Robert Eggers spent four years before filming started. Most of that time went to 17th-century primary sources: Cotton Mather's writings, Salem trial transcripts, possession accounts collected by Puritan ministers.
He pulled dialogue directly from the record. Some of what the children say during possession scenes was lifted almost intact from what real children were historically alleged to have said.
Anya Taylor-Joy turned down a Disney Channel pilot to play Thomasin. It was her feature debut.
The Witch won the Sundance Directing Award in 2015, rare for a horror film. A24 bought it within days.
It keeps landing in Backlot lists. If you saved it, now's the time.
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