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Summary
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
- You scare easily
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+13)
Critics 70Audiences 57GoodWatch 63
Tomatometer83%
Metascore56
User score6.0
IMDb5.8
Letterboxd · 19 K ratings2.9/5
Audience score51%
Running time
1 h 28 min
A typical length for horror movies, −7 min on the typical 95
typical 9588Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 15 countries, rent or buy in 20 more
+5Released
2017
December 8, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
HorrorThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Canada
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 7 moreDirecting · 5
- Adam MacDonald Director, Writer
- Patrick McFadden Third Assistant Director
- Aurèle Gaudet First Assistant Director
- Jenny Mac Script Supervisor
- Francisco Bermudez Second Assistant Director
Production · 11
- Joe Sisto Executive Producer
- Jeff Sackman Executive Producer
- Patrick Roy Executive Producer
- Anne-Claire Villeneuve Executive Producer
- Victoria Sanchez Producer
- Jonathan Bronfman Producer
Camera · 7
- Christian Bielz Director of Photography
- Josh Macdonald First Assistant Camera
- Kyle Borgogelli Key Grip
- Charles Hutchings Second Assistant Camera
- Brandon Mayer Camera Trainee
- Wayne St-George Key Grip
Editing · 2
- Maureen Grant Editor
- Brandon Tobia Project Manager
Sound · 10
- Lee Malia Original Music Composer
- Christopher Guglick Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Paolo Di Teodoro Sound Mixer
- Faustine Pelipel Dialogue Editor
- Rob Sinko ADR Recordist
- Claudia Pinto Sound Effects Editor
Art · 5
- Damian Zuch Production Design
- Leanne Beck Property Master
- Tina Tsai Art Direction
- Jasmin Bender Set Decoration
- Stephanie Maione Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Kendra Terpenning Costume Design
- Alexandra Anger Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Kayla Kertesz Makeup & Hair
- Hannah Grace Rooney Key Hair Stylist
- Keith Bowser Assistant Costume Designer
- Alexandra Rotundo Makeup Department Head
Visual Effects · 2
- Casey Walker Visual Effects Supervisor
- Geoff D.E. Scott Visual Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 1
- Russell Berki Best Boy Electric
Other crew · 8
- Wayne Wells Stunt Coordinator
- Naomi Frenette Stunt Double
- Michael B. Forsey Post Production Supervisor
- Ed Spender Carpenter
- Max MacDonald Special Effects Coordinator
- Jesse Persian Carpenter
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