The Witch (2016)

The Witch rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 351K votes

Rotten Tomatoes91%

Metacritic84%

TMDb7.001/10· 8K votes

With 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 84/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Witch

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.

Cast of The Witch

• 

  Anya Taylor-Joy

  as Thomasin

• 

  Ralph Ineson

  as William

• 

  Kate Dickie

  as Katherine

• 

  Harvey Scrimshaw

  as Caleb

• 

  Ellie Grainger

  as Mercy

• 

  Lucas Dawson

  as Jonas

• 

  Julian Richings

  as Governor

• B

  Bathsheba Garnett

  as The Witch

• 

  Sarah Stephens

  as The Witch, Young

• 

  Daniel Malik

  as Black Phillip (voice)

• A

  Axtun Henry Dube

  as Samuel

• A

  Athan Conrad Dube

  as Samuel

The Witch facts

Budget

$4M

Box office

$40.4M

Our take on The Witch

Robert Eggers's debut plants a devout family at the edge of a forbidding forest in 1630, where strange and unsettling events begin to fester. As suspicion and paranoia grow, each member's faith, loyalty, and love are tested in disturbing ways, and the household's certainties curdle into dread. This is slow-burn folk horror built on period-accurate language, oppressive atmosphere, and mounting psychological pressure rather than easy scares. It rewards patient viewers who savor mood, dread, and moral unease, and who prefer creeping menace to spectacle. If you like historically textured horror that lingers and unsettles long after it ends, this austere, meticulously crafted film is a striking place to start.