Tag Archives: witchcraft

Conjure this: a witchy burlesque show and psychic reading performed monthly at a haunted venue in Los Angeles. Not just a scene from a Jess Franco film, this evening of entertainment—called “Belle, Book, and Candle”—is the work of iconic artist, ...

It is quite an honor to be able to put into its proper historical context the Witchcraft series of films.

There is something otherworldly about teenage girls. To those of us who have never been teenage girls, or those of us whose adolescences have receded into a dim bubblegum-scented, glitter-strewn past, they seem inherently alien. The intensity of their friendships, ...

As horror indie Don’t Knock Twice (2017) seems to prove, sometimes it just takes an unstoppably evil hag to help strengthen the bond between an estranged (and equally troubled) mother and daughter. Director Caradog James (The Machine, 2014) and screenwriters ...

“Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when, called In secret, riding through the air she comes, Lured with the smell of infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms.” John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667) ...

Since their conception, Scream Factory has prided their brand on high quality reissues of cult genre films. Certainly the titles that have generated the most noise—the works of John Carpenter, including the Halloween boxset; Nightbreed: The Directors Cut; Day of the ...

Following a series of made for TV and straight-to-DVD titles, Víctor García put his name on the horror film map by directing the ninth installment to the Hellraiser franchise, Hellraiser: Revelations. However, probably not in the manner he would prefer, ...