2/5
Reviewed by Luke Barnes
Summary
A family in period Wales must try and keep it together in the face of hostile forces, both from within and outside
In many ways, this film wants to be the vvitch, which is evidenced by a lot of thematic borrowing, but it can’t even come close.
This film’s big problem is that you are never quite sure whether it is a horror film or a drama, that shouldn’t be a question that I am still asking even after watching. The horrors of this film come from its incredibly slow pace, which is almost torturous at times, rather than anything else.
That is not to say there aren’t any good scares here, there are one or two interesting scenes that mesh old and new folk horror elements together to create something that feels refreshing, however, the issue with this is that though those scenes are good they are far too few and far between.
Moreover, the ending doesn’t make any sense at all and leaves you going ‘wait what’ which is always a red flag.
Overall, an incredibly slow film that has a few brief moments of promise.
Pros.
A few good scares
Cox
Cons.
The pace
The ending
Is it a horror or a drama
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