The Witch (2015) Universal - July 2016

[samdvd1]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-W...lu-ray/152046/

A devoutly Christian family in 1630's New England, struggles to survive living along the edge of a vast wilderness. When one of their five children goes missing and their life-sustaining crops fail, they fall victim to paranoia and fear as they begin to turn on one another. The decimation of their family unit creates an opportunity for incredible evil to emerge and attempt to destroy them all.

[Foggy]

I was going to see this today, but it seems I'm busy. I don't understand why cinemas are so adamant at putting horror films in the evening only.

[samdvd1]

Anyone seen this yet? I caught the trailer recently in the cinema, but unfortunately I'm offshore/remote working so won't get the opportunity to catch it at the moment. It did look pretty good.

[Dean learner]

Caught a morning screening and I loved it. It won't please everyone, lovers of jump-scares and mainstream horror will hate it, but for those who like their horror films to have some intelligence and originality about it are in for a treat. However, it might owe a wee bit to Anti Christ. And it's got Finchy from The Office in it!

Special mention to the hare who stole the show for me.

Can't wait for the blu so I can see it without teenagers running out of the screening once they realised that it was a period piece.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Dean learner

Caught a morning screening and I loved it. It won't please everyone, lovers of jump-scares and mainstream horror will hate it, but for those who like their horror films to have some intelligence and originality about it are in for a treat. However, it might owe a wee bit to Anti Christ. And it's got Finchy from The Office in it!

Special mention to the hare who stole the show for me.

Can't wait for the blu so I can see it without teenagers running out of the screening once they realised that it was a period piece.

I agree with this. I liked it very much, but a lot of people in my audience were definitely disappointed with it at the end. It's a solid horror, but certainly not a mainstream one.

[tob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RctnAS3v-9Q

[Arch Stanton]

Don't know if I'll be able to see this in cinemas. Only showing at the more arthouse type places so might have to be a pre-order instead.

[CavebobSpongeman]

Literally just out of the door on the way to see this. I love my horrors with a bit of originality and I can't wait to see it.

[kristoffer]

I don't think this will get a therical release here, so I will have to get this.

[mredman]

Are they serious "no subtitles" with how they talk there should absolutely be subtitles on. What are they thinking

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by mredman

Are they serious "no subtitles" with how they talk there should absolutely be subtitles on. What are they thinking

Why? It's English. You wouldn't ask for subtitles for a Shakespeare play, would you?

[Rockercub]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Why? It's English. You wouldn't ask for subtitles for a Shakespeare play, would you?

Yeah, but if you're going to see Shakespeare, you probably have some familiarity with the play that carries you through any language issues. I've only seen a couple, and I made sure to read them first. With The Witch, I found myself struggling to understand the language at times, and I'm looking forward to watching it with subtitles. According to Amazon, the US version will have them. And actually, the Amazon UK listing states that there are English subs for the hearing impaired, which is better than nothing.

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Why? It's English. You wouldn't ask for subtitles for a Shakespeare play, would you?

I like having subtitle options in general, especially useful for when I don't want to crank up the volume and for combating mumblers.
Also lets not forget the deaf or hard of hearing. I think UK releases should have minimum an English HOH track, but ideally as many subtitle language options that are available.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Why? It's English. You wouldn't ask for subtitles for a Shakespeare play, would you?

Exactly, deaf people should be able to lip read it anyway...

[tob]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Why? It's English. You wouldn't ask for subtitles for a Shakespeare play, would you?

To be honest with you foggy, i did find it hard to understand the dialogue at the start then as it went on i got used to it but it would be helpful to have subtitles as a option.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Why? It's English. You wouldn't ask for subtitles for a Shakespeare play, would you?

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by mredman

It's great when everyone else can make better points you were making than yourself.

Does no one think the authenticity of the film would have been lost if they forced subtitles in the theatrical version, especially with it being a horror film. Yeah, the whole "One Hath Dost" lingo got a bit hard to fit my head a round, but I was never confused as to what they were saying. It's not like A Field in England where I was generally having to rewatch parts just to get a simple grasp of what the blazes some people were chatting (and either then, subtitles would have tuned that).

Plus, if you're after subtitles, is that taking the old English speech and changing it to modern language? Isn't that just ruining the whole intention if the film regardless? Considering at the end the film explicitly says it was formed from many authentic writing and stories. And if the subtitles would have just reiterated the old English dialogue with all "One Hath Dost", would it really help you guys? Is it just the accents that were the problem? Like when they originally had Kes released with subtitles back in 60's.

My opinion is you don't like the dialogue, don't pick up the film.

[Rockercub]

Originally Posted by Foggy

It's great when everyone else can make better points you were making than yourself.

Does no one think the authenticity of the film would have been lost if they forced subtitles in the theatrical version, especially with it being a horror film. Yeah, the whole "One Hath Dost" lingo got a bit hard to fit my head a round, but I was never confused as to what they were saying. It's not like A Field in England where I was generally having to rewatch parts just to get a simple grasp of what the blazes some people were chatting (and either then, subtitles would have tuned that).

Plus, if you're after subtitles, is that taking the old English speech and changing it to modern language? Isn't that just ruining the whole intention if the film regardless? Considering at the end the film explicitly says it was formed from many authentic writing and stories. And if the subtitles would have just reiterated the old English dialogue with all "One Hath Dost", would it really help you guys? Is it just the accents that were the problem? Like when they originally had Kes released with subtitles back in 60's.

My opinion is you don't like the dialogue, don't pick up the film.

I don't think anybody said they don't like the dialogue. They just don't understand it at times. Here in the US, we do sometimes have English language films from the UK released with subtitles in the theaters because we're not used to some of the heavier accents. I'm not saying that was necessary for The Witch -- I agree, it wasn't as bad as A Field In England -- but it's nice to have that option. Again, it's not like Shakespeare where you can go pull out the play and have a read. And it's also very likely that after seeing it with the subtitles once, I won't ever need them again. But I would like that one experience with subtitles that allows perfect clarity. Because I do like the dialogue.

[Luke B.]

Any info about the extras?
Also, can we expect portuguese subtitles? I'm almost sure that the US release will have only english subtitles.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Foggy

My opinion is you don't like the dialogue, don't pick up the film.

But what if I haven't seen the movie? I won't know whether I like the dialogue until I have!