- Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
- Run time: 93 minutes
In 1630 in New England, a religious family encounters a dark force near their home after the youngest son, Samuel, suddenly goes missing. This marked the film debuts of both Anya Taylor-Joy and Sarah Stephens, and the movie was shot in just 25 days.
Regarding his inspiration, director Robert Eggers told The Verge, “There was something about it that was intense for me. I grew up in New England, and the woods behind my house seemed haunted by New England’s past. I was very interested in Salem, and I went to Salem every Halloween. I was interested in witches and the witch trials, though I was disappointed as a kid that the witches weren’t real. Also, in Salem, people were just so over-the-top at Halloween.”
This post was originally published on here
