If you like your cinematic entertainment lurking in the terrifying zone, you're probably eagerly anticipating The Witch. The new trailer for the film offers a brief new sense of what you can expect. Check it out here{
The stylish, haunting drama is set in New England in 1630, where William (Ralph Ineson) and Katherine’s (Kate Dickie) strictly devout life sees them largely shunned by their fellow colonials. The family moves to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest rumoured to be controlled by witches and that’s when strange things start to happen. Animals turn against them, crops fail, and one of their children disappears, only to be returned seemingly possessed by evil spirits.
As paranoia and recrimination rise, fingers point at the couple’s teenage daughter Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), who is accused of witchcraft even as the family begins to fall apart and finds both their love and faith tested.
With writer/director Robert Eggers pouring years of research and his own childhood fears into the style and tone of the film, this is already shaping up to be one of the horrors of the year. The Witch is out in the States on February 19 and arrives here on March 11. If you want more on the movie, check out the latest issue of Empire, which features interviews with Eggers and his cast and is in all good and evil UK newsagents now.