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The Witches [Le Streghe] **** (1967, Silvana Mangano, Clint Eastwood, Annie Girardot, Francisco Rabal, Leslie French, Alberto Sordi, Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Pietro Tordi, Laura Betti, Helmut Berger) – Classic Movie Review 12,511

The 1967 Italian anthology film The Witches [Le Streghe] is a most enjoyable showcase for the talents of movie goddess Silvana Mangano in five star roles in five comic stories about witches. It is a […]

May, 20

Suspiria ** (2018, Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Grace Moretz, Angela Winkler, Mia Goth) – Movie Review

You’ve got to hand it to Luca Guadagnino. He’s gone from one of the best movies at the 2107 London Film Festival – Call Me by Your Name – to one of the worst in […]

Oct, 16

I Married a Witch **** (1942, Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Cecil Kellaway) – Classic Movie Review 7189

Director René Clair sprinkles magic dust on this enchanting 1942 whimsical comedy about a 260-year-old witch (Veronica Lake) and her much, much older wizard dad (Cecil Kellaway) who materialise in the present to scare the […]

Jun, 18

The Witches **** (1990, Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 5869

‘As far as children are concerned, a witch is easily the most dangerous of all the living creatures on Earth.’ It is perhaps quite surprising to find Nicolas Roeg directing the 1990 film The Witches […]

Aug, 07

Cry of the Banshee *** (1970, Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Hilary Dwyer, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Mower) – Classic Movie Review 2835

Vincent Price is back in Witchfinder General mode in 1970’s Cry of the Banshee, as a wicked magistrate hunting out witches. Vincent Price is back in the Witchfinder General-mode horror business in 1970’s Cry of […]

Aug, 22

Seventh Son **½ (2014, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges) – Movie Review

Ben Barnes heads the cast as young Tom Ward, who is apprenticed to the local Spook, old but still fighting fit Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges), to learn to fight evil spirits. Old Greg has sought […]

Mar, 26

Hocus Pocus *** (1993, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 1840

Director Kenny Ortega’s 1993 movie Hocus Pocus is an amusing, high-spirited Halloween fantasy comedy from the Walt Disney studio. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy give engaging turns as three witch sisters hanged in […]

Nov, 13

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