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The Witch

Representing Nightmares of the Past–Part II

This is the second installment of the two part post about recent movies started by Robin Marie last week. This post features a few minor spoilers about The Witch and Hail, Ceasar! I did not know what to expect from the movie The Witch, though I was a bit concerned—horror movies are not usually my thing. They mess with my head too much. Fortunately for me, very little of the movie abided by the well worn—albeit effective—formulas of the horror genre. In retrospect what best prepared me for the movie experience was my quite broad knowledge about the early modern Read more