The season of fear is in full swing and is the hardest and most difficult time to cast spells, create altars and worship the steps of the superherbals. Satan’s faithful concubines to the champions of the crusade for intelligent vibrations and herbal balance. But whichever edition is displayed on the screen, there will be brilliant witchcraft.
Witches can be macabre and macabre or striking symbols of women’s strength and autonomy. We’ve analyzed decades of witch-centric cinema to bring you the BEST witch videos ever made. o’ in France, with witches noted as a useful and hopeful heroine or as a dark manipulative lover of darkness.
Where to watch: Shudder, Peacock, AMC, Fubo, Vudu. Tubi, Kanopy, Redbox, Pluto TV or rental on maximum platforms.
Writer-director Anna Biller, The Love Witch, takes us back to the Technicolor taste of the ’60s with a satirical and delightful look at the sexual hierarchy. Samantha Robinson’s predatory priestess, Elaine, presides over this ancient visual tribute as a witch looking to update her late husband. Using magic to bring down men desperately in love with her, Elaine leaves a trail in her wake as The Witch of Love exposes just how deep men’s concern for women and their sexuality can be.
Where to watch: Vudu, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Redbox or rental on maximum platforms.
Kasi Lemmons (Harriet) made her film debut was Eve’s Bayou, starring a young Jurnee Smollett as a 10-year-old girl, Eve, who lives in 1960s Louisiana. Increasingly concerned about her father’s (Samuel L. Jackson) infidelities and abusive habit, Eve seeks answers imaginable from a local Hoodoo practitioner (Debbi Morgan). Eve’s Bayou is a suffocating and glorious story of love, hate and pain set in a sinister Southern Gothic setting.
Where to watch: HBO Max, Fubo, Kanopy, DirecTV or rental on maximum platforms.
Produced by Jim Henson and based on Roald Dahl’s book, The Witches (which was remade by Robert Zemeckis in 2020) has developed a strong cult following over the past three decades as a deliciously nasty children’s horror film, with a twisted comic look and terrifying visuals. that marked an entire generation. Anjelica Houston titled this story of horrible witches who hide in plain sight as citizens, leaving everything to a boy and his grandmother to save the day after discovering a plot through the Great Witch to destroy each and every child in England.
Where to look: Paramount, or recommended on maximum platforms.
The Craft did for witches what 1987’s The Lost Boys did for vampire movies, bringing culture and legacy to the realm of teen outcasts, refreshing the concoction for a new pack of fans. Campbell and Rachel True: They begin to manipulate witchcraft, it is an immediate boon to their confidence and social status. But darker impulses and paintings want to push aside the quartet in this game-changing gothic pop culture. The Craft is a It will have to be done for some sorcerers-ionados.
Where to watch: HBO Max, or recommended on most platforms.
Based on Alice Hoffman’s 1995 novel and directed by actor and director Griffin Dunne, Practical Magic features a star-studded cast starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. As sisters Sally and Gillian, descendants of tough witches, Bullock and Kidman bring magic to the screen this dramatic comedy about green spell casters who give birth to an evil spirit that threatens their entire family legacy. Despite the stars involved, Practical Magic didn’t find an audience right away, but it has since won adoration and praise for over 25 years. Goran Visnjic (who you can see in the new Hellraiser), Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest and Aidan Quinn as co-stars.
Where to watch: HBO Max, or recommended on most platforms.
Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, adapted from Eiko Kadono’s 1985 novel, is a charming and moving film from Studio Ghibli about a young witch seeking her position in the world. Kiki, a witch girl, moves to a new city with her cat, Jiji, for her mandatory year of independent living, facing life’s demanding situations by supporting herself with an airmail company. It’s a captivating coming-of-age fable about overcoming self-doubt and recognizing one’s own worth.
Where to watch: HBO Max, Hulu, Paramount, Peacock, Pluto TV or rental on maximum platforms.
From captivating to chaotic, The Blair Witch Project cleaned up the workbox and revived the phenomenon of “found images” in horror movies. The terror was left in the hands of the audience when 3 filmmakers went into the forest in search of a local legend. , to get lost, starve and be cruelly interpreted through invisible forces. Largely improvised by the 3 protagonists, who filmed the film themselves and lightly interacted with administrators Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez during genuine production (they were left with fundamental notes every morning leading to scenes and scenarios they had never seen before). The Blair Witch Project happened at a time when the web was still in its infancy, which left Maximus wondering if it was really genuine or not.
Where to see it: Tubi, Kanopy or Alamo On Demand rental.
Dario Argento’s Suspiria is a style of paranoia. An exhibition of unconventional chamber paintings atrocities, evil designs and wild colors that crash into a cowardly attached plot. Going through a nightmare, Argento proves to be a master at creating an environment and a world of his own. The gruesome and convoluted murders, the garish color palette, the creepy sound (including a haunting Goblin score), Suspiria is a hellish brand.
Where to watch: HBO Max, or recommended on most platforms.
This ancient musical, adapted from the glorious Wizard of Oz through L. Frank Baum, would possibly have had a funny and fragile interpretation of witches, but it has imprinted an indelible iconography on the audience. A witch model, so to speak. The black suit and hat, cackling, green skin, broom, those costumes (and outfits) can still be found in Halloween department stores (or as one of the 3 masks in Halloween III: Season of the Witch). The Wizard of Oz may not be a full-blown “witch” movie, but the Wicked Witch of the West is one of the best-known cinematic villains of all time, marking her territory between Dracula, Werewolves, etc.
Where to watch: HBO Max, Kanopy, DirecTV or rental on maximum platforms.
The sheer preoccupation with Robert Eggers’ relentless and puzzling story, The Witch, which only considers a small wooden space and the nearby woods, is a prime example of the effect of horror when composed and precise. Actress Anya Taylor-Joy has become an instant star as Tomasin, the eldest daughter of a seventeenth-century circle of relatives who is attacked through close relatives of witches after the father’s strict devout ideals exiled them all from their New England colony. The witch, as nasty as she is That is, it ends up being a tense and challenging argument to live deliciously (when the choice has been avoided through a crazy and misogynistic society). This is one of the most productive A24 videos to date.
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