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Doublehex
Jan 29, 2009

Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'

Henchman of Santa posted:

I never bought that theory. Like 10 minutes into the movie we see The Witch putting a knife to the baby, making some ointment and then flying on a goddamn broom, with nobody else around witnessing it. The ergot and stuff is better for explaining why they're all at each other's throats but the witch(es) in that movie seem unambiguously real..

Hard agree. The core theme of all of Eggers' movies is that the supernatural is real, and it exists in tandem with the real. The physical and supernal are intertwined. The Devil is real, witches are real, they are hunting this family, and the threat is real. That is what drives the conflict through the movie. Otherwise the sense of danger is muted.

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