Directed by Robert Eggers (2016)
by Francis Friel
The Projectionist at Moviejawn

Right from the start, THE WITCH tells you where it's going. It's one of these stories that opens with a scene that could go anywhere, but only lead to one possible ending, as young Thomasin and her family decide to leave their early-17th century plantation (and more crucially, the Puritan church) and set out on their own to make their way in the wilderness.