Mysterious THE WITCH Clips and More Promotional Videos Watch the new THE WITCH clips and more promotional videos! The film, directed by Robert Eggers, stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, and Ron G. Young. THE WITCH will be released in theaters on February 19. New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. ‘The Witch’ is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own fears and anxieties, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil.