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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
The Witch was mentioned as an example of a film that builds tension through atmosphere and subtle cues rather than explicit gore, which was a technique that Conan O'Brien found particularly effective.
I've noticed something that I was watching the movie that came out a number of years ago, The Witch and it's, is it Eggers who made that film?
— Episode: Jordan Peele
Episode: Jordan Peele
The Witch was mentioned as an example of a film that builds tension through atmosphere and subtle cues rather than explicit gore, which was a technique that Conan O'Brien found particularly effective.
I've noticed something that I was watching the movie that came out a number of years ago, The Witch and it's, is it Eggers who made that film?
Episode: Jordan Peele
It was mentioned as a film that creates an eerie environment and can be scary even without excessive gore or violence; the example used was the rustling tree line.
I've noticed something that I was watching the movie that came out a number of years ago, The Witch. And it's, is it Eggers who made that film?
And I noticed that there was one thing that to me, I love a movie that creates such an eerie environment. Things that aren't otherwise scary are frightening to me. So there's one shot early in The Witch which just shows a bunch of, it's a tree line. It's just a tree line and the wind's moving through it. It's a New England tree line and the wind's moving through it and the leaves are rustling and it stays on that shot and there's the music. And I remembered feeling like the hair on the back of my neck standing up.