, not what I was expecting and the soundtrack was probably one of my favorite things about it because it made it so much more creepy and uncomfortable at times because it was really good at putting you on edge. After seeing it my husband and I spent a lot of time talking about it and what we thought about it, which I think shows how good of a movie it was. Sad to hear your theater didn't have a lot of people in it, mine was about 3/4 full. I look forward to your next review!
I loved the movie!! It was so creepy! And ur so true, the sound track was flipping scary especially at the end with the singing 😦
Ryans blue tongue is super distracting lol
Lol I noticed that
I dont blame him though, blue raspberry candy rocks!
That blue tongue tho 2:12 :D
The atmosphere of it looks really enjoyable. Can't wait to see it! :з
I enjoyed the movie, and how it keep the horror aspects in your mind---just shows you enough to get it, without spelling everything out for you. Makes you wonder what deal the twins made with Black Philip.....
Watching in 2024. I love how long you've been doing this and I can always count on going back to something and there still being a review. Idk why it took me so long to watch this movie 😂
you're so beautiful!!! i love the red nose and blush cheeks i wish i looked like that without makeup
i thought the witch was amazing, just watched it for the first time yesterday. also the way he looks at you when you get all passionate is absolutely adorable.
I saw this movie by myself during a Wednesday matinee. I was the ONLY person in the theater. I don't think I'll ever have another experience like that again.
YOU GUYS LOOK SO CUTE IN THIS VIDEO OMG
Yay! I love when Ryan joins you for videos. He seems a lot more comfortable in front of the camera and you guys vibe well off each other (obviously, haha!) and both bring your own unique flair to the review. Also I'm a total puss, but I'm going to try to watch this movie... I've already spoiled the hell out of it, so I know when to cover my eyes, haha!
Please tell me that there's no graphic baby death scenes? Because that I can't handle. My mama heart is scared for that part...
Also, his blue tongue made me want a slush puppie... Nomz
My husband and I both loved this movie! It kept my attention the entire time, and I actually really loved the ending. Best horror movie I've seen in a longgggg time.
This was less of a horror and more like dark historical fiction, like a history channel show on colonial life but twisted
I watched this today and now as I am going to bed, I had the thought "I wonder what Sarah thought about this!"
we had a lot of the same thoughts. I actually used the words "It was a weird movie but in a good way!" which you both said! The more i think about it, the more I like it...
in the beginning when i saw this i didnt like it at all but after hearing your reasons as to why you liked it, i definitely appreciate it more
I hate the ending bc like we NEVER see what happened to the baby boy, what was Satan all doing, where the other Witches were doing, etc
Also disappointed the Mother was so hysterical about everything, and we also didn’t get to see how the other villagers were doing, like did they absolutely not care about these people? What about other folks who don’t live in town? Where are they?
I'm so glad I waited to see the film before watching this honestly have the creeps after watching this film it's absolutely everything I wanted it to be. I am so glad that you guys agree! This has restored my faith in horror.
I'd love to see you do a review for Lords of Salem! I personally loved it so I'd like to see what you think! I love your videos xoxo
I think the movie was beautiful. Some of the scenes took awhile to continue to the next. I really like how they did use actual diaries and made a movie where it was a real kind of story. I've read books about witchcraft back then and they got it on point. Overall great movie of the year so far. Hope there will be more to see.
I saw it in a packed theater on the Friday it came out! But I live in an area where everyone is an aspiring film director or actor, so they just flock to movies that have high ratings from critics! It's still selling out here til this day! btw, I live in Boston
I found the older dialect to be easy to understand... but that may be bc my English teacher in HighSchool gave us a few lessons on actual Old English. Like Old English is basically another Language, not an accent or dialect of modern English. Middle English isn’t as hard but is also like another language imo.
I want to see it :) I think maybe there weren't so many people there in your theater is because of marketing, or lack of. Out of all the movies and shows I watch, I only ever saw one trailer for it and that was in like November.
great review guys I definatly wanna see this movie now I was hoping itd be gd. your reviews are great espessially the ones with u and your boyfriend u work well together giving both your different opinions on what you see. you look like a nice couple and you keep it real. hopefully there will be more great horrors coming this yr :)
There was some trouble hearing the dialogue, but it didn't make me totally lost.
When I watched it I felt like I was watching a Nathaniel Hawthorne tale... I don't know. I was conflicted.
I love this couple
Want to see this so bad it looks so good
SARAHHHH you should watch and review southbound!!! it came out this year it's so good, i definitely think you'd dig it
You had a way better experience then my group did. We went on the opening night and I had annoying teenagers laughing the whole time. while a man behind me made eating popcorn sound like he was eating gravel. Otherwise I enjoyed it and thought it was very different and disturbing. I also liked how what happened to each character was directly related to them *spoilers* (the boy getting seduced and dying from that, the mom dying by the daughter she turned against, the father dying by the woodblocks, etc) so good movie in my opinion. :)
OMG I looooooooved this movie. It was not scary to me but had horror factors and it was distressing the whole movie.
loved it! there were two scenes that were like 🙈
She looks so stoned omg XD this is amazing
this makes me want to rewatch it
I really liked this movie and I enjoyed and understood all of the old English... BUT i did have subtitles on while watching so I could translate in my head after reading them
anyone read the short story "young goodman brown?" i couldn't help thinking of that when watching the preview!
I loved it. It was almost as good as it follows for me
This is the first time I'm even hearing of the vvitch - I probably would have gone if I'd known about it. you should review southbound, though. it's on video on demand. :D
this was a beautiful movie. and disturbing. I didn't know who to believe. I just wish they delved more into the witch's storyline. I want a movie that realty digs deep into a witch's beginning, transformation. this had an ancillary storyline but not enough. still I loved it. like you, there were 6 of us in the entire theater. disappointed about that.
I look forward to watching it again.
and wow....that damn Black Philip!!!!! a beautiful devil.
You should see 'The Other Side of the Door' it came out yesterday. I saw it. I liked it. It's a little bit predictable but I think it was good.
Lol and I want to watch this right now but it's 12:42am 😭
Can't wait to see this
My theater was almost full
This is an older movie, but you should definitely review Lucio Fulci's Zombie (Zombi 2) from 1979.
I loved the end of the movie, because you really didn't expect it. Plus it has a sinnicle twist which is really screwed up, which I think made it good!
Also do Crimpson Peak!!!!!!
Just came home from seeing The Witch. I'm still processing whether I truly liked it. Quick question though: do you consider it to be a horror film? Or do you think it best fits under anther categorical name?
I saw it last week and totally agree about the dialect thing totally couldnt understand half of the words but I thought the ending was kind of disappointing I wouldve preferred it ended like a minute before with just the girl. thought the language historic choice was cool though
You guys are the cutest couple
have you reviewed darknet? it's a series on netflix you should check it out!
Damn I really want to see it!
Have you seen the show Salem? It's really good I totally recommend it.
I saw this movie like 5 mins ago!! Definitely disturbing. But I really did like it. It was super creepy!!!
maybe a lot of people havn't seen it because of advertising? because me and no one i know has heard about it or seen trailers for it or anything
You look SO cute and gorgeous in this video!! X
You guys are so cute!
Could you review 13 sins? xx
Just watched the movie, so scary!! And the ending was creepy as hell
you guys seem perfect for each other... how did you two even meet
it was amazing but I really wanted to know the family's backstory
I love this movie so much!!!!!!
this movie was absolutely redic!! I couldn't understand ANYTHING and they didn't really explain who the witches were or where or why....unless they did and I just missed it. the little sister was the creepiest to me.
i just picked this movie up
really enjoyed your review ..
thank you =)
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I wasnt sure how I felt about this movie
It was boring in my opinion and I would've rather watched at home.
It's psychological. It's not meant to have jumpscares that's why a lot of people find those boring.
I don't enjoy jump scares and actually prefer psychological horror films like The Shining. I wasn't on the edge of my seat at all for this film.
Yeah it was boring, but well made and creepy
You should do a review on Mr. Jones (on Netflix)
It wasn't that packed maybe because it didn't had that much promotion. Those movies that are promoted, literally, everywhere tend to have more people inside the theater. It makes us think that it'll be super good but some don't even past like 3 stars 🙄
Review other side of the door
I'm wanting to see this movie so bad... Ugh
I think the english was even harder to understand for someone who doesnt live in england because it was in a northern accent not the traditional southern
when i went, it was packed.
Spoiler:
the scene where the bird is pecking at her breast, everyone went "ooooh shit" and like 10 people said "what the fuck?" I loved the strange/creepy scenes and i felt like it wasnt trying to hard to be scary which was great
I wish I enjoyed it! I watched it recently, sat through all of it, and disliked it. I found it so boring. I called the ending too so it didn’t come as a surprise. 💀 I didn’t like the characters either. I was at my sister’s house and she has subtitles on her TV so I understood, I just wasn’t into it lol.
I'm English, and even i had a hard time understanding, the dialect.
I really didn't like it! I liked the beginning and the end. But the middle was just boring to me.
i ship them too much
Man, I was really hoping this movie would be enjoyable. I watched your review and thought that the movie would be overwhelmingly good, so I went a few hours ago to see it with my boyfriend, and we really didnt enjoy it.
I feel as an analytical movie its really good. the soundtrack and shots are amazing (youre right about it being very artsy), but its not one youd wanna see with a friend if youre looking to be scared.
It definitely was artistic, but it was SO SLOW. I know thats a huge complaint with it already, but people are trying to defend the movie by saying "well its SUPPOSED to be slow. horror fans/the common people dont understand psychological horror" and its like really??? like im sure if i felt fear on any level (especially psychological) id notice, but the director just dragged out scenes unnecessarily, to the point where whatever idea they were trying to convey is just lost. the ending was ridiculous too, why did she join them???? they caused all the shit
i enjoyed this movie on an artistic level, but plot wise I despised it
i enjoyed this movie on an artistic level, but plot wise I despised it
I actually really disliked the movie. I thought it took forever to get anything really started (besides the first witchy scene with Samuel, because it took ages afterward for things to happen again). I didn't find it all the scary or disturbing besides the Samuel scene. I went to go see it with my friend, and he didn't really like it either. It was more them just doing constant chores, which is fine and all, but it made the movie seem super long.
I totally agree! I thought it was going to be so much creepier because of the reviews.... So disappointed
I'm English & found it difficult to follow ye olde English. The dialect is northern English, where I'm from. You guys think England & automatically think London. That's south. Northerners tend to talk like the Starks in Game of Thrones.
Interesting film. To sum up: goat made them do it
I thought this movie was awful. The trailer made you expect something completely different than it was.
Honestly, I thought this one was very boring to me. I expected way more, seeing the trailer and reading opinions on Tumblr etc.
I personally wouldn't classify this as horror, or even thriller.
The double V (VV) instead of a W in the title irks me.
Thy sideful gebære should lull forthwith, freond mine.
your boyfriend’s tongue is blue
This was an absolutely awful troll film!
The Witch was beyond boring and I didn't understand why people liked it so much. I had to keep myself awake kept falling asleep. I was never scared so I can't call it a horror movie.
in the beginning when i saw this i didnt like it at all but after hearing your reasons as to why you liked it, i definitely appreciate it more
I thoroughly am grateful for people like you. There are films that I don't like, or I guess that aren't for me, but I appreciate the movie for what it is, and most people don't understand that, just because you don't like a movie, it doesn't make the movie a "bad movie" it just isn't for them. For you to appreciate something you don't care for, demonstrates to me that you have a huge understanding of the way a lot of things work...I just wish there were more people who thought that way in the world.