Witchcraft (1988 film)

Infobox Film
name = Witchcraft


caption = DVD cover
director = Rob Spera
producer = Jerry Feifer,
Yoram Barzilai
writer = Jody Savin
starring = Anat Topol,
Gary Sloan,
Mary Shelley
music = Randy Miller
cinematography = Jens Sturup
editing = Tony Miller
distributor = Simitar Entertainment (USA, DVD)
released = 1988
runtime = 95 min
country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:54952
imdb_id = 0245567

"Witchcraft" is the first in a series of horror thriller films. The film was directed by Rob Spera from a screenplay written by Jody Savin. The film starred Anat Topol, Gary Sloan, Mary Shelley (actress), Elizabeth Stocton, Deborah Scott, Alexander Kirkwood, Lee Kissman, and Ross Newton. The movie was released on video in 1988, and re-released October 15, 1997, on DVD.

Plot

As Grace Churchill is having her baby, disturbing visions flash in her mind that show two witches being burned at the stake. It’s later learned that these two people are John and Elizbaeth Stockwell, who were burned in the year 1687. The visions seem to stop once her baby, who she names William, is born. Things get worse when she, her husband, and the baby temporarily move into her mother-in-law’s creepy old house. It’s here that the visions start returning, and all sorts of spooky events start happening around her, including a priest hanging himself in their backyard.

Film notes

The William character would be the series’ central recurring character, while Grace would be portrayed as having died, with William visiting her grave in one of the later sequels.

After the first film, which had a horror atmosphere, the series shifted gears and is now regarded as a soft-pornographic film series with some horror elements.

Sequels

* (1990)
* (1991)
* (1992)
* (1993)
* Witchcraft VI (1994)
* (1995)
* (1996)
* (1997)
* (1998)
* (2000)
* (2002)
* (2006)

External links

*imdb title|id=0245567|title=Witchcraft
*amg movie|id=1:54952|title=Witchcraft