The Witch: A Satanic fairy tale that scared Stephen King
If you associate witches with striped stockings and hokey Halloween costumes, you haven't seen one through the eyes of Robert Eggers.
The Witch director has crafted a horror story that scared the hell out of Stephen King, and attracted an official endorsement from The Satanic Temple.
Today he joins Shad to tell the story of a 17th century New England family leading an isolated life as Puritan outcasts, and the gut-wrenching tragedies that befall them — beginning with the disappearance of baby Sam. After years of research about the witch archetype and archaic dialects, Eggers has conjured a terrifyingly realistic world.
"If I can't transport an audience, the film doesn't work," says the detail-oriented director, who wanted to explore the dark side of humanity through the eyes of children.
WEB EXTRA | The film was one of the most buzzed about coming out of Sundance and TIFF last year, and is now getting a general release. Watch the trailer and a clip from the movie below.
A previous version of this post stated that The Church of Satan approved this film. This was incorrect, and we regret the error. Correction: it is the Satanic Temple that has officially endorsed the movie as a "Satanic experience".