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* CreepyTwins: Jonas and Mercy are deliberately written to be as unsettling as possible. Mercy jokingly pretends to be a witch at one point, and both twins spend their free time [[CreepyChildrenSinging singing creepy songs]] and playing with Black Samuel--who [[spoiler: may or may not be {{Satan}} in animal form]].
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* CreepyTwins: Jonas and Mercy are deliberately written to be as unsettling as possible. Mercy jokingly pretends to be a witch at one point, and both twins spend their free time [[CreepyChildrenSinging singing creepy songs]] and playing with Black Samuel--who Phillip--who [[spoiler: may or may not be {{Satan}} in animal form]].
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* LuckyNumberSeven: There are seven members of the family in total: William, Katherine, Thomasin, Caleb, Jonas, Mercy, and baby Samuel (though Samuel [[WeHardlyKnewYe isn't around for long]]). Considering the movie revolves around witchcraft--where seven is seen as an inherently magical number--this likely isn't a coincidence.
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* MindScrew: There are very few clearcut answers in this film. [[spoiler: Did her family's accusations of witchcraft drive Thomasin to become a ''real'' witch, or was she just psychotic all along? Were the twins just mischievous children, or were ''they'' agents of the witch too? Was the witch's coven ''really'' hiding in the forest the whole time? Was Black Phillip ''really'' possessed by {{Satan}} for the whole movie?]] It's hard to know for sure, but the uncertainty makes the movie all the more unsettling.
* MinimalistCast: The six core members of the family (William, Katherine, Thomasin, Caleb, Jonas, Mercy) are the only characters with any significant amount of dialogue or screentime. Other than them, there's just the town council in the opening scene, the titular witch herself, and [[spoiler: the witch's coven at the end]], all of whom appear only fleetingly.
* MinimalistCast: The six core members of the family (William, Katherine, Thomasin, Caleb, Jonas, Mercy) are the only characters with any significant amount of dialogue or screentime. Other than them, there's just the town council in the opening scene, the titular witch herself, and [[spoiler: the witch's coven at the end]], all of whom appear only fleetingly.
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* NothingIsScarier: The witch spends most of the movie hiding in the forest. When she ''does'' appear, she's often hidden in shadow. [[spoiler: [[MindScrew If she was ever really there at all.]]]]
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* SingleMindedTwins: Jonas and Mercy are absolutely inseparable. They have the same mischievous personality, and they can always sing in perfect harmony.
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* WhamShot: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler: the shot of witches dancing nude around a campfire in the forest]], showing that [[spoiler: ''there's more than one witch'']].
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* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Satan is apparently the witch's master]].
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers to the family's main antagonist, but also to [[spoiler: Thomasin, who becomes a witch herself by the end]]. Unless you believe that [[spoiler: they're the same person]].
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: One very valid interpretation of the film is that [[spoiler: Thomasin is insane]], and all of the encounters with the witch are actually [[spoiler: encounters with ''her'' while she's hallucinating]]. In particular, note that [[spoiler: the witch isn't seen or heard again after Katherine's death]], possibly implying that [[spoiler: Thomasin was the witch all along]].
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* MoralityPet: For all William's flaws, he clearly loves his oldest son Caleb, and wants to raise him as an upright Christian man. [[spoiler: Caleb's death signals his descent into paranoia.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Jonas and Mercy aren't seen again after their encounter with the witch. Though we see the mutilated bodies of two goats, the twins' bodies are nowhere to be found...]]
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* MoralityPet: For all William's flaws, he clearly loves his oldest son Caleb, and wants to raise him as an upright Christian man. [[spoiler: Caleb's death signals his descent into paranoia.]]
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: All of the characters see the titular witch in different guises, hinting at their personalities. [[spoiler: Caleb sees her as a curvaceous young woman in revealing clothing, Katherine sees her as her two dead children, and Thomasin sees a TallDarkAndHandsome stranger who may either be the witch or her master {{Satan}}]]. Her true form is apparently that of [[spoiler: an elderly grey-haired woman who never wears clothes]].
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: All of the characters see the titular witch in different guises, hinting at their personalities. [[spoiler: Caleb sees her as [[spoiler: a curvaceous young woman in revealing clothing, clothing]], Katherine sees her as [[spoiler: her two dead children, children]], and Thomasin sees [[spoiler: a TallDarkAndHandsome stranger who may either be the witch or her master {{Satan}}]]. Her true form is apparently that of [[spoiler: an elderly grey-haired woman who never wears clothes]].
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* RedRightHand: The HotWitch's monstrous right hand indicates her appearance is just a glamor.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Definitely. A relatively mundane interpretations would be that [[spoiler: Thomasin killed Samuel and the goats, Caleb got sick from exposure in the woods, and the twins ran away]]. Then again, several characters ''do'' apparently see the witch, though their visions could be explained as [[spoiler: hallucinations brought on by hunger, grief, schizophrenia, or all three]]. In particular, the very end of the movie can easily be seen as [[spoiler: Thomasin's DyingDream]].
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* SexIsEvil: Par for the course for a 17th century Puritan family. Caleb clearly has a lot of angst about hitting puberty, and he frequently finds himself [[MaleGaze sneaking peaks at his sister's cleavage]]. Appropriately, [[spoiler: the witch appears to him as an alluring woman who seduces him]]. Likewise, Thomasin [[spoiler: sees the devil as a handsome dark-haired man who invites her to "live deliciously"]], and the last scene of the movie shows her [[spoiler: stripping off her clothes and going to join a nude witch's orgy in the forest]], which can be seen as a dark portrait of female sexual awakening.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: All of the characters see the titular witch in different guises, hinting at their personalities. [[spoiler: Caleb sees her as a curvaceous young woman in revealing clothing, Katherine sees her as her two dead children, and Thomasin sees a TallDarkAndHandsome stranger who may either be the witch or her master {{Satan}}]]. Her true form is apparently that of [[spoiler: an elderly grey-haired woman who never wears clothes]].
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* AnimalMotifs: Various animals foreshadow the witch's appearance before she actually shows up. There's a hare, a raven, and "Black Phillip" the goat, in particular. Hares and rabbits are sometimes associated with irrational fear, ravens are associated with prophecy and witchcraft, and the horned goat [[spoiler: is associated with Satan himself]].
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* FanDisservice: The witch appears nude in several scenes. Given that she's an extremely elderly woman, and she's ''covered in blood'' in most of those scenes, it's far from erotic. At the climax of the film, there's also [[spoiler: Thomasin stripping naked after murdering her mother and walking into the woods to join a witch's coven]].
* TheFundamentalist: Downplayed with William andKatherine are extremely religious. So much so that they even manage to isolate themselves Katherine. They're as religious as you'd expect of a Puritan couple in the 17th century, and their strong religious beliefs apparently got them banished from other Puritans.the Commonwealth. However, for most of the film, their chief concern is keeping their children fed and clothed. [[spoiler: After Caleb's death, however...]]
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler:Thomasin's family turns against her and accuses her of being a witch. Guess who ends up becoming a witch at the end of the film?]]
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* HairRaisingHare: Aforementioned hare familiar, which causes William's gun to backfire, spooks the goats, and [[ trouble for Thomasin and Caleb in the woods, leading to Caleb's death]].
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* GoryDiscretionShot: We cut away just as the witch presses a blade against baby Samuel. We next see the same spot drenched in blood with no sign of the baby.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Thomasin turns her back on God and the world and embraces the service of the Devil, signing Satan's book and becoming a witch herself.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: Robert Egger thoroughly researched the period's dialects, clothing, architecture and farming. The film is also accurate to the classical lore of witches.
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* HairRaisingHare: Aforementioned hare familiar, which causes William's gun to backfire, spooks the goats, and [[spoiler:causes trouble for Thomasin and Caleb in the woods, leading to Caleb's death]].
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* AdultFear: Losing your children? Yep.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Wouldst thou like to live...deliciously?
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* WouldHurtAChild: Oh, the Witch [[spoiler: would slice a baby up to make an ointment...and probably killed the twins.]]
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''TheWitch'' is a horror/historical drama film directed by Robert Eggers. The movie originally debuted at the 2015 SundanceFilmFestival (where it won the Best Director award in the Drama category), and was released to wide audiences on February 19, 2016.
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* HairRaisingHare: Aforementioned hare familiar, which causes William's gun to backfire, spooks the goats, and [[spoiler:causes trouble when Thomasin and Caleb trouble in the woods]].
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* CreepyChildrenSinging: The twins' song about Black Phillip.
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->''"Evil Takes Many forms"''
''TheWitch'' is a horror/historical drama film directed by Robert Eggers. The movie originally debuted at the 2015 SundanceFilmFestival (where it won the Best Director award in the Drama category), and was released to wide audiences on February 19, 2016.
''TheWitch'' is set in 1600s New England, where a Puritan family is banished from their village and must set out on their own into the wildness. They set up a family farm on the edge of the woods, but encounter an evil lurking beyond the treeline.
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!! ''TheWitch'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* DaylightHorror: Much of the film takes in the daytime. Particularity notable is when Samuel disappears in broad daylight.
* DontGoInTheWoods
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:some Everyone dies except Thomasin, who joins the witch coven.]]
* {{Familiar}}: The hare, the raven, and [[spoiler:Black Phillip]].
* HotWitch: The witch that seduces Caleb.
* InfantImmortality: Very throughly averted at the beginning of the film
* SalemIsWitchCountry: The film takes place in Puritan New England.
* WickedWitch: The title character.
->''"Evil Takes Many forms"''
''TheWitch'' is a horror/historical drama film directed by Robert Eggers. The movie originally debuted at the 2015 SundanceFilmFestival (where it won the Best Director award in the Drama category), and was released to wide audiences on February 19, 2016.
''TheWitch'' is set in 1600s New England, where a Puritan family is banished from their village and must set out on their own into the wildness. They set up a family farm on the edge of the woods, but encounter an evil lurking beyond the treeline.
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!! ''TheWitch'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* DaylightHorror: Much of the film takes in the daytime. Particularity notable is when Samuel disappears in broad daylight.
* DontGoInTheWoods
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:some Everyone dies except Thomasin, who joins the witch coven.]]
* {{Familiar}}: The hare, the raven, and [[spoiler:Black Phillip]].
* HotWitch: The witch that seduces Caleb.
* InfantImmortality: Very throughly averted at the beginning of the film
* SalemIsWitchCountry: The film takes place in Puritan New England.
* WickedWitch: The title character.
