MOVIE REVIEW: “HOKUM” Masterfully Prints the Witch Legend – with a Cackle!
Damian Mc Carthy's latest is a riotous horror thrill ride that delivers surgically composed scares and big laughs with equal aplomb.
RETROSPECTIVE: A Faux Doc About A Faux Doc – 1999’S “CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH” In Context
In this excised essay from their second book, "THAT VERY WITCH," author and genre scholar Payton McCarty-Simas examines a post-postmodern moment in horror history.
The Overt Witchy Feminism Of “THE DEVONSVILLE TERROR”
Movies featuring witches as protagonists tend to be quite progressive but few wear their feminism on their sleeve quite like THE DEVONSVILLE TERROR. Ulli Lommel’s 1983 film tells the violent story of a town built on torturing women, and at the culmination of a deadly inquisition, a woman burned at the stake places a curse on the Devonsville men that will follow their descendants for the next 300 years.
Piercing the Veil: 2018’s “SUSPIRIA” Breathes Life into Ritual for the New Moon in Leo
In preparation for the upcoming New Moon in Leo, today's "PIERCING THE VEIL" explores what it means to be a living, breathing ritual through the fires of 2018's "SUSPIRIA."
Part of Ursula’s World: The Trials and Tribulations of a Vilified Sea Witch
Though she lives under the sea, this half-human half-octopus sorceress embodies many traits of the classic witch.
