The Witch [Blu-ray]

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Apart from 4K picture upgrade which is nice, is that alone enough? Well this new release does comes with plenty of extras that aren’t found on the blu-ray original release. seem to be any kind of psychological undertone where what we're seeing might "just" be a vision of sorts. Anyhow, the point is what immediately caught my attention in Robert Eggers directorial debut The Witch— or as it is stylized The VVitch— is the story of a banished pilgrim family terrorized by an unknown supernatural force. Not only does the film comfortably fit within this folk horror subgenre, but the plot explores some weighty and fascinating sociopolitical themes that are even more pertinent in today's climate. By subtitling his film A New England Folktale, Eggers brings attention to this fact since folktales are commonly understood as embodying cultural traditions, habits, and rituals of a particular period, unwittingly allowing for an examination of the institution which normalized said customs and practices.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. There's an overt reference to liturgically towing the line (in a manner of speaking) from the very first moments of The Witch, when probably already taking umbrage that anyone would deign to assess elements of their faith, at least in how it's portrayed in the riveting if Overall, the image is not a traditional 4K showcase. But that doesn’t mean it’s not exactly as the director intended and in this case, that sense of dream-like confusion and escalating sense that things are moving away from ‘normal’ at an alarming rate is perfectly captured here. antithetical to some of 4K UHD's big "calling cards", namely increased resolution and highlights courtesy of HDR. As I mentioned in our original The Witch Blu-ray review, this Arri Alexa captured piece offersoffering much in the way of hue. While the gray and blue tones that I mentioned in my review of the 1080p Blu-ray version are still very much in reviewer reacts to that portrayal. And so let me just begin this review by apologizing to any and all Puritans who may read it and who are whether perceived or real (not that The Witch is concerned with that aspect), into the everyday is what continually gives the film its side of things) a goat being used, both of which suffuse the film with almost Jungian levels of meaning. The "intrusion" of the supernatural,

Plot: What’s it about? Video: How’s it look? Audio: How’s it sound? Supplements: What are the extras? The Bottom Line Plot: What’s it about? creates a very discomfiting mood, one that becomes increasingly hard to shake as the intentionally minimalist story proceeds.

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playing hide and seek with the newborn. The Witch doesn't dally around with ambiguities, choosing instead to overtly display a witch Scream Factory’s 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition release of Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 2-disc set, featuring the film on Ultra HD on Disc One and on Blu-ray on Disc Two. The second disc is sourced from the same new 4K transfer and features all of the Ultra HD’s audio and subtitle options. Each disc features the following extras: DISC ONE (UHD) Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. The "folktale" element obviously plays into this depiction, but since everything is shown more or less "realistically", there doesn't initially

almost three years ago, and rather than repeat what has become almost my series of blog postings about Lionsgate's patently odd choices for its What still resonates with The VVitch is how finely in tune with its folk horror roots it is. On every level.Strange and unsettling things begin to happen -animals turn malevolent, crops fail, one child disappears and another seems to become possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, daughter Thomasin is accused of witchcraft. William is trying to be as pious and strong as possible, and Katherine is straining to be away from civilisation for so long, especially after the loss of Samuel. This subsequently puts more pressure on Thomasin, who does many of the jobs around the farm including looking after the twins, who themselves resent her, which then results in her accidentally convincing them that she herself is a witch. Thomasin is also victimised by Katherine, not least because she is becoming a woman, and Katherine fears she is leading the family away from their ways to something much more sinful. As with most folk horror, it’s not often it can be called ‘terrifying’ or even ‘scary’. But its dread-dripped atmosphere, and its spiralling sense of desperation turning into inevitability, unsettles and oppresses like few genre films of recent times. Unafraid to embrace its supernatural sensibilities – there’s little doubt as to what is actually going on - Eggars stays the course and has complete faith in his cast to provide the hook into the ambience and mood of the film, instead of any plot complexities or contrivances. And then there are the more overt horror elements, which the film isn’t afraid of hiding. Eggers shows the witch of the woods stealing Samuel, before murdering him and slathering herself in his smushed-up body in a quite disgusting and harrowing scene. The Witch is a slow burn of sorts, but when it does get into the nastier parts, it’s gruesome and impactful and it hits you hard.

Interestingly, there do appear to be some differences, much more so that I had thought. Detail is a touch more refined in the textures, including sharper edges of buttons and a touch more sharpness to strands of hair (but bear in mind this was on a 92” projection screen). Brightness is interesting as the differences change on a scene-by-scene basis – the opening medium shot of Taylor-Joy’s face on the UHD is a lot lighter than the previous Blu, revealing more detail in in the brim of her hat and in the shadow of her face; however the shot of the family leaving against the beautiful sky is significantly lighter on the previous Blu. And finally, the colours do seem a touch more desaturated on the 4K version, in line with an overall impression that the contrast ratio on the 4K disc appears to be less than that on the previous Blu. Is it an improvement? In terms of detail, yes it is. The rest however give the image a slightly different look that is neither better or worse, just… different. Widely praised since its debut, The Witch is a slow burn film that’ll likely be a case of love-it-or-hate-it. The film is set in New England in the 17 th century and focuses on a man named William (Ralph Ineson) and his family on their plantation. A case of Prideful conceit causes the exile of William and his family. They relocate to a farm by a large forest that they built themselves. William is married and has four kids. After his wife delivers her fifth child, he mysteriously vanishes one day. It is believed that a witch has in fact abducted the child for strange purposes. After this happens, we see the family, particularly Katherine (William’s wife) struggle with the vanishing. They also have twins and we see their daily routine on the farm. One such moment involves them playing with a goat that they claim can speak. There’s also talk of witchcraft, among other things. Released: 24th October 2022. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation and relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest—within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen —animals turn malevolent, crops fail, one child disappears and another seemsto become possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, daughter Thomasin is accused of witchcraft.His handler is Dolan 36th (Michael Caine). He's the 36th person to be tasked with keeping Kaulder safe and doing his job. Caine provides some much needed acting gravitas whenever he's paired up with Diesel in a scene. At least one of them knows about subtleties in the acting profession. I never caught The Last Witch Hunter on its initial theatrical release. Judging by the initial reaction I dodged a bullet. Perhaps my expectations were too low, but visiting it for the first time I must say it wasn't as horrible as I was imagining. Sure, Vin Diesel's stone-like presence isn't great for a film like this, and sure the information surrounding his abilities as a witch hunter are murky. Yet, there's enough there to hold interest, which is more than I thought would be possible.