Katherine chastises William and Caleb for disappearing and Thomasin for not watching the twins well enough. When they get home, the twins have riled up the family's billy goat, Black Phillip, and William quickly puts the goat back in his pen. He takes Caleb to the woods, where he discloses that he secretly traded Katherine's prized silver cup for hunting supplies.
As a blight has afflicted the family's crops, William decides to go hunting to prepare for the upcoming winter. Katherine, devastated by the loss, spends her days crying and praying. It is soon revealed that a witch has stolen and killed the unbaptized Samuel to use his body to make a flying ointment. One day, when Thomasin is playing peekaboo with Samuel near the edge of the woods, the baby abruptly disappears. They build a farm near a large, secluded forest and Katherine bears her fifth child, Samuel. In 1630s New England, English settler William and his family-wife Katherine, teenage daughter Thomasin, preteen son Caleb, and young fraternal twins Mercy and Jonas-are banished from a Puritan settlement over a religious dispute. It was a critical and financial success, grossing $40 million against a $4 million budget, and is considered by some to be one of the best horror films of 2016.
Īn international co-production of the United States and Canada, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2015, and was widely released by A24 on February 19, 2016. Set in 1630s New England, it follows a Puritan family who encounter forces of evil in the woods beyond their farm.
It stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her first film appearance, along with Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson. The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, and subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 folk horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut.
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