With the shadows of the fall now setting in, were just a little bit over two months away from the arrival ofRobert EggersNosferatu.
Forgoing a Halloween-centered release, which is precisely what everyone would have expected, theBill Skarsgard-led Gothic vampire featurewill rise from the grave on Christmas Day, December 25.
But, that doesnt mean theres not another piece in Eggers repertoire that audiences can indulge in for the spooky season.
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Right now, the filmmakers critically-acclaimed directorial debut,The VVitch, is streaming on Prime Video - perfect for welcoming all the folk horror vibes into your home for the season.
Along with serving as Eggers first foray into filmmaking, the vibe-y movie also featuredAnya Taylor-Joy(Dune: Part Two) in the actresss breakthrough feature-length role.
Anunsettling piece of cinemathat puts audiences into a trippy headspace right along with its leading players,The VVitchturns the clock back to the 1630s to life in a New England settlement.
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
Right off the bat, the year alone is enough to make us say Oh, no, thank you, but believe us when we say things are so much worse than you could even imagine.
Taylor-Joy plays Thomasin, a young woman whose Puritan family has just been cast away from their village following a religious disagreement (classic).
Now on their own, the family is forced to fend for themselves all whilea sinister presencemakes itself known on the outskirts of their farm.
The movie continuouslykeeps viewers guessingwhether there really is something malicious at play or if the family is simply falling into a shared hallucination - similar to what Eggers would explore in his 2019 feature,The Lighthouse.
Along with Taylor-Joy,The VVitchalso features performances fromRalph Ineson(The First Omen),Kate Dickie(Loki) andHarvey Scrimshaw(The School for Good and Evil).
The VVitch Set the Course of Robert Eggers Career
Firmly planted with a 91% critics approval rating onRotten Tomatoes,The VVitchsolidified Eggers as a welcome new visionary to the fold ofperiod piece filmmakers.
While he typically leans towards the more unsettling and dark, not all the directors projects necessarily fall under the umbrella of horror films.
AfterThe VVitch, Eggers returned four years later with the psychological thriller,The Lighthouse, which followedWillem DafoeandRobert Pattinsonas lighthouse keepers during the late 1890s - its weirder andmuch more interesting than it sounds.Then, in 2022, Eggers went way back in time through his historical action drama,The Northman, which followed a Viking bent on vengeance.
Always down for a collaboration, Eggers has been known to form bonds with many of his actors, with names like Ineson, Dickie, Dafoe, Taylor-Joy and others popping up time and time again.
Right now, intrigued audiences can head over to Prime Video to see where Eggers career kicked-off, asThe VVitchis now streaming.
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A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
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