I must say this movie succeeds massively in a lot of aspects. It feels real, the plotline, the effects, the overall setup and atmosphere are really great. The scenes, the cinematography. There is a lot to praise about this movie and I enjoyed watching it. It surely has some style at the least.
That said, I really wanted to rate it higher, yet there are unfortunately some parts that reduce the overall good score. First of all, the witches just don't really strike me as scary, they don't look scary. Don't get me wrong, I love natural effects, costumes and makeup, and I would any day take it over the CGi, but in this movie they just look a bit lackluster. Realistic, but lackluster. If only they would have a bit more horrifying features in those terror scenes, it would make the whole experience ten time better in my opinion.
One other thing, that I felt was missing was the motivation for the antagonists. You see, there might be some obvious motivation there, yet it hasn't felt explored fully and hasn't felt really justified.
And the last thing that I didn't really like was the ending, it didn't feel like a proper ending, it felt like too many ends were left hanging...
Other than that, it's an overall well-rounded performance, if a sequel is made (which I feel, is a must) this movie might as well take a deserved place among one of the best scary movies about witches.
That said, I really wanted to rate it higher, yet there are unfortunately some parts that reduce the overall good score. First of all, the witches just don't really strike me as scary, they don't look scary. Don't get me wrong, I love natural effects, costumes and makeup, and I would any day take it over the CGi, but in this movie they just look a bit lackluster. Realistic, but lackluster. If only they would have a bit more horrifying features in those terror scenes, it would make the whole experience ten time better in my opinion.
One other thing, that I felt was missing was the motivation for the antagonists. You see, there might be some obvious motivation there, yet it hasn't felt explored fully and hasn't felt really justified.
And the last thing that I didn't really like was the ending, it didn't feel like a proper ending, it felt like too many ends were left hanging...
Other than that, it's an overall well-rounded performance, if a sequel is made (which I feel, is a must) this movie might as well take a deserved place among one of the best scary movies about witches.