The Witch

It’s always fun to read one’s old reviews, seeing how your perception has changed over the years, and how your perspective evolves as you age. I don’t disagree much with my review of The Witch from 2019, but I’m unsure how I was surprised by this being shot digitally rather than on film. I guess I was going through a film purist face. How was Robert Eggers on a meagre four-million-dollar budget supposed to finance shooting on film? I write in that early review that I was in the middle of making a short film – I’m guessing it was the final exam film I made during a film class in school. I just rewatched it for the first time in years, and while it does have many flaws and I’m unsure where The Witch functioned as an inspiration, the film did earn me a good grade. So I guess a thanks to Robert Eggers for inspiring me back then is long overdue. Nonetheless, The Witch is a great film and its handling of the horror genre is brilliantly unique. It’s no wonder that it propelled Robert Eggers’ career to where it is today.