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The Witch (2016)

★ 7.0 · 7,605 ratings on TMDB

Evil takes many forms.

The Witch poster★ 7.0

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

DirectorRobert Eggers
CastAnya Taylor-Joy, Bathsheba Garnett, Daniel Malik, Ellie Grainger, Harvey Scrimshaw, Julian Richings
GenresHorror
The emergence reading

The Witch keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing faith, fear, family, survival, tradition.

zero-distanceUSfaithfearfamilysurvivaltradition
Also inFilms about faithFilms about survivalFilms about family
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

When Evil Lurks (2023)E8/E9 · faith, familyXX (2017)E8/E9 · faith, familyThe Hallow (2015)E8/E9 · faith, familySanta's Slay (2005)E8/E9 · faith, familyHusk (2011)E8 · family, fearHow the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)E8/E9 · family, fear

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)E6/E11 · rare rung · family, survivalThem! (1954)E14 · rare rung · fear, survival

Same people

Shared director or cast.

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