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The Witch

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92 minutes – Horror
Release date: February 19. 2016
Canadian distributor: Elevation Pictures

New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. In his debut feature, writer/director Robert Eggers painstakingly designs an authentic re-creation of New England — generations before the 1692 trials in Salem — evoking the alluring and terrifying power of the timeless witch myth. Told through the eyes of Thomasin, the teenage daughter (in a star-making performance by Anya Taylor-Joy), and supported by haunting camera work and an ominous score, The Witch is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own fears and anxieties, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil.

The Witch, movie poster.

Crew:

Producer:

Daniel Bekerman
Lars Knudsen
Jodi Redmond
Rodrigo Teixeira
Jay Van Hoy

Executive Producer:

Thomas Benski
Jonathan Bronfman
Chris Columbus
Eleanor Columbus
Julia Godzinskaya
Alexandra Johnes
Sophie Mas
Lon Molnar
Lucas Ochoa
Michael Sackler
Alex Sagalchik
Lourenço Sant’Anna

Co-Executive Producer:

Mark Gingras
Ethan Lazar

Co-Producer:

Rosalie Chilelli
Lauren Haber

Line Producer:

Brian Campbell

Director:

Robert Eggers

Screenwriter:

Robert Eggers

Cinematographer:

Jarin Blaschke

Editor:

Louise Ford

Composer:

Mark Korven

Production Designer:

Craig Lathrop

Art Director:

Andrea Kristof
Mary Kirkland (Set Decorator)

Costume Designer:

Linda Muir

Cast: Roles:

Anya Taylor-Joy
Ralph Ineson
Kate Dickie
Harvey Scrimshaw
Ellie Grainger
Lucas Dawson
Julian Richings
Bathsheba Garnett
Sarah Stephens
Wahab Chaudhry
Vivien Moore
Karen Kaeja
Brandy Leary
R. Hope Terry
Carrie Eklund
Madlen Sopadzhiyan
Paul Kenworthy
Mark Millmna
Andy Volpe
Phillip Wynne
Annawon Weeden
Michael O’Hare
Chris Messier
Ron Young
Nora Messier
Bill Rudder
Grace Duffy
Sophie Bermudez
Corrine Manning
Heather Fisher

Thomasin
William
Katherine
Caleb
Mercy
Jonas
Governor
The Witch
The Witch, young
Black Phillip
Lead Coven Witch
Coven Witch
Coven Witch
Coven Witch
Coven Witch
Coven Witch
Militia Man 1
Militia Man 2
Militia Man 3
Wampanoag Man
Wampanoag Man
Pipe Smoker
Shepherd
Old Slater
Shepherdess
Settler
Settler
Settler
Settler
Chamber Pot Woman