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Had Robert Eggers’ The Witch (2015) not existed, The Sudbury Devil could have come off as something refreshingly original, at least on a conceptual level. That doesn’t mean I am alleging Andrew Rakich’s movie of cribbing off Eggers’ modern-day masterpiece. The inspiration is clearly visible, but Rakich’s folk horror is majorly Lynchian in nature as well. That obviously means the narrative, although there is one, is the secondary component in this movie. The movie understandably grows bizarre with every passing minute and ends at a point where you feel very confused (most likely). However, if you’re well-versed in American history, especially that of New England, then you can figure out what this movie is really about, underneath all the craziness. Of course, I’m going to try to break it down in this article as well.

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What Happens in the Movie?

At Sudbury, Massachusetts, a pair of magistrates,...