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What went we out into this wilderness to find? Leavin’ our country, kindred — our fathers’ houses — for what? Welcome to Episode 032 of Horror Movie Weekly, where your late-night Horror hosts bring you a full-blown, spoiler-filled review Lady Phantom’s pick for this week: The Witch: A New England Folktale (2016). Join us!
Note: This episode was recorded on March 15, 2020, but released on April 5, 2020. This episode also contains spoilers for the ending of Lewis Jackson’s “Christmas Evil” (1980).
On Horror Movie Weekly, your late-night Horror hosts Jay of the Dead, BillChete and Lady Phantom bring you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (We’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years.) And we always reveal next week’s pick at the end of every show, so you can watch along with us and be prepared for the following episode. Join us, and thanks for listening!
SHOW NOTES:
Introduction
— Welcome to Horror Movie Weekly Episode 032
HMW’s three weeks behind COVID-19 updates:
– The very unlucky release dates of The Hunt (2020)
– Shutting down the economy
– The rarest commodity: toilet paper
– Hoarding and grocery shopping
– The Monster Slayer’s brilliant tweet
– Lady Phantom’s pick for this week: The Witch: A New England Folktale (2016) – SPOILERS!
The Witch: A New England Folktale (2016) — Genre Classification: Drama / Psychological Horror / Supernatural / Witch
Premise:
A period piece, and an arthouse Horror film, “The Witch” is set in the 17th century, circa 1630. It tells the bleak tale of an extremely devout family of seven who are banished from the plantation where their church community simply isn’t righteous enough for the head of their family. So, he takes them into the wilderness and tries to live off the land. But sorrow befalls them when an evil being in the woods begins to prey upon the family, trying to tear them apart from the inside out!
Ratings and Recommendations: The Witch: A New England Folktale (2016)
Jay of the Dead = 8.5 ( Buy it! )
BillChete = 6 ( Buy it! )
Lady Phantom = 8 ( Buy it! )
Next on Episode 033: Color Out of Space (2020) — Jay of the Dead’s pick!
Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
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Again, we record three weeks in advance. This episode was recorded on March 15 (and released on April 5). I learned that “The Hunt” was streaming on VOD (for a steep $19.99 rental!), and I have since watched it — and loved it! That conversation will be on an upcoming episode. Thanks for listening!
-J
Again, we record three weeks in advance. This episode was recorded on March 15 (and released on April 5). Just an update: I saw that “The Hunt” was streaming on VOD (for a steep $19.99 rental!), and I have since watched it — and loved it! That conversation will be on an upcoming episode. Thanks for listening!
-J
And who, I wonder, who let you know it was streaming? Hehe
Yes, Lady Phantom brought it to my attention that “The Hunt” was streaming on VOD. Thank you! -J
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Lady phantom I hate e.t too but JOTD it’s not because of the thing its because of Poltergeist. Could get into why but that would be an essay not a paragraph & jay how do you know e.t even has a shaft? Bill chete nice burn about the invisible man to jay about his weird batman comment!
Lol, thanks Tony!
Welcome brother!
Lady Phantom, I also really like period piece movies, as long as they pull it off well ( I don’t want to see a radio tower in the background while watching something set before electricity). And I think movies about witches almost always work better when they’re set back in that time . Also, it was hilarious to here Bill defending E.T.
Lol… I never thought he would defend E.T. When I saw it as a kid, everything was going well enough until he was dying. Right there I hated it.
I know, you’re right. Seeing little details that reveal modern times in period pieces takes you out of the movie. But as long as the film makes me feel it’s that time, it’s okay.
Fun conversation. I agree far more with Lady Phantom than Jay or BillChete about this movie. I was not bored for a single second and I got more and more freaked out the entire time. (I agree with Lady Phantom’s definition of boredom.) I’m not a horror guy, but I didn’t find anything to criticize in the movie the one time that I watched it, and it was my second favorite film of 2016. It’s easily the most a) terrifying and b) technically gorgeous horror film I’ve ever seen. I find it disturbing enough, in fact, that even though I have tremendous respect for both the story and storytelling, I probably won’t ever watch it again.
Jay, I had never considered the parallels to the story of Lehi and his family. I find your observation both amusing and creepy.