Gabe Reviews Horror

This review was originally written in 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #40: The VVitch (2015) I watched (and reviewed) this movie back when it came out, after hearing only rave reviews for it. At the time I just didn't get what all of the fuss was about- it's a bleak period piece about a puritan family who runs afoul of a witch and things just keep getting worse and worse. Watching it again now, I "get" a lot more of the appreciation for it than I did the first time, but I still don't really like this film. Now don't get me wrong, this is a superbly-made film. I recognize the immense amount of work that went in to making as much of it as possible period-accurate, even down to taking most of the dialogue from letters and books written from the time. The performances are almost all fantastic, and there's so much creepy imagery and the atmosphere is pretty strong. I 100% guarantee this movie was intended to be so bleak you almost wouldn...

This review was originally written in October 2016. Day 2: I just watched The VVitch with my wife. It was... a movie, I guess, but that's pretty much all I can give it credit for. It seemed like it was going to be something interesting, but I can't help but feel like nothing... happened, or at least the plotting of the movie was "this thing happens, then this thing happens, then this thing happens, and then the credits roll". I don't really feel like the characters had any kind of arc or like they affected the world around them in any way. (I feel the same way about the movie Lords of Salem- I don't feel like the story had any kind of structure to it.) Also, I can't help but dock the movie a couple points because of the old-english dialogue. I understand they're trying to be period-appropriate or whatever, but I consider myself a fairly intelligent person and I had to actively work just to understand each line as it was spoken. Would the movie really h...