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)Cast
![Anya Taylor-Joy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/082/167082043_1a5045.png)
Anya Taylor-Joy
USA
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
![Ralph Ineson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/357/162357302_017081.jpg)
Ralph Ineson
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
![Kate Dickie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755533_04d3ca.jpg)
Kate Dickie
UK
Best movies:
Summer (2008)
Small Axe (2020) (series)
Somers Town (2008)
![Harvey Scrimshaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/754/160754212_ea71d2.jpg)
Harvey Scrimshaw
Best movies:
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
The Witch (2015)
Adult Life Skills (2016)
Ellie Grainger
Best movies:
The Witch (2015)
![Julian Richings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274746_a83d88.jpg)
Julian Richings
UK
Best movies:
Get Down (2001)
My Life Without Me (2003)
Hard Core Logo (1996)
![Cat Simmons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/267/168267569_e7l5p4.jpg)
Cat Simmons
UK
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Vera (2011) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)