The Noonday Witch

2016

1h 30m

Drama

Horror

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80%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

30%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A mother and daughter start a new life in a remote house. When the daughter discovers that her mother has lied about her father, their relationship begins to wither.

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Leah Pickett

Chicago Reader

The climax suffers from unimpressive visual effects, but not enough to sink the measured, atmospheric buildup of the first two thirds or the exquisite performance from Geislerova.

Jul 20, 2017

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Andrew Wyatt

The Lens

A domestic sort-of-ghost story, so determinedly slow-burning that it almost forgets that it's supposed to be frightening.

Rated: C+

Dec 7, 2018

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Joule Zelman

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

If the movie's symbolism is heavy, it also makes for some gorgeous shots of sinister women creeping through the shining wheat.

Aug 22, 2017

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

The film's lyrical construction and intense central performance from Geislerov, well matched by newcomer Lipowsk, do justice to the enduring power of the story,.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 11, 2016

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Anton Bitel

Projected Figures

Both mythic and modern, and beautifully shot too, The Noonday Witch eclipses expectations.

Oct 8, 2016

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Xav N

Brilliant Horror. Creepy creepy creepy. On the same level as Hagazussa and Yella - both foreign films. All must watches

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/21/23

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Hugo - Shudder M

Mother and daughter move to a quiet village to start a new life but soon their peace is disturbed by feelings of loss and grief. The haunting serves as a metaphor for mental illness, a formula we have all seen before in other psychological thrillers. A clear homage to the superior "The Babadook".

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/22

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adam b

Then rjr. The tjfirst tn

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Beautiful to look and a great child actress performance aside, the Noonday Witch seems to strive for mythic but never quite gets there, and it's rarely as scary as it needs to be.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Jiri Sádek

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Anna Geislerová

Eliska

Karolína Lipowská

Anetka

Daniela Kolárová

Mrs. Mrázová

Jirí Strébl

Zdenek Polácek

Marie Ludvíková

Dása Polácková

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Synopsis

A mother and daughter start a new life in a remote house. When the daughter discovers that her mother has lied about her father, their relationship begins to wither.

Director: Jiri Sádek
Screenwriter: Michal Samir
Genre: Drama, Horror
Original Language: Czech
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m

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