It really was. One scene that immediately springs to my mind was Mozelle looking into the mirror and recounting what happened the night her lover killed her husband.
Yep that stood out to me as well.
What questions do you have?
I wonder if parts of this movie were edited. I thought Cisely's reaction was a bit extreme about her period. I speculated that her father molested her but they didn't want to show it. Plus what was the point of Eve destroying the letter where their father claims that it he didn't touch Cisely. It seemed he was telling the truth here and the family is going to think otherwise?
I believe it was real. All of that happened.
I suspect it may have not been real because I think the curse on the family was in the works before Eve visited that witch. Things were off even before Louis met his maker.