Gallery: How The Witch's Director Made His Film So Terrifying

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    Anya Taylor-Joy plays Thomasin, then oldest daughter of a doomed Puritan family.
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    William (Ralph Ineson) leads his family in prayer before supper.
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    The homestead as seen through the haunted wood.
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    Kate Dickie taking a break from playing one scary mom (Lysa Arryn in *Game of Thrones*) to play another scary mom (Katherine).
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    Something wicked this way comes toward Thomasin and her family.
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    Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), the family's eldest son, is taken ill under mysterious circumstances.
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