Review of Mandrake

Mandrake (2022)
8/10
Great gritty folk horror!
20 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie! I liked how it was gritty, straight-forward, and quite unpredictable... yet at it's core it was a traditional folk horror witch tale.

What I enjoyed the most was that the movie didn't resort to the tired ambiguous "am I going crazy" quasi-psychological trope, but the witchcraft and the supernatural were presented at face value (which I find a rare treat nowadays). Also the brutality of the townfolk was presented well, and made me kind of root for Bloody Mary.

The ending could have been better thought out of and more imaginative, but I wasn't mad at it. Now it was more like this basic open horror ending.

I recommend this for anyone who loves witch movies!
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