Horror movies with witches and witchcraft

[LuvablePsycho]

What are some good horror movies involving witches and witchcraft? These are the ones I can think of that I have seen.

The Craft
Sleepy Hollow
Pumpkinhead
Rosemary's Baby (I'm not sure if the old people were actually witches or simply Satan Worshippers)

[hammerfan]

What are some good horror movies involving witches and witchcraft? These are the ones I can think of that I have seen.

The Craft
Sleepy Hollow
Pumpkinhead
Rosemary's Baby (I'm not sure if the old people were actually witches or simply Satan Worshippers)

The ones I can think of off the top of my head is The Witches of Eastwick, Practical Magic, The Witch, The Last Witch Hunter.

[LuvablePsycho]

The ones I can think of off the top of my head is The Witches of Eastwick, Practical Magic, The Witch, The Last Witch Hunter.

Oh yeah I forgot about The Witches of Eastwick. That was a good one too. ::smile::

[LuvablePsycho]

Also I know these were kid movies but they were kind of horrorish.

Hocus Pocus
The Witches

[LuvablePsycho]

Also I'm not a fan of the show but I believe American Horror Story had a season that focused on witchcraft and voodoo and it was set in New Orleans.

Also there's a Netflix show called Salem which is about witches.

[Morningriser]

Yes there was a season of American Horror Story called coven about a coven of witches and as a matter of fact, the season that is about to end next week features most of the characters from that same season.

the craft was mentioned already but I love that movie. I love Fairuza Balk. She is such a sweetheart in real life and actually practices witchcraft.

Lords of Salem is another good one. A lot of people didn't like it because it wasn't the usual Rob Zombie Trailer Trash say God damn or motherfuker every other word movie like all of his others. It's actually a very depressing and draining movie to watch but it is also wonderfully told about the coming of the Antichrist.

[LuvablePsycho]

Yes there was a season of American Horror Story called coven about a coven of witches and as a matter of fact, the season that is about to end next week features most of the characters from that same season.

the craft was mentioned already but I love that movie. I love Fairuza Balk. She is such a sweetheart in real life and actually practices witchcraft.

Lords of Salem is another good one. A lot of people didn't like it because it wasn't the usual Rob Zombie Trailer Trash say God damn or motherfuker every other word movie like all of his others. It's actually a very depressing and draining movie to watch but it is also wonderfully told about the coming of the Antichrist.

The Craft is one of my favorites too! ::cool::I loved all four of the female characters because they felt like real people dealing with real problems we can all relate to. Things like low self esteem, poverty, childhood abuse, racism, self-loathing, feelings of suicide, etc. Also as witches they weren't evil even though three of the four girls started taking things too far when the one girl went mad with power and started killing people.

I also felt like this movie was more true to what real witchcraft is all about compared to other movies that always portray witches as satan worshippers. Witches don't worship satan, they worship nature and they believe that every deity in every religion is really the same being just like how Nancy explained to Sarah that God and The Devil are basically like two sides of the same coin. Also the store lady explained The Rule of Three that wiccans believe in which basically works like karma.

Anyways it really was a beautiful movie. ::cool::

[Sculpt]

I can think of some about witches or witchcraft, but good ones is another story.

Something Wicked this way Comes
Spell

[LuvablePsycho]

I've never seen Suspiria but wasn't it about witches?

[Morningriser]

Yes! I am an idiot haha. I actually owns the spirit yet and it is a decent story with some very well done death scenes and breathtaking cinematography for its time.. Since you haven't seen it I would highly recommend it. Every now and then it comes on IFC or a couple other uncensored channels. I think you might enjoy it!

[LuvablePsycho]

Yes! I am an idiot haha. I actually owns the spirit yet and it is a decent story with some very well done death scenes and breathtaking cinematography for its time.. Since you haven't seen it I would highly recommend it. Every now and then it comes on IFC or a couple other uncensored channels. I think you might enjoy it!

I think I would too. From what I heard it sounds very interesting! Plus I love that episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy that parodies it. ::big grin::

[Sculpt]

I've never seen Suspiria but wasn't it about witches?
If you've never seen it, then you don't want to know if it's about witches.

Also too, (not necessarily talking about Suspiria) some films may have a witch or witchcraft in it, but the film isn't really about witches or witchcraft.

[LuvablePsycho]

If you've never seen it, then you don't want to know if it's about witches.

Also too, (not necessarily talking about Suspiria) some films may have a witch or witchcraft in it, but the film isn't really about witches or witchcraft.

That's true like Pumpkinhead for example. But I welcome any horror movie suggestions that feature witches. Even if it's not the main focus of the film. ::wink::

The old witch from Pumpkinhead was great and spooky. Lived her southern accent. ::devil::::cool::::danger::

[LuvablePsycho]

SPOILERS

You know another thing I loved about The Craft was when each girl cast a spell to get what she wanted they were all things that could be explained by something perfectly mundane happening but they still got exactly what they asked for.

Nancy wanted to quit living like trailer trash and be rid of her abusive stepfather so he died of a heart attack and had a pension plan through his job that left a good chunck of money to Nancy and her mother.

Bonnie wanted to be rid of her huge burn scars that she had since childhood which made her self concious and her mother was taking her to an experimental gene therapy procedure which actually ended up working for her.

Rochelle was being bullied by a racist white girl named Laura because she was the only black girl in the entire school and Laura was implied to bleach her hair blonde all the time which may have been what damaged her hair and caused it to fall out.

Sarah put a love spell on Chris basically just to get back at him for spreading nasty rumors about her but it backfired and he became dangerously obsessed with her. I actually believe he may have been suffering from untreated syphilis from the way he fooled around with girls and that he also gave it to Nancy which could explain why she went crazy towards the very end. Nancy said in one scene "He spreads disease, I speak from personal experience".

[favabeans]

Suspiria is an awesome film!

[Morningriser]

There was this really shity movie that came out in either the last year or two of last century or the first year or two of this one, but there was a movie which seem to be ripping off the craft in a way and I believe it was called little witches about a group of Catholic school girls who find a spell book and start Conjuring upheaval. I remember one of the girls was a rather large girl and whenever they would conjure the spirits or whatever the hell they were supposed to be doing, they always got completely naked to get rid of anything modern but for some reason the large girl always kept her glasses on, I guess glasses aren't considered modern right?

[LuvablePsycho]

There was this really shity movie that came out in either the last year or two of last century or the first year or two of this one, but there was a movie which seem to be ripping off the craft in a way and I believe it was called little witches about a group of Catholic school girls who find a spell book and start Conjuring upheaval. I remember one of the girls was a rather large girl and whenever they would conjure the spirits or whatever the hell they were supposed to be doing, they always got completely naked to get rid of anything modern but for some reason the large girl always kept her glasses on, I guess glasses aren't considered modern right?

I remember seeing another rip-off of The Craft called "The Covenant" which focused on four male warlocks in college. I thought it was very stupid compared to The Craft.

What made The Craft a great movie in my opinion is that it actually made witchcraft look real. The way the spells worked it was like I could picture them working that way in real life if magic was real. None of that Hollywood shooting fireballs and flying on brooms while worshipping satan bs.

You need money? Do a little ritual and BAM! your long lost rich uncle passes away and leaves a good chunk of money in his will to you.

You're overweight and want to loose a few pounds? Do a little spell and next thing you know you're dropping weight fast because you don't feel the craving for food anymore like you used to.

Somebody has wronged you? Cast a little curse on them using a peice of their hair and next thing you know their car brakes give out and they crash into a tree (of course Wiccans believe their are real consequences to using magic for evil things like that just like in The Craft).

[Morningriser]

yeah I mean the movie itself is pretty tame and terms of Gore and horror but yeah it's the detailing in the writing about the rituals and such that turns so many people onto it. In fact, that's why Fairuza Balk even took the role to begin with. As I said before, she is a wiccan but she fell in love with the script and the detailing in it. There are a lot of movies that have tried replicating the craft whether they be about witchcraft or just emulating the group themselves.

I would recommend checking out the season, coven, of American Horror Story. You wouldn't need to watch the previous two seasons to understand what's going on but if you ever decided to watch apocalypse, I would highly recommend watching coven first.

[LuvablePsycho]

yeah I mean the movie itself is pretty tame and terms of Gore and horror but yeah it's the detailing in the writing about the rituals and such that turns so many people onto it. In fact, that's why Fairuza Balk even took the role to begin with. As I said before, she is a wiccan but she fell in love with the script and the detailing in it. There are a lot of movies that have tried replicating the craft whether they be about witchcraft or just emulating the group themselves.

I would recommend checking out the season, coven, of American Horror Story. You wouldn't need to watch the previous two seasons to understand what's going on but if you ever decided to watch apocalypse, I would highly recommend watching coven first.


Yeah that is pretty interesting about the girl who played Nancy isn't it? I also heard that the people who made the movie hired an actual wiccan practioner to consult on how the movie should be. Of course because it is just a movie some creative licensing was still taken into effect and some of the things about the movie were unrealistic despite being pretty close to how Wicca works. Real wiccans can't fly in the air, turn into a different girl, or walk through mirrors. ::stick out tongue::

Besides the four girls I also liked the lady with the accent (not sure where she was supposed to be from? Maybe Ireland or a latin country?) who ran the shop where the girls bought their books and ritual supplies. Unlike the four girls who were basically "dabblers" she was an experienced witch who took Wicca seriously as a religion and she basically served not just as a shopkeeper but as a kind of spiritual guide to the four girls.

I also feel like the movie Sleepy Hollow was heavily implying the concept of wicca when it came to the witchy characters in that movie. Women drawing powers from nature and some like Katrina being "nice" witches while others like Mary being "selfish" witches. I think wicca movies used to be very popular in the 1990's I mean they even made a Scooby Doo movie about it. Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost. Remember The Hex Girls? ::big grin::

I watched a couple of episodes of AHS Convenant before and I admit I was intrigued by it. It also focused on Voodoo which is another misunderstood religion that involves things like spells and rituals. I actually learned a little about Voodoo when I visited New Orleans a couple of years ago and I visited an authentic voodoo shop (not a fake one for tourists). I thought it was so cool.

Maybe I'll check that season out if it isn't as offensive as Asylum or Freakshow.

[Morningriser]

::love:: ::love:: ::shocked::

[LuvablePsycho]

She was very pretty but kind of scary as a character lol. ::big grin::

But seriously all four girls Nancy, Rochelle, Bonnie, and Sarah were great characters.::love::

I also liked the shopkeeper lady. Beautiful older woman. ::love::

[Morningriser]

I would let her chained me to a bed and do whatever the fuck she wanted to me ::big grin:: I know it was just a movie but it's still kind of lame that little dweeb in Almost Famous banged her and two other chicks at the same time.

[LuvablePsycho]

SPOILERS

One interesting point about magic in the movie that I found interesting was the consequences of a love spell. Sarah cast a love spell on that jerk jock Chris not because she wanted him to actually love her but because she wanted to get back at him for being an asshole and she toyed with him hard.

But ultimately it ended up backfiring and the boy became dangerously obsessed with her and was unable to control himself around her which eventually led to him attempting to rape her. But the truth is he NEVER would have done such a thing to her if it wasn't for her casting that spell on him and I think Sarah realized that and felt guilty about destroying his life over something so pety. That was like her getting her own "rule of three" for using magic for such a selfish purpose.

Also it probably isn't right to force somebody who doesn't love you into actually loving you. It's like mind control.

[LuvablePsycho]

Here's two awesome fan made music videos featuring songs from the movie The Craft. ::cool::

https://youtu.be/iT_n1mwdm4

https://youtu.be/s7NfWhkPcmw