What does the ending of The Witch mean?

In the end, Thomasin put her name in Satan's book, surrendering herself to his ranks and renouncing her old ways. As she joins to Witches' Sabbath, she finds great joy and comfort in her decision, levitating above the burning remains of her siblings in a display of morbid happiness.
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What happened to Jonas and mercy at the end of The Witch?

They then hear the sound of blood dripping, but The Witch appears and scares the twins and Thomasin, before stabbing and slashing Mercy a bunch as she screams and groans in pain, She tries to fight back but The Witch finishes her by stabbing her some more, She then stabs Jonas to death as well while a screaming ...
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What did The Witch do to the baby?

She added that they had broken into a neighbour's house and murdered his sleeping baby by sucking its life out through the navel. After the child's burial, they dug up the body, boiled and roasted it.
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What happens at the end of Season of The Witch?

The guide and a person in the group are killed along the way, and the priest, Behmen, and Felson are killed in the final battle with the demon and his cohort. The girl is freed when Kay finishes the spell that destroys the demon. Only Kay and the girl survive.
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Why did Thomasin become a witch?

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She became a witch in part because her beliefs were so fervent that in absence of one religious covenant, Thomasin immediately sought an alternative from the only kind of replacement she knew.
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Who was the guy at the end of The Witch?

As for the children, the eldest son, Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw) represents lust, as he constantly ogles Thomasin, and takes his final breath shortly after the witch seduces him in the forest.
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Does The Witch have a happy ending?

In the film's ending moments when we see Thomasin rising above the trees, her face is a kaleidoscope of emotions — horror and exultation, excitement and fear. Although she may be fearful of what's to come from her new life, she's finally free.
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Is The Witch a true story?

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As the ending title screen states, The Witch is not based on a true story. What that means is that there was no one named William who took his family into the woods only to be killed one-by-one by the devil and his servants.
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Why does Caleb look at Thomasin?

Caleb overhears his parents discussing selling Thomasin to another household in order to get food. He decides to go hunting in order to bring his family food, though he is caught by Thomasin who forces him to take her with him.
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Who is the demon in Season of the Witch?

The Demon is the main antagonist of the 2011 fantastic epic movie Season of the Witch. He was portrayed by Claire Foy as the Girl and voiced by Kevin Killebrew in his true form.
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What does witch do to Khal Drogo?

A witch, Mirri Maz Durr, who pretends to be a healer, tells Dany that she could treat the wound and make Drogo well again. However, she practises blood magic on him and the wound becomes fatal, enough to take Drogo's life.
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What is the story behind The Witch?

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The Witch's premise is based on true accounts from the Salem Witch Trial records. The trials took place from 1692 to 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts. More than 200 people were accused of witchcraft during this time, and 30 were found guilty.
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Why is The Witch spelled VVitch?

The premise is based on America's first witch hysteria, set 62 years before the infamous "Salem Witch Trials" in colonial Massachusetts. The spelling of the title "The VVitch" is how the word was written in the story's period because the letter "W" was not yet in common use at the time.
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What happened to Caleb The Witch?

Caleb pitches a fit

He coughs up a whole apple covered in blood, has a moment of religious ecstasy, then dies.
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Do you like the taste of butter?

"Wouldst thou like the taste of butter" - this phrase comes up in The Witch, as if butter is something hard to come by. Was it more expensive or just a religious taboo? Or nothing at all?
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Why was the father banished in The Witch?

William, and by extension the rest, are being banished from a Puritan society because William bears the “sin of prideful conceit.” William refuses to back down and they leave, heads held high. The only one who seems hesitant, as though she wishes she could stay, is Thomasin.
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What does The Witch do with Samuel?

It is soon revealed that a witch has stolen the unbaptized Samuel, killing him and using his body to make a flying ointment for her broomstick and her body. Katherine, devastated by Samuel's abduction, spends her days crying and praying.
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Where did black Phillip come from?

It wasn't supposed to be all about the goat. When production designer-turned-director Robert Eggers set about making his first feature, The Witch, he instructed editor Louise Ford to keep the movie's hircine star — a 210-pound billy goat called Black Phillip — in the margins.
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Who was Mary Deerfield?

Mary Deerfield, the main character of Chris Bohjalian's new novel, “Hour of the Witch,” is a poster child for the proverb, “Marry in haste, repent at leisure.” Having come to Boston as a teenager with her wealthy Puritan parents and lacking sufficiently suitable suitors in this rough, half-civilized place, she marries ...
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Would thou like to live deliciously meaning?

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? Wouldst thou like to see the world?”. The Devil did not coerce Thomasin or initiate contact. Rather, her choices led her towards a delicious life, beginning when she confesses her sins and dissatisfaction with Puritan existence.
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Was there actually a witch in The Witch?

The movie makes it clear from an early point that the witch actually does exist, but it's revealed at the end of the movie that she's not the main threat. The Witch's main antagonist is actually the family's distinctive horned goat Black Phillip, who is revealed to be Satan in disguise.
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Is there already the witch part 2?

“Part 2” is more of that story—Goo Ja-yoon (Kim Da-mi), a mysterious young girl with super-powers, escapes a shady prison-like science lab and then tries to evade a bunch of people who come looking for her—but with a different young protagonist, Cynthia (Shin Si-ah).
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Why did The Witch turn Luke back?

Also, after turning over to the side of good she displays a much happier and lighter personality, giggling as she casts her spells, she's also positive, as she turned Luke back normal as a way to apologize for helping Grand High Witch to turn him into a mouse.
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Why does Grandma cough in The Witches?

The Grand High Witch stays in room 666 of the hotel. Witches put a curse on Grandma to make her cough whenever one of them is nearby. A witch uses her powers to control a snake and disappear into thin air.
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