# The Witch: Part I "Subversion" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 24, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995 "2022-05-24T12:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995/1 "2022-05-24T12:32:44Z")
This is a 2018 Korean movie with English subtitles. The basic plot is that one of a number of genetically engineered super kids makes a bloody escape from the facility in which she was created. She is found unconscious in a field and adopted by the couple that found her. It advances from there with unexpected twists that I will not expose here. I highly recommend it. The Witch: Part II “The Other One” comes out on June 15. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995/2 "2022-05-26T07:16:22Z")
I stumbled across it this past fall and enjoyed it. I’m not sure I understood what happened in the final scene - who/what is the third woman, dressed in white, who appears over Ja-yoon’s shoulder, and to whom is Ja-yoon’s warning directed? Is this a manifestation of Ja-yoon’s increasing powers? Glad to hear that the story continues, and look forward to finding out who the other one is… ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995/3 "2022-05-26T11:47:58Z")
It is unclear and probably intentionally so. Perhaps she is “the other one” in the next part II installment, “The Other One”, which is set for release on June 15. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995/4 "2022-05-26T20:11:48Z")
I liked the repeated use of reflections in the movie, and especially how they handled the one-way mirror in the scene in the semi-abandoned facility. The reason I was left wondering in the final scene was the brief glimpse of a reflection in what I took to be the window behind the older woman that seemed to show the older woman face-on, which was odd, and then the third person showed up almost as if she had been summoned. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995/5 "2022-05-26T23:07:07Z")
I haven’t seen it. Is Part 2 the conclusion, or is this continuing? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995/6 "2022-05-27T11:30:13Z")
One web site that critiqued the movie in detail referred to it as a “franchise”, but I think that really means they will make part III if part II is as popular as part I. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witch-part-i-subversion/964995/7 "2022-05-29T00:11:54Z")
Just coming back to mention that Netflix Canada will only have part 1 available until June 9th, 2022, don’t know about availability in other countries. I re-watched the final scene, and I was misremembering it. The older woman (Dr. Baek’s sister) is not seen reflected in the window, it is the mysterious third woman appearing as if out of nowhere behind Ja-yoon. This makes me think that Ja-yoon is warning this new player to back off in the final spoken line.