Horror / Mystery
USA / Canada / UK,
2015, 92 min
(Alternative: 89 min)
Directed by:
Robert EggersScreenplay:
Robert EggersCinematography:
Jarin BlaschkeComposer:
Mark KorvenCast:
Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Julian Richings, Cat SimmonsPlots(1)
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 seems to become possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, daughter Thomasin is accused of witchcraft. (Second Sight)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2017 - Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Jodi Redmond, Lars Knudsen, Robert Eggers, Rodrigo Teixeira (Best First Feature)
- 2017 - Robert Eggers (Best First Screenplay)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2016 - Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2016 - Best First Film
The Saturn Awards
- 2017 - Best Horror Film
- 2017 - Anya Taylor-Joy (Best Performance by a Younger Actor)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2015 - Robert Eggers (Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic)
- 2015 - Robert Eggers (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)