I liked the story quite a lot, and loved the authenticity of the dialogue. The fear was real, and psychological, and not the cheap, childish jump-scares that so many “horror” movies choose to employ. Even the still shots showing the ominous forest led to breathless suspense and played havoc with the viewer’s sense of dread.
Here be spoilers:
I wish they would have saved the “reveal” of the witches’ real existence until the very end, or at least until Black Philip spoke. Had they done his, the audience would not only have been faced with the horror of a family ripping itself apart, but would have also have been wrestling with the psychological knowledge that perhaps the family was completely wrong, and were letting their fears overrule their reason. One would have felt an overwhelming sense of the tragedy unfolding, only to be gut shot to learn it was real after all.
A point of fascination is that it’s never made clear just why the family was expelled from their community. What were the theological differences they had?
Why the heck would you post spoilers here?
....do you enjoy ruininf things?