As far as the film's emphasis on religion, Christianity and Satanism, I think it is almost neutral. The baby dying and the two kids being taken certainly places Satanism in a horrifying light while the Puritan fanaticism in regards to Thomison doesn't exactly give it a glow. There's a freedom in Thomison's decision to be openly excited about defying the oppression put upon her by her parents, having to obey a significant dedication to a deity through fear of hellfire damnation and repetitious prayer. Her father's emasculated status with his authoritarian wife and lies to her, with Thomison enduring blame because she happened to be in the company of the baby when a witch snatched her away, along with a shrewish, exhaustively burdensome mother who takes to railing on her; there's an understanding of that jovial jubilation that ignites an exhilaration when Thomison rises in the sky, around the fire, along with her new chanting sisters-in-witchcraft.
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