Saw this back at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Note: Review has been edited after a second watch.
The story is about a young witch in the 19th century who was kept isolated from humanity until adulthood, then experiences what it's like to be human for the first time by taking over the bodies of villagers and living out their lives. Australian director Goran Stolevski takes influence on experimental, artsy and cinematic horror movies from the past and tries to create his version of witchcraft horror like "The Witch". Stolevski no doubt is trying his best which I applaud him for doing so. Here, while the film is flawed, the beautiful camerawork, performances, music, and writing elements helps to make the film interesting and unique.
The production costumes that sets the period of Macedonian culture is interesting, most of the performances are pretty good, and some really good visual effects that looked really good. The actors portraying the main character was an interesting choice I must say. The characters however wasn't as very interesting as I was hoping for because they weren't given enough depth to care much about. At times, the narration provided felt like the movie didn't know how to find creative ways to present the story so they just gave us exposition instead of allowing the audiences to be creative and think about it.
Overall, while it has it's problems, the film is worth a shot.
Rating: B+
Note: Review has been edited after a second watch.
The story is about a young witch in the 19th century who was kept isolated from humanity until adulthood, then experiences what it's like to be human for the first time by taking over the bodies of villagers and living out their lives. Australian director Goran Stolevski takes influence on experimental, artsy and cinematic horror movies from the past and tries to create his version of witchcraft horror like "The Witch". Stolevski no doubt is trying his best which I applaud him for doing so. Here, while the film is flawed, the beautiful camerawork, performances, music, and writing elements helps to make the film interesting and unique.
The production costumes that sets the period of Macedonian culture is interesting, most of the performances are pretty good, and some really good visual effects that looked really good. The actors portraying the main character was an interesting choice I must say. The characters however wasn't as very interesting as I was hoping for because they weren't given enough depth to care much about. At times, the narration provided felt like the movie didn't know how to find creative ways to present the story so they just gave us exposition instead of allowing the audiences to be creative and think about it.
Overall, while it has it's problems, the film is worth a shot.
Rating: B+