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Anya Taylor-Joy's breakout horror role still resonates

Original: Anya Taylor-Joy’s breakout movie gave horror a different kind of female lead

Commentary is revisiting Anya Taylor-Joy's breakout film, The Witch, arguing it introduced a different kind of female lead to horror. Rather than a final girl defined by survival, her character Thomasina is portrayed as ambiguous, haunted and transformative, reshaping how horror thinks about its female protagonists. Writers note the 2015 film's influence is still felt in the genre nearly a decade later.

Why now: Ongoing film coverage is reappraising how The Witch changed horror's portrayal of women.

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• Anya Taylor-Joy’s breakout movie gave horror a different kind of female lead · IMDb
• Anya Taylor-Joy’s breakout movie gave horror a different kind of female lead · Polygon.com

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