Set in 1630s New England,Robert Eggers’s film is redefining the horror genre with its period detail and scares. It’s the stuff of real nightmares, he tells us Of all the reasons to make a film – money, and acclaim,the script youve been working on since primary school – the director Robert Eggers had fairly a different motivation. “My earliest nightmares were approximately witches,” he says gravely. “Witch nightmares occupy plagued me my whole life until, or finally,I made this film. I haven’t had any more now. Something was exorcised through making this.” Related: Did arthouse horror hit The Witch trick mainstream US audiences? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com