I cannot write my name.

           I will guide thy hand.

ANYA TAYLOR-JOY
as Thomasin in The Witch (2015)

THE WITCH (2015) dir. Robert Eggers

I am that very witch.

Levitation in horror movies

THE CRAFT (1996)
THE CONJURING (2013)
THE EXORCIST (1973)
THE WITCH (2015)
THE BABADOOK (2014)
JENNIFER’S BODY (2009)
STIGMATA (1999)
HEREDITARY (2018)
IT (2017)
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

THE WITCH (2015) dir. Robert Eggers

the 2010s + religious/folk horror films

uses the unknowns and symbolism of organized religion, including tales of the apocalypse, satan, the anti-christ, and cults, to scare viewers, and desecrates what is considered comforting and holy in order to shock them.

The Adversary oft comes in the shape of a he-goat. And whispers. Aye, whispers. He is Lucifer, you know it.

Black Phillip in The Witch (2015) dir. Robert Eggers