The Love Witch strikes me as a movie that has a lot to say, though I'm not entirely sure what it all is. There's subtext everywhere, from underlying themes of sexism inherent in society to classic 60s horror styling. In particular, influence from Psycho bleeds throughout the film (though, if I'm being honest, I don't know that Hitchcock's the best person to be taking feminist inspiration from, unless that was the point in which case ignore me).
I think maybe this film requires multiple watches? So much of this is bizarre that it's hard to process, and I have a lot of questions. So I understand that in this society, witches are a thing that people have accepted do actually provably exist (I mean, we have wiccan irl, but there's a certain acceptance of them as beings who can actually do magic). Are we intended to view Elaine as victimized by the men around her, taking the blame for their deaths when, as she said, what happens to them was not her doing and she shouldn't be made to be a monster simply for being the target of their affection? Though that theory becomes much more difficult to grasp when she does, in fact, kill a man directly, who's shown her no harm beyond refusing to love her.
Samantha Robinson is excellent, though nobody else in the film really comes close to her in terms of performance (unless you count the costume and set designer, who's the real star of the film).
Overall it's a movie that either 1. I'm too dumb to fully get after one viewing or 2. has messaging made unclear by its desire for style. Whichever it is, it's not forgettable.
8/10
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