Very hard movie to stick with.. Most of the speaking (which is sparse) is via narration, & almost all of it is head scratching & vague. So much of it is shot in extreme (shaky) close up that it feels somewhat manic, while also simultaneously feeling like the slowest movie ever.. the "mama" witch's makeup (& acting - imo) scratched out any believability/creep factor from the first scene.. the entire movie (once it starts moving, if you can call it that..) follows a young feral girl that (as an infant) was promised to a witch once she turns 16.. soo, instead of enjoy the 16 years she has with her (which was the deal), the mother sticks her in a cave basically to rot & live like a caveman?.. well witch gets in, takes girl out into the world & makes her a witch/shape-shifter as well. Literally the rest of the movie is her killing & experiencing life thru other beings (a few girls, a man, a dog).. mind you she's a cave witch so she can't speak so.. that's about that.. my stream dropped out with less than 10 mins left & I genuinely couldn't bring myself to go back & finish. I wanted to like it but wow.. PAINFULLY slow (I live for slow burns), & up its own ass.. Definitely wouldn't categorize this as horror.. horror elements, absolutely.. music, atmosphere, subject matter, overall mood- completely not what you're expecting (I wasn't anyway).. slow, gentle, ethereal, & yet.... just not that interesting, not really great to look at, not sure WHAT the message or motivation is at all.. there were way too many times "The Witch" came to mind as a very obvious reference point.
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