Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 84: The Witch
In Episode 84 below we review The Witch and Babes in Toyland. The episode starts out with a conversation about Prince, where Kris gets real life events spoilerpieced. Then after a very brief review of Babes in Toyland, a Janet Jackson tangent, and singing, we address some listener questions that arrived via voicemail and email. Along the way, we stumble into tangents about Forrest Gump, Vin Diesel, and The Brattle Theatre’s owl before we move on to the main event: our review of The Witch. All three of us love its ratcheting sense of dread and how it becomes terrifying, bordering on horrifying in its final act. Plus early, Dave admits that there’s a moment in it that makes him feel very uncomfortable as a new dad. Following some differentiation between rabbits and hares, and talk of famous last words in the movie, we all laud The Witch for its good direction, great recreation of its time period, and excellent detail. In fact, we spend so much time talking about it, that we don’t get a chance to explore Tim Burton’s Batman, which was also on the agenda. Alas, we’ll just have to review it in Episode 85, so be sure to watch it in advance as prep.