First Time Watching 'The Witch' (2015) | Arianna & Maple's Spooked Movie Reaction! 

That soft whisper for the Devil's voice was a perfect choice - it's so easy to slip and go over the top when it comes to portraying him, I'm glad they subverted that expectation and let the viewer's mind fill in the blanks.

The actor who played Caleb did a phenomenal job. His death scene is one of the greatest performances I've ever seen from a young actor. I love this movie. It's definitely unique, has a fantastic aesthetic and the atmosphere from start to finish is unparalleled. Every single actor was fantastic, the dialogue was great and the story unfolds in an increasingly unsettling way.

Robert Eggers is a modern master. I'm SUPER impatient for his version of Nosferatu..

I think Caleb's sin might be lust. Because of Eve and the apple, apples often symbolize temptation. And there are pointed moments of Caleb eyeing his sister, and then being "seduced" by the witch

The boy's monolouge as he lays there dying is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen. It truly felt like I was seeing something spiritually obscene.

I love how they speak. You almost never see period pieces with correct verbiage

One minute into this reaction and I thought to myself: “they ain’t ready for this .”

One thing that's worth mentioning in case you missed it is that Caleb's symptoms are those of syphilis.

i bust out "silence, creature!" every once in a while, so good

This movie easily has some of the best child acting I've ever seen. For me, the boy who played caleb is right up there with haley joel osment in the sixth sense. Ralph Ineson also has one of my favorite voices in hollywood and he'll be in Robert Egger's upcoming Nosferatu next year

Arianna taking off her glasses was prime reaction content 😂😂😂😂.

If the "New England Folktale" got you excited you absolutely have to watch Over the Garden Wall. It is PHENOMENAL

Maples’s story Was glorious

Arianna taking off her glasses: "I don't wanna see this." 😂😂😂

“The goats awake and he’s MUNCHIN…. He’s MUNCHIN and CRUNCHIN” 😂😂😂😂

"Nothing good ever happens in an attic or a basement." ...and yet so many teens are displaced to such parts of a home. Maple cracked the code!

I've watched well over a thousand horror movies, and this one is my favorite by a pretty wide margin. Perfectly crafted horror preying on a variety of everyday fears. Love love love.

We need a "IT WAS DEFINITELY THE GOAT" shirt 😂

I just loved everything about this movie.

I was hoping for a good reaction when the witch grabs the back of Caleb's head, and you guys did not disappoint. There's something truly hypnotic with how effectively the VVitch portrays the isolation of the family and just the hardships of colonial living, and the almost seductive way the more shocking stuff is presented, with lots of slow push ins and pull outs. Massive props to Anya Taylor-Joy as well, the movie hinges on her giving a good performance and she is amazing throughout

Eggers & Anya 🙌 my favorite horror film of all time

This movie transcends its genre and is just a great film. Really enjoyed the reaction!

This is one of a few slow burn "horror" films released around the same time that I enjoyed. Love the reaction ladies.

“Wouldst thou like the taste of ‘I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter’?”

I figure raising people with the idea that they deserve to burn in hell is a solid way of keeping expectations low.

The most disturbing part is my favorite 😭 Them showing how she had to sacrifice the baby to get an innocents blood to get powers. The way she lay sideways with the stick to fly. 😭🤌 Caleb's monologue, the dads' when he's praying, the mom when she screams "We'll starve!" - chills

I've come to the conclusion that A24 horror shines when they choose tales where children are not safe. We are all still kids in certain regards; and our innocence is something we all experienced and have in common. And on top of all this...Hereditary. the Witch. Talk to Me. Take away the supernatural elements, and they still work. We connect; and when we connect, we can truly be horrified.

This is a cautionary tale to not eat strange mushrooms in the woods. :)

Maple talking through the quieter bits because she’s nervous…ya breaking’ the sense of dread, chile! Arianna knows it😁

In a time where horror movies are mostly crappy jump scares this one was a slow burn psychological mind fuck. And also absolutely brilliant. Also my first introduction to Anna Joy Taylor, a fantastic actress from the start.

Black Philip's voice at the end gave me chills

Maple (high vibrational answer): A CORRAL of witches Ariana (low vibrational answer): A covenant of witches

One of my favorite movies!!! How exciting that you're reacting to it!

Maple, GREAT impression of a deranged rabbit. It's all in the eyes!

You can hear the witch tearing the twins to pieces

The Puritans were Calvinists, which means they believed in predestination; basically because God is all knowing, whether or not you are saved or damned is known before you are even born, and there is no way for you to live your life to change that or logically determine which side you are on. In practice what this meant was that Calvinists looked for signs in their lives that God favored them to reassure themselves, usually related to their own material prosperity (or lack thereof). The idea being that God wouldn't let on of "The Elect" suffer and toil. This feeds in to modern day attitudes that people deserve to either be rich or poor btw. In the film this is used to show how the families struggle to survive in an environemnt they know little about creates this constant, building tension. Its explicitly referenced when the father is praying the night before he dies and insists to himself "I have not damned my family" which is as close as he gets to admitting its his fault for getting the family banished in the first place. I'm a fan of the interpretation that there is no withch and the whole thing is just a self-destruction brought on by the families lack of survival skills (they are from England, most Puritans were craft workers and town dwellers who didnt even know how to farm european crops let alone America corn.), their insane religious doctrine, and some kind of hallucinagenic crop blight.

Great reaction! I think you should make a series of reactions to Twin Peaks, if that's viable. It's fun and weird and creepy.

I'm so glad to see y'all reacting to this one. It's a personal favorite of mine. Fun video, as always!

Its always wonderful when both of you react to stuff together !

"Thas no ordinary rabbit! Thas the most foul, cruel, and bad tempered rodent you've ever set eyes on! It's a killer!"

3 Things! 1st off, this movie is more so darkkkk af. 2nd the actors, knocked this out of the damn park!! The dialogue and acting was so good. Caleb killed it. 3rd, I think when Caleb was moaning and stuff, he was seeing the light and embraced death, idk tho, it’s just a theory. It’s a crazy viewing tho for sure.

The way this movie build tension with music is just some new level shit I swear...I remember watching this movie daylight and still hideing my eyes MASTERPIECE

This has nothing to do with this movie and is a little bit out of nowhere, but I think that a really cool thing for you guys to watch for october/Halloween is "Over the Garden Wall". It's not very spooky, but it's really good and has really big Halloween vibes.

I think the reason the twins couldn't say the lords prayer is because they were already under the spell of Black Philip.

I’ve never seen it so I have my popcorn ready.. and ready to be scared! With all of you!

When she took off her glasses off I was cracking up... which is terrible since it was juxtaposed with a baby being crushed to powder... 😅

This movie was an experience! Great Reaction.

After I saw this movie for the first time, I had my first (and so far only) night terror.

I've grown to love both your reactions, but both of reacting together is always great.

This was Anya Taylor Joy first big movie... wow😮❤

2 things. The devil offering her butter and a new dress, those would have been LUXURIES to a girl in the 1600s. Ill never forget watching this innthe theater and a dude yelling "Bitch sold her soul for land o Lakes and Penneys!' Also, the language the witches are chanting is Enochian, and the langiage advisor for the film switched words around because they didnt want to actually recite a spell or anything.

Great reaction. What a film. Saw this in the theater. A couple of women left in a huff after the early scene with the infant. And they made a BIG SHOW about leaving. Call me sick, but that gave me great pleasure.

This movie was so creepy. The one thing I luv about it is the fact that there's a metal band now named Black Phillip. 😆🙃

I’m a secular Jew that couldn’t really care less about religion, but this movie felt so blasphemous/wrong and I love it

Two lovely ladies jumping and screaming. What harm can happen. Looking forward to this. Cheer's 🇬🇧

HAHAH I ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOVE YOUR REACTIONS AND COMMENTS, MAPLE GETS ME EVERY TIME! HAHAHA

I thought this was one of the better horror movies ive seen since The Shining. The time period, location and dialogue are just amazing at creating a really creepy atmosphere. Great film.

It's only after seeing some reaction videos that I discovered there are two versions of this movie. The first two times I saw it, we never really saw the witch until the scene in the barn. When Sam dissappeared, he was just gone... We didn't see the witch carry him away, or see his fate. And when Caleb found her cabin, we saw her in the shadow of the doorway, but not clearly. She didn't come out and we didn't see her interact with Caleb. The scene cut and he wasn't seen again until he returned home. Honestly, I think that made it more creepy.

I think Maple's story contained more of the word "like" than it did any other words. Holy smokes 😂🤣

The implication that Jonas and Mercy are why those ladies are floating was not something I realized until I watched this a couple times.

Just watch this again recently since it was back in theaters its so good love the atmosphere

Oh man, I would love to see the girls' react to Terence Malik's The New World, especially since Arianna is interested in New England colonial history.

My favourite time of year for react channels.

I appreciate all the metaphors and reflections of beliefs of the time in this film. They believed that within the community was God and safety, whereas the woods were the home of the devil. (Interesting how that view has taken a complete 180 as we now retreat to the woods to reach higher 'states' of being) The devil is often referred to, for whatever reason, as a goat in history as well as some remaining religions. We also understand children to be more innocent and sensitive to spiritual simplicities which horror films like to harp on as a creepy thing (though it is this exact pureness that would protect them from being 'taken' so easily by evil).

Insane historical significance! The puritans were religious zealots closer to late Catholicism than contemporary Christianity, so it makes sense that they would’ve been banished from the community. As for the witch, infant sacrifices were apparently necessary to form a covenant with the devil, so the first person taken being the baby is really attentive. 10/10

ari saying 'a bat' may be the line of the year also us new engladers are so odd but pretty cool

Awesome film. Such a great slow burn.

Absolutely adore this movie

Would've been kinda nice if they gave more of their thoughts on the film in the outro, whether or not they liked it and why

I remember seeing this in theaters and it legit messed me up 😂

Yesssssssssss❤ I've been waiting for this🙏🙏🙏

Okay, I know I'm broken🙃 but the is in my top 5 favorite movies! Like, I will turn the soundtrack on sometimes just to relax 😬 I know lol. I grew up all over New England and was obsessed with everything referenced in this movie from an early age. I LOVED how the whole vibe shifted at 3:24 with the glasses😂🤣

Just pops in my mind: This was Anya Taylor-Joy first big role, and she lives in it almost in the wilderness, her caracter name Tomasin. Thomasin McKenzie first big role was in "Leave No Trace", and she lives in it literally in the wilderness. Both are amazing actresses, and they play together in the "Last night in Soho". Please watch that movie, they both are great in that.

The answer to the question of why Thomasin just waited around after her family was dead: Where was she going to go? They live in colonial times, in the wilderness, VERY far from anyone else, and she can't go back to the town (which wasn't nearby) because they were banished. Her leaving her house would be the equivalent of any one of us just walking into the wilderness. I mean, even with a farm and a house and all that, life in those times was precarious. Even if there was no witch or supernatural horror involved at all, if Thomasin just left, she'd be dead within a day or two, from starvation/dehydration, the elements, predators, whatever. At her house, she at least had shelter, lots of chopped wood, whatever there was of the farm, etc. It's not like it is today where there are towns next to towns next to cities next to towns. When and where they were, it's just endless wilderness. Also, it looked pretty cold and gray so, yeah, she wouldn't survive very long if she just left her house and went... well, nowhere in particular. Also, you have to remember that the characters in the movie don't know they're in a horror film. They don't know the story in which they're characters is called "The Witch." It's like if you hear a loud thump somewhere outside your house, you don't immediately think, "Uh-oh. Monsters. I better jump in the car, escape the area, sell my house remotely, and settle in a new city." You just think, "What was that? Hm. Probably the neighbor banging his gate shut." Or if someone you know is in a terrible accident, you don't think, "It was probably a witch! I better run!" You think, "Oh, man, I can't believe Tommy was in a car accident. Thoughts and prayers..."

Funny that you say “nope” to the best ending that was possible for Thomasin. Good for her. She escaped oppression. 🖤 🐐 also, fun fact, eating butter was considered to be a sin worse than lying back then. For poor people only. 🤔

“Knew from the start it would end this way tell me how it feels to fade away”

my captions say, "Welcome back to Diet Jesus." lol

Just a wholesome story about some gal pals and their goat having a cozy campfire and commiserating about how their families just don’t understand them

One of the best "spooky" movies ever! So atmospheric and creepy!

Have you given "Over the Garden Wall" a thought? Would be perfect for this time of year!

I remember watching this when I was like 12 and I had no idea what was happening lmfaooo

It’s pretty nuts to me that Robert Eggers says he can’t watch this again because it seems amateurish to him. To me this is an absolute masterpiece

Ever seen the movie "The Crucible," or read the 1953 play by Arthur Miller that it's based on? The story really does provide a chilling look into the politics, psychology, and religious fervor surrounding the witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692/93.

Wow Maple’s impression of that rabbit is uncanny.

First Mandy, now this - what’s up with you covering my favourite (horror) movies lol

This is probably my favorite horror movie next to The Thing

1:06 back then banishment was akin to a death sentence

I love the final scene of the witches coven: Oxiayal holdo od zirom Q coraxo od vabzir camliax Od bahal: Niiso salman teloch! Od par aldon od noan Casarman holq; Gohed saga do zildar zong. Niiso! Bagle abramg pi noncp. Zacare ca od zamran! Odo cicle qaa! Zorge! Zir noco! Hoath Satan Bvfd lonsh londoh babage

I can tell Maple was very nervous watching this hahaha

The "Last night in Soho" is kind of spooky too. 😉

I once saw a heart (likely animal's) in a pentagram of rope in the wood. There was a gap in the pentagram, so someone definitely fucked up with their sorcery)

Arianna busting out the lobster claws super early in this reaction

A cool palette cleanser for this movie would be “The Little Hours”. Great comedy and period piece I think they would enjoy. Just in case this movie was too much for them, a good laugh is a nice cure for what ails them. 😋 Either that “The Autopsy of Jane Doe” if you really want them to have more Salem Witch themed horror fun. The Suspiria remake is a gooden too. Lol

I've dipped a pinky in that pond out of curiousity, read books, only for the sake of reading and knowing how fucked up that stuff was. Anybody, don't. don't. Just stay away from this even if you are not planning to do shit. If someone has a Ouija board DON'T BURN IT, NOR BREAK IT. Take your car, the board and a shovel, drive the further you can go in a field and bury it 6 feet deep in the ground and fucking leave lightspeed. Keep in mind that INVOKE and EVOKE are two different things Invocare means ASKING to do/summon/answer. Evocare means FORCEFULLY drag "something or someone" to do/summon/answer. I won't tell about necromancy (divination through dead corpses) for that would scare shitless people you can't even imagine, you think you can imagine. No, you can't. It's the most horrendous, scellerated, depraved, atrocious and nefarious thing you can do. Even if you succeed and don't die, you get PTSD for life, not the war kind, a much worse one. So, just don't. I assure you there actually are people doing it, and very good at hiding it.

Horror really can not exist without people who seeking opportunities to die))

Robert Egger's made a masterpiece horror film. This was the one that really sold me on modern horror, and one of the few movies where I felt constant dread throughout.

It started out with them saying they loved witches stuff. Salem etc. But they don't seem to know anything about the real witches back in the day.

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

We manage sheep in our farm. I really want a Black Phillip.

best horror movie in the last decade