People were staring at me with a glassy-eyed look on their faces, she says.

I thought, Oh my God, it begins!

After a sorceress steals Thomasins baby brother, the family descends into paranoia and religious mania.

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With the dialogue, Im using things that people actually said in the period, he says.

I completely panicked, she says.

The words gripped my heart with an icy cold hand.

I didnt sleep a wink.

The film was shot in very rural Ontario.

Wed drive two hours to set and there was no cell service, no Internet, says Taylor-Joy.

In real life, Charlie proved less than evil except to actor Ineson, the films patriarch.

Charlie basically wanted to sleep, chill out, or attack Ralph, says Eggers.

Charlie was a good guy, but he didnt care that I was trying to make a film.

The Witchopens in theaters on Feb. 19.