Krista Ousley

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This isn't a horror film, it's a documentary. If you're a horror film junkie and you're looking to this movie to fulfill your adrenaline fix, you're looking in the wrong place. It is not your typical, thoughtless, gorey horror. This story is a perfect -- I mean, 👌🏽 -- retelling of the early 1600s, when staunch Christianity prevailed and "the Devil" served as a scapegoat (see what I did there?) for all things unfortunate that could not otherwise be explained by the knowledge of the time. The nanny goat has mastitis? Must be the devil. Your kid got lost in the woods and ate something poisonous? Devil. Your perfectly normal kids talk to animals and have vivid imaginations? The devil. Your kid is frustrated with your poor performance as a father? She's of the devil. It depicts the absolutely REAL horror that humans imposed on mostly women during this time. If you were clumsy, spoke your mind, your mother hated you, or your own brother sexualized you, it was YOUR fault and YOU were the witch. Remember, they didn't burn witches. They burned women.

The Witch

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I know I'm supposed to think this novel is profound, but I was so flustered by the erratic way in which it's written to finish it. I made it halfway through (and that was after forcing myself to keep going) before I returned it. The time switches are hard to follow, and I honestly don't even know why they're in the book. There's almost a complete lack of plot or storyline aside from Oskar occasionally meeting each Black. It feels akin to Christopher Nolan movies, in which he thinks he's writing over everyone's heads, when really he's just writing a bad movie.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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