This film, written and directed by Robert Eggers, got a lot of attention when it played at Sundance earlier this year. I saw it and the attention is warranted.
Set in New England during the time of the Puritans, a family of two adults and four children are exiled from the local village and sent into the forest to survive on their own. At a most basic level, this may be beyond their skills to survive but they quickly realize that there is another presence in the woods, a presence that is interested in them for its own reasons.
It's a horror film driven by dread rather than gore, although it is prepared to go there when it has to. Atmosphere is augmented through some excellent cinematography and the soundtrack by Mark Korven, a mix of choral pieces and other music that is quite unsettling.
On leaving the theatre, my thought was that this may end up being one of the best films I would see in 2015 (a feeling that was borne out in the remaining days of TIFF). Highly recommended.
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