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A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.
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- The Witch (2016) Director: Robert Eggers. From its first moments, The Witch strands us in a hostile land. We watch (because that’s all we can do, helplessly) as puritan patriarch William (Ralph Ineson) argues stubbornly with a small council, thereby causing his family’s banishment from their “New England” community.
- Suspiria (1977) Director: Dario Argento. Dario Argento’s 1977 Suspiria is the director’s best-loved movie, but it’s also his most atypical work. Unlike the rest of his peak-era filmography (its direct, uneven 1980 sequel Inferno excepted), it’s not strictly a giallo—the lurid murder mysteries Italian directors churned out in the mid-20th century—but instead an abstraction of the genre, removing the procedural narrative layer to replace it with pure aesthetic wonder.
- Spirited Away (2001) Director: Hayao Miyazaki. What is it about Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away that makes it one of his greatest—if not the greatest—films he has ever made?
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) Director: Victor Fleming. You can’t exactly put together a list of witch movies without the most iconic witch in the history of cinema, can you?
- Dalton Norman
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- The Craft (1996) The Craft is available to stream on Fubo TV, MGM+, and The Roku Channel. In a decade crammed with witchy movies, The Craft delivered the best '90s witches.
- The Witch (2015) The Witch is available to stream on Max and Kanopy. Director Robert Eggers turned back the clock with The Witch, and returned the witch movie to its spooky roots in the distant past of American history.
- The Witches (1990) The Witches is available to buy or rent on Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube, and Vudu. Author Roald Dahl's books have been a source of great cinema, and the 1990 adaptation of his creepy classic The Witches lived up to its decisive title.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) Hocus Pocus is available to stream on Disney+ Though Hocus Pocus was largely rejected by critics, it has gone on to become a beloved yearly spooky season tradition.
- Chfinder General (1968) - 6.7
- L, Book, and Candle (1958) - 6.8
- Witches (1990) - 6.8
- Us Pocus (1993) - 6.9
- Witch (2015) - 6.9
- CK Sunday (1960) - 7.1
- Arried A Witch (1942) - 7.1
- Piria (1977) - 7.3
- An (1922) - 7.6
- Rited Away (2001) - 8.6
Starring the legendary actor Vincent Price in one of his best films, Witchfinder General is a historical look at how witchcraft was punished in ancient England. Mad with power, a man tours the country claiming to rid towns of their witch infestations. Lining his pockets with money, the man is pursued by the brother of one of the women who he persec...
In the same year that actors James Stewart and Kim Novak lit up the screen in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, the pair co-starred in an entirely different kind of love story. Bell, Book, and Candle follows a witch who falls for her new neighbor, and uses her black magic to get him to fall in love with her. The only trouble is that he is already engaged...
With most modern witchcraft stories being somewhat apologetic, The Witches was a reminder that witches could still be scary. A young boy accidentally discovers a gathering of witches in his small town. Despite being turned into a mouse, the boy stops at nothing to make sure that the witches don't achieve their evil plan. Generally considered one of...
While it passed by with little fanfare upon its initial release, Hocus Pocus has lived on as a Halloween cult classic. A misfit boy moves to Salem Massachusetts where he accidentally reawakens a trio of evil witches from the 17th century who were executed for their witchcraft. RELATED: Hocus Pocus & 9 Other Cult Classic Halloween Films Practically ...
As far as directorial debuts go, few auteurs burst on the scene quite like Robert Eggers with his film The Witch. The film follows a New England family in the 1630s, who is tormented and split apart by the evils of witchcraft that exists all around them. Capturing its early colonial atmosphere perfectly, The Witch is a rare glimpse at the primordia...
Witchcraft offers filmmakers an infinite number of possibilities with their stories, and Black Sunday explored the horrific potential of black magic. When a witch is put to death in the past, she uses her magic to possess one of her distant future relatives. Part witch story and part possession story, Black Sunday is one of Mario Bava's scariest fi...
I Married a Witch was one of the first films to discover that witchcraft had the capacity to be funny, as well as scary. Using her black magic to return hundreds of years later, a witch resurrects herself in the modern day to torment a man who is a descendent of the person who sentenced her to death. RELATED: 10 Best Horror Movies Of The 1940s Even...
Generally considered one of the best non-English-language horror films of all time, Suspiria was a truly unique vision of terror. When a young American dancer enrolls at a prestigious German dance school, she finds herself at the center of a weird conspiracy involving witchcraft and murder. Director Dario Argento put his entire vibrant color palate...
Told in faux-documentary style, the classic silent film Häxan is still one of the spookiest examples of witchcraft in film. Supposedly recounting the history of witchcraft from the early days until it lead to anti-witch hysteria in Europe, Häxan used many frightening images to enthrall its audience. With no real plot to speak of, the film is a feas...
While most witchcraft stories in film are told from a distinctly European perspective, animated films like Spirited Away offered an entirely different cultural look at witches. A young girl's life is flipped upside down when she moves to the suburbs with her family. On her way there, she accidentally discovers another world that is inhabited by mag...
- Dalton Norman
- Senior Staff Writer
May 3, 1996 · The Craft: Directed by Andrew Fleming. With Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True. A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Andrew Fleming
- 1996-05-03
Aug 2, 2023 · From woodsy aesthetic witch tales to campy cult classics and genuinely freaky flicks, we’ve got all the titles you need for the ultimate witch movie marathon—and no, you definitely don’t ...
Jun 18, 2024 · Over 700 movie fans have come together to cast their votes for the best witch movies. Whether it's a classic story of good versus evil or a more nuanced exploration into the complexities of witchcraft, these films have captivated viewers around the world.
