While viewers glimpse The Witch's titular evil early in Robert
Eggers» stunning debut feature, it's not until the central family's eldest son gets lost in the woods that we get a full, creeping view.
While we totally agree that Mr.
Eggers book may be «supremely readable», «haunting, beautifully shaped and sad», we would argue that there are many fine writers who — sometimes by choice, sometimes not — end up self - publishing their work.