The Witch in the Window

Relativement gentil et peu effrayant, le genre de cette histoire de fantômes oscille entre le drame familial et le film d’horreur pour enfants. Cela dit, le temps passe vite, le scénario n’est pas mauvais du tout et l’ensemble divertit – à certains moments, on peut s’amuser à trouver la silhouette de fantôme dissimulée à l’arrière-plan. À part ça, il n’y a rien de bien nouveau ou surprenant. Ce film convient comme distraction pour passer le temps, mais ne cherchez pas plus loin. Et le titre est quelque peu déconcertant, vu que ça ne parle pas de witches ! (05/11/2018)

The films of Andy Mitton so far have always bored me, but this time at least he hits the spot – or how to conceive the tired haunted-house genre with originality and almost no money. The characters are fun, they behave slightly differently than in similar films. I also had fun looking for the ghost of the witch, who often simply appears in the scene without the director needing any jump-scares to draw attention to her. And the story is enjoyable, too, it evolves into a surprisingly emotional drama with a very well executed chilling twist at the end. This film may not be not gratifying enough for the viewers to get Mitton into a wider audience, but as a sample of independent genre filmmaking, is almost perfect. (26/10/2018)