The Devil’s Castle (Le manoir du diable, France, 1896)
Faust et Marguerite (France, 1897). Directed by Georges Melies.
Black Art (Magie diabolique, France, 1898). Directed by Georges Melies.
Black Magic (Le Magicien, France, 1898). Directed by Georges Melies.
Damnation of Faust (La Damnation de Faust, France, 1898). Directed by Georges Melies.
Caglisostro's Mirror (Le Miroir de Cagliostro, France, 1899). Directed by Georges Melies.
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, France, 1899), with Bleutte Bernon, Georges Melies, Jeanne d'Alcy. Directed by Georges Melies.
The Philosopher's Stone (La Pierre philosophale, France, 1899). Directed by Georges Melies.
The Wizard, the Prince, and the Good Fairy (Le Sorcier, le prince et le bon génie, France, 1900). Directed by Geogres Melies.
Alcofrisbas, the Master Magician (L'Enchanteur Alcofrisbas, France, 1903), with Jeanne d'Alcy, Georges Melies. Directed by Geogres Melies.
The Enchanted Well (Le Puits fantastique, France, 1903). Directed by Georges Melies.
The Fairyland (Le Royaume des fées, France, 1903), with Bleuette Bernon, Georges Melies. Directed by Geoges Melies. Jack the Giant Killer may be a remake of this.
Faust in Hell (Faust aux enfers, France, 1903). Directed by Georges Melies.
The Necromancer (US, 1903). Cast and director unknown.
The Witch's Revenge (Le Sorcier, 1903). Directed by Georges Melies.
The Bewitched Trunk (Coffre enchanté, Le, France, 1904). Directed by Georges Melies.
Culinary Sorcery (Sorcellerie culinaire, France, 1904). Directed by Georges Melies.
Tchin-Chao: The Chinese Conjurer (Le Thaumaturge chinois, France, 1904). Directed by Georges Melies.
Bedelia and the Witch (1905). Cast, director and country of origin unknown.
The Last Witch (La Derniere sorciere, France, 1906). Directed by Segundo de Chomón.
The Village Witch (La Jeteuse de sorts, France, 1906). Cast and director unkown.
The Witch (La Fée Carabosse ou le poignard fatal, France, 1906). Directed by Georges Melies.
The Witch Kiss (Le Baiser de la sorcière , France, 1907). Directed by Segundo de Chomón.
The Indian Sorcerer (Le Fakir de Singapoure, France, 1908). Directed by Georges Melies.
Macbeth (US, 1908), with William V. Ranous, Paul Prazner, Charles Kent, Louise Carver. Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
Oriental Black Art (France, 1908). Directed by Georges Melies.
She (US, 1908), with Florence Auer, William V. Ranous. Directed by Edwin S. Porter.
The Tempest (UK, 1908). Directed by Percy Stow.
The Witch (US, 1908). Directed by Van Dyke Brooke.
Macbeth (France, 1909), with Paul Mounet, Jeanne Delvair. Directed by Andre Calmettes.
Macbeth (Italy, 1909), with Dante Cappelli, Maria Caserini, Amleto Paolormi, Ettore Pesci. Directed Mario Caserini.
The Witch and the Bicyclist (Heksen og cyklisten, Denmakr, 1909). Directed by Viggo Larsen.
Dorothy and Scarecrow in Oz (US, 1910), with Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z. Leonard. Directed by Otis Turner. This short film was part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series, featuring characters from his Oz and other fantasy books.
John Dough and the Cherub (US, 1910). Directed by Otis Turner. Based on the book by L. Frank Baum. Part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series.
The Land of Oz (US, 1910), with Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z Leonard. Directed by Otis Turner. Part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series.
Rose O’Salem Town (US, 1910), with Dorothy West, Clara T. Bracy, Henry B. Walthall, George Nichols. Directed by D.W. Griffith.
The Wizard of Oz (US, 1910), with Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z Leonard. Directed by Otis Turner. Part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series.
Macbeth (UK, 1911), with Constance Benson, Frank R. Benson, Murray Carrington, Guy Rathbone. Director unknown.
She (US, 1911), with Marguerite Snow, James Cruze, Viola Alberti, William C. Cooper. Directed by George Nichols.
The Tempest (US, 1911), with Ed Genung, Florence La Badie. Directed by Edwin Thanhouser.
The Witch of the Everglades (US, 1911). Directed by Otis Turner.
The Witch of the Range (US, 1911), with J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush, Jack Richardson, Louise Lester. Directed by Allan Dwan.
The Herncrake Witch (UK, 1912), with Jakidawdra Melford, Mark Melford. Directed by Mark Melford.
The Witch of the Welsh Mountains (US, 1912), with Sidney Cairns, Beatrice de Burgh, Dorothy Foster, Georgina St. George. Directed by Sydney Northcote.
Macbeth (Germany, 1913), with Arthur Bourchier, Violet Vanbrugh. Directed by Arthur Bourchier.
The Mountain Witch (US, 1913), with Carlyle Blackwell, Francelia Billington, Marin Sais, William H. West. Director unknown.
The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag, Germany, 1913), with Paul Wegener, John Gottowt, Grete Berger, Lyda Salmonova. Directed by Stellen Rye and Paul Wegener. The script was adapted from the story by Edgar Allan Poe by horror novelist Hans Heinz Ewers, a close friend of Aleister Crowley. This was perhaps the first movie to use split screen special effects.
The Witch (US, 1913), with Alec B. Francis, Mildred Bright, Robert Frazer, Julia Stuart. Directed by O.A.C. Lund.
The Witch of Salem (US, 1913), with Charles Ray, Clara Williams. Directed by Raymond B. West.
His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz (aka “The New Wizard of Oz,” US, 1914), with Violet MacMillian, Todd Wright, Vivian Reed, Mai Wells. Directed by L. Frank Baum. Script by L. Frank Baum, later used as the basis for his book, The Scarecrow of Oz. Mai Wells plays the witch Mombi (renamed “Blinkie” in the book), with an eyepatch and Pippy Longstocking braids.
The Magic Cloak of Oz (US, 1914), with Mildred Harris, Violet MacMillian, Juanita Hansen, Vivian Reed. Based on L. Frank Baum’s Queen Zixi of Ix, which is not set in Oz.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (US, 1914), with Pierre Coudec, Raymond Russell, Jessie Mae Walsh, Violet MacMillian. Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald. Script by L. Frank Baum, based on his book.
The Witch Girl (US, 1914), with Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Edmund Mortimer. Directed by Walter Edwin.
The Golem (Der Golem, Germany, 1915), with Paul Wegener, Rudolf Blumner, Robert A Dietrich. Directed by Hnerik Galeen and Paul Wegener.
Macbeth (France, 1915), with Severin-Mars, Georgette Leblanc. Director unknown.
The Magic Bon Bons (US, 1915), with Violet MacMillian. Based on L. Frank Baum’s short story of the same name, from his American Fairy Tales.
Ruslan and Ludmilla (Russia, 1915), with Arseniy Bibikov, Sofya Goslavskaya, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Edward Puchalski. Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz.
Satanic Rhapsody (Rhapsodia Satanica, Italy, 1915), with Nino Oxilia, Lyda Borelli. Directed by Nino Oxilia.
Satanic Rhapsody (Rhapsodia Satanica, Italy, 1915), with Nino Oxilia, Lyda Borelli. Directed by Nino Oxilia.
The Two Cent Mystery (US, 1915), with Helen Badgley, Leland Benham, Ethyle Cooke, Mrs. Fairbanks. Director unknown.
A Witch of Salem Town (US, 1915), with Mary Fuller, Curtis Benton, Matt Moore, Edna Hunter. Directed by Lucius Henderson.
Macbeth (US, 1916), with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Constance Collier, Wilfred Lucas, Spottiswoode Aitken. Directed by John Emerson.
The Real Thing at Last (UK, 1916), with Edmund Gwen, Ernest Thesiger, Nelson Keys, Godfrey Tearle. Directed by L.C. MacBean. Story by J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan. Macbeth as it might be done by American actors in this British satire. Thesiger, who does a drag turn as one of the witches, later played Dr. Praetorius in Bride of Frankenstein.
The Witch (US, 1916), with Nance O'Neil, Alfred Hickman, Frank Russell, Macey Harlam. Directed by Frank Powell.
The Witch of the Dark House (US, 1916), with Marin Sais, True Boardman, Frank Jonasson, Ronald Bradbury. Directed by James W. Horne.
The Witch of the Mountains (US, 1916), with Frank Erlanger, Bert Francis, Corinne Grant, Richard Johnson. Director unknown.
Joan the Woman (US, 1917), with Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Roberts. Directed by Cecil B DeMille.
Like Babes in the Woods (US, 1917), with Violet Macmillian, Gordon Griffin, Fred Woodward, Jack Nelson. Directed by Chester M. Franklin. This film utilizes some unused footage from The Magic Cloak of Oz.
She (US, 1917) with Valeska Suratt, Ben Taggart, Miriam Fouche, Thomas Wigney Percyval. Directed by Kenean Buel.
The Witch Woman (US, 1918), with Ethel Clayton, Frank Mayo, John Ardizoni, Jack Drumier. Directed by Travers Vale.
The Spiders (Germany, 1919), with Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Lil Dagover, Georg John. Directed by Fritz Lang.
The Golem (Der Golem, Germany, 1920), with Paul Wegener, Albert Steinruck, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch. Directed by Carl Bosse, Paul Wegener.
The Parson’s Widow (aka Witch Woman and Prastankan, Sweden/ Denmark, 1920), with Greta Almroth, Einar Rod, Hildur Carlberg, Olav Aukrust. Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Sand Witches (US, 1920), with Neal Burns, Charlotte Merriam, Vera Steadman, George George. Director unknown.
La Virgen bruja (Spain, 1920), with José Durany, Lucía Pomar, Pablo Prou de Vendrell, Armando Vidal. Directed by José Gaspar.
The Tempest (US, 1921), with Tom Santschi. Directed by Robert N. Bradbury.
Cinderella (US animated short, 1922). Directed by Walt Disney. Disney’s first adaptation of the fairy tale has the fairy godmother turning a garbage can into a tin lizzie driven by Cinderella’s cat.
Jack and the Beanstalk (US animated short, 1922). Directed by Walt Disney. Early short adaptation of the classic fairy tale.
Macbeth (UK, 1922), with Russell Thorndike, Sybil Thorndike. Directed by H.B. Parkinson.
Witchcraft through the Ages (Häxan, Denmark/Sweden, 1922), with Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt. Directed by Benjamin Christensen. Documentary of the history of witchcraft, based on accounts from the days of the witch trials, with director Christensen appearing as the Devil at a Witches' Sabbat. This film lent its title, the Danish word for "witch," to the production company behind 1999’s The Blair Witch Project.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (US, 1923), with Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall. Directed by Wallace Worsley.
The Ten Commandments (US, 1923), with Theodore Roberts, Charles de Roche, Estelle Taylor, Rod La Rocque. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille’s original version of this epic devotes the first half to the actual story of Exodus, and the second half to a modern morality tale. The central character in Exodus, Moses, is believed in many magical lodges to have been a powerful magician, in some accounts initiated into the Egyptian mystery schools. In Haitian Voudon he is often syncretized with one of the aspects of Damballah, possibly because he could turn his staff into a snake.
Die Nibelungen (Germany, 1924), with Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos, Hanna Ralph. Directed by Fritz Lang.
Peter Pan (US, 1924), with Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, Anna May Wong, Mary Bria. Directed by Herbert Brenon.
The Thief of Bagdad (US, 1924), with Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Sojin. Directed by Raoul Walsh.
She (UK, 1925), with Betty Blythe, Carlyle Blackwell, Mary Odette, Tom Reynolds. Directed by Leander De Cordova, G.B. Samuelson.
The Wizard of Oz (US, 1925), with Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Oliver Hardy, Charles Murray. Directed by Larry Semon. No witches, good or wicked, figure in this version, based more on the 1902 musical play than on L. Frank Baum’s original book, and even then only loosely so. The Wizard, actually a minor character, is a court magician who does elaborate conjuring feats for the amusement of Prince Kynd, Prime Minister Kruel, and Countess Visshus, the villains in this story about Dorothy being a lost princess of Oz. Very dated and even racist jokes abound in this one.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, Germany, animated, 1926). Directed by Lotte Reiniger.
Faust (Germany, 1926), with Emil Jannings, Gosta Ekman, Camilla Horn, Wilhelm Dieterle. Directed by F.W. Murnau. Dieterle, as William Dieterle, later directed The Devil and Daniel Webster.
The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag, Germany, 1926), with Conrad Veidt, Fritz Alberti, Agnes Esterhazy, Ferdinand von Alten. Directed by Henrik Galeen.
Felix the Cat Switches Witches (US animated short, 1927). Directed by Otto Messmer.
Metropolis (Germany, 1927), with Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Froelich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Directed by Fritz Lang.
Raw Footage (1927-1940). Directed by Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston’s filmed record of African diasporic practices in the southern US, including Santeria and Vodou rituals. Currently this film is only available for viewing in the Library of Congress.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (France, 1928), with Maria Falconetti, Eugene Sylvain, Maurice Schutz. Directed by Catl Theodor Dreyer.
The Merry Dwarfs (US animated short, 1929). Directed by Walt Disney. A group of fairy tale dwarfs perform musical numbers in this early sound cartoon.
The Seven Footprints to Satan (US, 1929), with Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale, Sheldon Lewis, William V. Mong. Directed by Benjamin Christensen.
Alf’s Button (UK, 1930), with Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard, Nora Swinburn, Polly Ward. Directed by W.P. Kellino. A soldier finds that by rubbing one of the buttons on his shirt, he can summon a genie who grants his every wish.
Playful Pan (US animated short, 1930). Directed by Bert Gillett. Pan uses his pipes to save the woodland creatures from a forest fire in this Disney cartoon.
Madame Satan (US, 1930), with Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Roland Young, Lillian Roth. Directed by Cecile B. DeMille.
The Wizard's Apprentice (US short, 1930), with Fritz Feld, Greta Granstedt. Directed by Sidney Levee.
A Connecticut Yankee (US, 1931), with Will Rogers, Maureen O'Sulivan, Myrna Loy, Brandon Hurst. Directed by David Butler.
Svengali (US, 1931), with John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Carmel Meyers. Directed by Archie Mayo.
Babes in the Woods (US animated short, 1932). Directed by Bert Gillett. Walt Disney cartoon loosely based on Hansel and Gretel. A witch lures two children into her house in the woods, where the boy is transformed into a spider. Dwarves rescue the children and the witch is turned into stone.
Chandu the Magician (US, 1932), with Bela Lugosi, Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Herbert Mundin. Directed by Marcel Varnel and William Cameron Menzies.
King Neptune (US animated short, 1932). Directed by Bert Gillett. After pirates kidnap a mermaid, Neptune sends a storm to sink their ship in this Disney cartoon.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (US television, 1932), with Cedric Hardwicke, Ireene Wicker. This production of the Shakespeare play was an early experimental television program broadcast locally in Chicago. Ireene Wicker played the part of Puck.
The Mummy (US, 1932), with Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron. Directed by Karl Freund.
Vampyr (France/ Germany, 1932), with Julian West, Sybille Schmitz, Maurice Schutz, Henriette Gerard. Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. The title character in this early treatment of “Carmilla” has many of the characteristics of the crone witch, with her vampiric qualities being more suggested than presented openly.
White Zombie (US, 1932), with Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer. Directed by Victor Halperin. Long before Wade Davis’s study of the subject, this film suggested that poisons might play a role in the creation of the zombie. Over thirty years after appearing in this film, Bellamy had a guest role as witch Aunt Mary in the first Halloween episode of Bewitched; she is better known as Aunt Harriet on Batman.
Giantland (US animated short, 1933). Directed by Brit Gillett. Jack and the Beanstalk as told by Mickey Mouse to his nephews. This Disney cartoon was a precursor to Mickey and the Beanstalk.
King Kong (US, 1933), with Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher. Directed by Merian C. Cooper., Ernest B. Schoedsack. The rituals of the natives of Skull Island look largely influenced by Western ideas of the rituals of West Africans, and thus, Vodoun.
The Land of Oz (aka The Scarecrow of Oz, US, 1933) with Maryeruth Boone, Zoe Boyer. Produced by Ethel Meglin. A Meglin Kiddies production loosely based on L. Frank Baum’s characters.
The Pied Piper (US animated short, 1933). Directed by Wilfred Jackson. The classic fairy tale as told in this Silly Symphony from Walt Disney.
The Private Life of Henry VIII (UK, 1933), with Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Binnie Barnes, Robert Donat. Directed by Alexander Korda.
Snow-White (1933 short)
Une nuit sur le mont chauve (1933 short)
The Wizard of Oz (US/ Canada, 1933). Directed by Ted Eshbaugh. Animated feature loosely based on L. Frank Baum’s book, co-produced by his son, Col. Frank Baum, Jr.
The Black Cat (US, 1934), with Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
The China Shop (US animated short, 1934). Directed by Wilfred Jackson. In this Disney “Silly Symphony” cartoon, various china pieces in a shop come to live, including a satyr who kidnaps the hero’s girlfriend.
The Goddess of Spring (US animated short, 1934). Directed by Wilfred Jackson. The story of Persephone as told in this Disney short, with the Devil substituting for Hades.
The Return of Chandu (US movie serial, 1934), with Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young, Lucien Prival. Directed by Ray Taylor.
Spitfire (US, 1934), with Katherine Hepburn, Robert Young, Ralph Bellamy, Martha Sleeper. Directed by John Cromwell.
Bride of Frankenstein (US, 1935), with Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester. Directed by James Whale. Students of alchemy will recognize Thesiger’s miniature humanoids as homunculi.
Chandu on the Magic Island (US, 1934), with Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young, Lucien Prival. Directed by Ray Taylor. Feature version of The Return of Chandu.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (US, 1935), with Mickey Rooney, James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Olivia DeHaviland. Directed by Max Reinhardt. Rooney as Puck, a figure prominent in witch folklore, flies off on a pine branch in a manner very reminiscent of a witch’s broom. “Hollywood Babylon” author Kenneth Anger, a devotee of Aleister Crowley and an early member of Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan, appears as the changeling prince.
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (US animated short, 1935). Directed by Isadore Freleng. This early Warner Bros. cartoon centers on the adventures of a young merboy and mermaid as they explore a shipwreck together.
She (US, 1935), with Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce. Directed by Irving Pichel, Lansing C. Holden.
The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag, Germany, 1935), with Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos, Dorothea Wieck, Erich Fiedler. Directed by Arthur Robinson.
Water Babies (US animated short, 1935). Directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on the Charles Kingsley story, this Disney cartoon highlights the antics of fairies at a pond.
The Golem (Le Golem, France/Czechoslovakia, 1936), with Harry Baur, Charles Dorat, Jany Holt, Roger Karl. Directed by Julien Duvivier.
The Green Pastures (US, 1936), with Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk. Directed by Marc Connelly and William Keighley. This is a biased and racist presentation of the virtues of Christianity versus the practices of Vodoun.
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (UK, 1936), with Roland Young, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Ernest Thesiger. Based on the H.G. Wells story of the same name.
Oz University (US, 1936), with The Freshman Women. Film of the University of Michigan League Freshman Pageant with members of the Freshman Women as various characters from L. Frank Baum’s Oz books.
Magician Mickey (US animated short, 1937). Directed by Dave Hand. Magician Mickey Mouse uses his magic abilities to get the better of heckler Donald Duck.
Maid of Salem (US, 1937), with Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Louise Dresser, Gale Sondergaard. Directed by Frank Lloyd. Romance story set against the Salem witch craze. Sondergaard was an early choice for the role of a slinky, glamorous Wicked Witch in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. Ironically, she was also one of the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist resulting from the anti-Communist witch hunt of the McCarthy era.
Porky’s Hero Agency (US animated short, 1937). Directed by Robert Clampbett. After reading a book on Greek mythology, Porky Pig dreams he’s Porkyakarkus, flying in winged shoes to battle the Gorgon, a witch-like hag who turns people to stone with her evil camera eye.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (US, 1937), with the voices of Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Moroni Olsen, Pinto Colvig. Directed by David Hand.
Alf’s Button Afloat (UK, 1938), with Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox. Directed by Marcel Varnel. Sequel to Alf’s Button has the genie granting wishes to various people, often with disastrous results.
Cinderella Meets Fella (US animated short, 1938). Directed by Fred Avery. A “Merry Melodies” take on Cinderella, replete with sight gags and an gin-swilling fairy godmother. Cinderella sports a gown modeled after that worn by Snow White.
The Golem (Germany, 1938), with Harry Baur. Directed by Julien Duvivier.
Merbabies (US animated short, 1938). Directed by Rudolf Ising. This co-production of the Walt Disney and Harman-Ising studios features the antics of infant merpeople as they form from ocean bubbles, play and frolic beneath the waters, and then dissolve back into the waves. Despite the title, the origin and fate of these creatures makes them closer to undines than merpeople.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (US, 1939), with Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Maureen O’Hara. Directed by William Dieterle. During her murder trial, O’Hara is also accussed of being a witch, with her pet goat being her familiar demon. The superstitions and prejudices of the time regarding Witchcraft and especially the Gypsies are well presented in this version.
Pied Piper Porky (US animated short, 1939). Directed by Robert Clampbett. Porky as the clarinet-playing Pied Piper tries to defeat the one rat in Hamelin who is immune to his musical charms.
Prest-O Change-O (US animated short, 1939). Directed by Charles “Chuck” Jones. In this “Merry Melodies” short, two stray pups take refuge from the dog-catcher in a magician’s house, where they encounter numerous magical phenomena, including a mischievious magic rabbit.
The Tempest (UK television, 1939), with John Abbott, Peggy Ashcroft, George Devine, Stephen Haggard. Directed by Dallas Bower.
Vasilissa the Beautiful (aka Vasilisa Prekrasnaya, USSR, 1939), with Georgi Millyar. Directed by Aleksandr Rou. The Russian fairy tale witch Baba Yaga, played by Millyar in drag, makes one of her earliest film appearances.
The Wizard of Oz (US, 1939), with Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr. Directed by Victor Fleming, King Vidor, others. Classic musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum's American fairy tale. Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West defines the popular image of the Witch for many in today's society. Almost equally familiar is Billie Burke's "fairy godmother" take on the good witch, Glinda.
The Blue Bird (US, 1940), with Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard. Directed by Walter Lang. Sondergaard’s casting as, and witch-like portrayal of the villainous cat Celeste, may in part have been influenced by her earlier consideration for the part of a sultry Wicked Witch in MGM’s The Wizard of Oz. Wiccans and Pagans will doubtless appreciate the tree spirits.
Fantasia (US, animated, 1940), with Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor. Directed by James Agar, Samuel Armstrong. Segments "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and "Night on Bald Mountain."
The House of the Seven Gables (US, 1940), with George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price Nan Grey. Directed by Joe May.
The Mummy’s Hand (US, 1940), with Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, Peggy Moran, Cecil Kellaway. Directed by Christy Cabanne.
Pinocchio (US, animated, 1940), with voices of Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, Evelyn Venable. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske.
Swing Social (US animated short, 1940). Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna.
The Thief of Bagdad (UK, 1940), with Conrad Veidt, Sabu, Rex Ingram, John Justin. Directed by Ludwig Berger and Michael Powell.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (US, 1941), with Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig, Anne Shirley. Directed by William Dieterle.
The Relunctant Dragon (US, animated and live-action, 1941), with Robert Benchley, Alan Ladd, Walt Disney. Directed by Alfred Werker. Benchley tries to sell Disney on the idea of an animated feature of the Kenneth Grahame story, only to find one has already been made. The animated segment was released by itself in 1975.
The Seven Wise Dwarfs (US/ Canada, animated short, 1941). The Dwarfs from Snow White learn the wisdom of buying war bonds in this piece from the Disney studios.
The Wolf Man (US, 1941), with Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains, Maria Ouspenskaya. Directed by George Waggner. This film introduces the idea of pentagrams on the palms as the mark of a werewolf, later used in an installment of the Night Gallery television series of the 1970s. Witch-like gypsy Ouspenskaya tries to help Chaney after he is afflicted. Bela Lugosi has a small role as the werewolf who infects Chaney with lycanthropy.
Cat People (US, 1942), with Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jack Holt. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. In this original version of the were-panther tale, Simon is descended from Balkan villagers who were shape-shifting devil worshippers.
Foney Fables (US animated short, 1942). Directed by I. Freleng. Sight gag renditions on classic fairy tales in this Warner Bros. cartoon, including Aladdin’s genie on strike.
Himlaspelet (Sweden, 1942), with Rune Lindström, Eivor Landström, Anders Henrikson, Holger Löwenadler. Directed by Alf Sjöberg.
I Married a Witch (US, 1942), with Frederic March, Veronia Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward. Directed by René Clair. A young witch burned at Salem is resurrected and falls in love with the descendant of her executioner. This comedic film was one of the main inspirations for the Bewitched television series, the other being Bell, Book and Candle.
The Mummy’s Tomb (US, 1942), with Lon Chaney, Jr., Elyse Knox, John Hubbard, Turham Bey. Directed by Harold Long.
Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs (US animated short, 1943), with voice of Vivian Dandridge. Directed by Robert Clampbett. A black face parody of Disney’s Snow White, as “So White” eludes the efforts of the Wicked Queen and Murder, Inc. by seeking refuge in the army camp of the Seven Dwarfs, where she eats the poisoned apple and is revived not by Prince “Chawmin”’s “dynamite kiss,” but a dwarf’s special kiss, “a military secret.”
Day of Wrath (Vredens dag, Denmark, 1943), with Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Albert Høeberg, Anna Svierkier. Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Falling Hare (US animated short, 1943), with voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Robert Clampbett. Bugs Bunny meets his match in a plane-sabotaging gremlin. Clips from this cartoon were used in the early theatrical trailers for Gremlins.
Gripes (US animated short, 1943). Directed by I. Freleng. Technical Fairy First Class grants Private Snafu his wish for control of the base, leaving it open for a sneak attack.
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (US animated short, 1943), with voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by I. Freleng. Bugs Bunny is caught chopping down carrots in the Giant’s victory garden.
Heaven Can Wait (US, 1943), with Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
The Home Front (US animated short, 1943). Directed by Frank Tashlin. Technical fairy First Class shows Pvt. Snafu how his family back home is doing their own part to help the war effort.
I Walked with a Zombie (US, 1943), with James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett. Directed by Jacques Tourneur.
The Infantry Blues (US animated short, 1943). Directed by Chuck Jones. Technical Fairy First Class sends Pvt. Snafu into different branches of the military, where he finds the work is just as tough as in the Army.
Spies (US animated short, 1943). Directed by Chuck Jones. Pvt. Snafu goes to Hades after his loose lips sink his troop’s ship.
Stormy Weather (US, 1943), with Katherine Dunham, Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Lena Horne. Directed by Andrew L. Stone. Lilith Dorsey has noted the Voodooist roots of the title dance number. The title song also figures in Bell, Book, and Candle.
Vredens dag (1943)
Black Magic (US, 1944), with Sidney Toler. One of the Charlie Chan mysteries.
Call of the Jungle (US, 1944), with Ann Corio, James Bush, John Davidson, Claudia Dell. Directed by Phil Rosen.
Censored (US animated short, 1944). Directed by Frank Tashlin. After Pvt. Snafu gets Technical Fairy First Class to restore all the censored letters to his girlfriend, they are intercepted by Japanese spies, who arrange an ambush of Snafu’s outfit.
The Girl and the Devil (Flickan och djävulen, Sweden, 1944), with Kolbjörn Knudsen, Ingrid Borthen, Hilda Borgström, Elsa Widborg. Directed by Hampe Faustman.
A Lecture on Camouflage (US animated short, 1944). Directed by Chuck Jones. Pvt. Snafu and Technical Fairy First Class present methods of camouflage in this US Army training film.
The Mummy’s Curse (US, 1944), with Lon Chaney, Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine, Kay Harding. Directed by Leslie Goodwins.
The Mummy’s Ghost (US, 1944), with Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Robert Lowery. Directed by Reginald LeBorg.
Pay Day (US animated short, 1944). Directed by I. Freleng. Technical Fairy First Class gives Pvt. Snafu a lecture on frugality.
Russian Rhapsody (US animated short, 1944). Directed by Robert Clampbett. En route to personally bomb Moscow, Hitler witnesses his plane being torn apart by “Gremlins from the Kremlin.”
Snafuperman (US animated short, 1944). Directed by I. Freleng. Technical Fairy First Class gives Pvt. Snafu super-powers. Because of his ignorance of maps and charts, he ends up destroying his own outfit’s ships and bases.
The Three Brothers (Us animated short, 1944). Directed by I. Freleng. Technical Fairy First Class shows Pvt. Snafu what his brothers Tarfu and Fubar are doing
Weird Woman (US, 1944), with Lon Chaney, Jr, Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan. Directed by Reginald Le Borg. Based on the novel Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. This was remade as Burn, Witch, Burn! (aka Night of the Eagle) in 1962 and again as Witches' Brew in 1980.
Bewitched (US, 1945), with Phyllis Thaxter, Edmund Gwenn, Addison Richards, Kathleen Lockhart. Directed by Arch Oboler. A spiritualist tries to exorcise the other personality inhabiting a girl’s body.
Hot Spot (US animated short, 1945). Directed by Chuck Jones. The Devil, who likes “hot spots,” gives a glimpse of working conditions in the Iranian desert, where American troops are running supplies to the Soviets.
A Thousand and One Nights (US, 1945), with Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Rex Ingram. Directed by Afred E. Green.
The Woman Who Came Back (US, 1945), with John Loder, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Ruth Ford. Directed by Walter Colmes.
Angel on My Shoulder (US, 1946), with Paul Muni, Claude Rains, Anne Baxter, Erskine Sanford. Directed by Archie Mayo.
Beauty and the Beast (France, 1946), with Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre. Directed by Jean Cocteau.
Macbeth (US, 1946), with William Bartholomay, David Bradley, Grosvenor Glenn, Louis Northop. Directed by Thomas A. Blair.
Madonna of the Seven Moons (UK, 1946), with Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc, Jean Kent. Directed by Arthur Crabtree. A woman’s life is complicated by a gypsy’s curse.
Men of Two Worlds (UK, 1946), with Robert Adams, Eric Portman, Orlando Martins, Phyllis Calvert. Directed by Thorold Dickinson.
Song of the South (US, animation and live action, 1946), with Ruth Warwick, James Basket, Bobby Driscoll, Hattie McDaniel. Directed by Wilfred Jackson (animation), Harve Foster (live action). Though controversial today because of the racial stereotypes presented, this cinematic version of the Uncle Remus tales is recommended for the analogy by some voodoo and hoodoo practitioners of the trickster Br’er Rabbit with Papa Legba.
Down to Earth (US, 1947), with Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Roland Culver. Directed by Alexander Hall.
Fun and Fancy Free (US live-action and animated, 1947), with Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten, voices of Cliff Edwards, Dinah Shore. This montage of stories includes the first showing of Mickey and the Beanstalk, introduced by Edgar Bergen and Jiminy Cricket. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy are carried aloft by a magic beanstalk to the giant’s castle, where they must rescue the Magic Harp that had once kept their valley so happy. The story was later shown on television with a new animated introduction by Ludwig von Drake, voiced by Paul Frees. Mickey and the Beanstalk was later released on video as a stand-alone feature in 1988.
A-Lad-In His Lamp (US animated short, 1948), with voices of Mel Blanc, Jim Backus. Bugs finds a magic lamp and releases Smokey the genie, voiced by Backus. He also runs up against Sultan Hassan Pheffer.
Faust and the Devil (La Leggenda di Faust, Italy, 1948), with Italo Tajo, Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera, Onelia Fineschi. Directed by Carmine Gallone.
Joan of Arc (US, 1948), with Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish. Directed by Victor Fleming.
Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (US television series, 1948-1957), with Fran Allison, Hugh Downs, Burr Tillstrom. Among the members of clown puppet Kukla’s “Kuklapolitan Players” troupe is Beulah Witch, whose jet propelled broomstick may make her a precursor to H.R. Pufnstuf ’s Witchiepoo.
Lucky Pup (US television series, 1948-1951), with Doris Brown, Hope Bunin, Morey Bunin. This was a children’s puppet show about a circus dog who inherits five million dollars. The circus magician, Foodini, schemes in each episode to steal Lucky Pup’s fortune.
Macbeth (US, 1948), with Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall. Directed by Orson Welles. Welles' "historically correct" treatment of the play remains one of the definitive versions for many film buffs.
Mister Peabody and the Mermaid (US, 1948), with William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King. Directed by Irving Pichel.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (US, 1948), with Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce. Directed by John Farrow. Cornell Woolrich’s story of a magician who can predict the future.
Vice Versa (UK, 1948), with Roger Livesey, Kay Walsh, David Hutcheson, Anthony Newley. Directed by Peter Ustinov. This is the original version of the story of father and son switching bodies via a magic stone, remade in the 1980s.
A Lecture on Camouflage (US animated short, 1944). Directed by Chuck Jones. Pvt. Snafu and Technical Fairy First Class present methods of camouflage in this US Army training film.
The Mummy’s Curse (US, 1944), with Lon Chaney, Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine, Kay Harding. Directed by Leslie Goodwins.
The Mummy’s Ghost (US, 1944), with Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Robert Lowery. Directed by Reginald LeBorg.
Pay Day (US animated short, 1944). Directed by I. Freleng. Technical Fairy First Class gives Pvt. Snafu a lecture on frugality.
Russian Rhapsody (US animated short, 1944). Directed by Robert Clampbett. En route to personally bomb Moscow, Hitler witnesses his plane being torn apart by “Gremlins from the Kremlin.”
Snafuperman (US animated short, 1944). Directed by I. Freleng. Technical Fairy First Class gives Pvt. Snafu super-powers. Because of his ignorance of maps and charts, he ends up destroying his own outfit’s ships and bases.
The Three Brothers (Us animated short, 1944). Directed by I. Freleng. Technical Fairy First Class shows Pvt. Snafu what his brothers Tarfu and Fubar are doing
Weird Woman (US, 1944), with Lon Chaney, Jr, Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan. Directed by Reginald Le Borg. Based on the novel Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. This was remade as Burn, Witch, Burn! (aka Night of the Eagle) in 1962 and again as Witches' Brew in 1980.
Bewitched (US, 1945), with Phyllis Thaxter, Edmund Gwenn, Addison Richards, Kathleen Lockhart. Directed by Arch Oboler. A spiritualist tries to exorcise the other personality inhabiting a girl’s body.
Hot Spot (US animated short, 1945). Directed by Chuck Jones. The Devil, who likes “hot spots,” gives a glimpse of working conditions in the Iranian desert, where American troops are running supplies to the Soviets.
A Thousand and One Nights (US, 1945), with Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Rex Ingram. Directed by Afred E. Green.
The Woman Who Came Back (US, 1945), with John Loder, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Ruth Ford. Directed by Walter Colmes.
Angel on My Shoulder (US, 1946), with Paul Muni, Claude Rains, Anne Baxter, Erskine Sanford. Directed by Archie Mayo.
Beauty and the Beast (France, 1946), with Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre. Directed by Jean Cocteau.
Macbeth (US, 1946), with William Bartholomay, David Bradley, Grosvenor Glenn, Louis Northop. Directed by Thomas A. Blair.
Madonna of the Seven Moons (UK, 1946), with Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc, Jean Kent. Directed by Arthur Crabtree. A woman’s life is complicated by a gypsy’s curse.
Men of Two Worlds (UK, 1946), with Robert Adams, Eric Portman, Orlando Martins, Phyllis Calvert. Directed by Thorold Dickinson.
Song of the South (US, animation and live action, 1946), with Ruth Warwick, James Basket, Bobby Driscoll, Hattie McDaniel. Directed by Wilfred Jackson (animation), Harve Foster (live action). Though controversial today because of the racial stereotypes presented, this cinematic version of the Uncle Remus tales is recommended for the analogy by some voodoo and hoodoo practitioners of the trickster Br’er Rabbit with Papa Legba.
Down to Earth (US, 1947), with Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Roland Culver. Directed by Alexander Hall.
Fun and Fancy Free (US live-action and animated, 1947), with Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten, voices of Cliff Edwards, Dinah Shore. This montage of stories includes the first showing of Mickey and the Beanstalk, introduced by Edgar Bergen and Jiminy Cricket. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy are carried aloft by a magic beanstalk to the giant’s castle, where they must rescue the Magic Harp that had once kept their valley so happy. The story was later shown on television with a new animated introduction by Ludwig von Drake, voiced by Paul Frees. Mickey and the Beanstalk was later released on video as a stand-alone feature in 1988.
A-Lad-In His Lamp (US animated short, 1948), with voices of Mel Blanc, Jim Backus. Bugs finds a magic lamp and releases Smokey the genie, voiced by Backus. He also runs up against Sultan Hassan Pheffer.
Faust and the Devil (La Leggenda di Faust, Italy, 1948), with Italo Tajo, Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera, Onelia Fineschi. Directed by Carmine Gallone.
Joan of Arc (US, 1948), with Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish. Directed by Victor Fleming.
Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (US television series, 1948-1957), with Fran Allison, Hugh Downs, Burr Tillstrom. Among the members of clown puppet Kukla’s “Kuklapolitan Players” troupe is Beulah Witch, whose jet propelled broomstick may make her a precursor to H.R. Pufnstuf ’s Witchiepoo.
Lucky Pup (US television series, 1948-1951), with Doris Brown, Hope Bunin, Morey Bunin. This was a children’s puppet show about a circus dog who inherits five million dollars. The circus magician, Foodini, schemes in each episode to steal Lucky Pup’s fortune.
Macbeth (US, 1948), with Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall. Directed by Orson Welles. Welles' "historically correct" treatment of the play remains one of the definitive versions for many film buffs.
Mister Peabody and the Mermaid (US, 1948), with William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King. Directed by Irving Pichel.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (US, 1948), with Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce. Directed by John Farrow. Cornell Woolrich’s story of a magician who can predict the future.
Vice Versa (UK, 1948), with Roger Livesey, Kay Walsh, David Hutcheson, Anthony Newley. Directed by Peter Ustinov. This is the original version of the story of father and son switching bodies via a magic stone, remade in the 1980s.
Black Magic (US, 1949), with Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Nancy Guild, Raymond Burr. Directed by Gregory Ratoff and Orson Welles (uncredited). Welles portrays self-styled magician and alchemist Cagliostro in this bio pic.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (US, 1949), with Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix. Directed by Tay Garnett. This version includes Murvyn Vye as a villainous Merlin and Virginia Field as Morgan Le Fay.
Macbeth (UK television, 1949), with Esmond Knight, Patrick Macnee, Stephen Murray, Bernadette O'Farrell. Directed by George More O'Ferrall.
The Magic Cottage (US television series, 1949-1951), with Pat Meikle. This children’s story-telling series often featured classic fairy tales.
Paying the Piper (US animated short, 1949), with voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Robert McKimson. Pied Piper Porky has put all the cats in Hamelin out of work, so their leader poses as a giant rat to cheat Porky out of his reward.
Which Is Witch? (US animated short, 1949), with voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by I. Freleng. Bugs Bunny matches wits with African witch doctor I.C. Spots.
Cinderella (US, animated, 1950), with voices of Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Rhoda Williams, Lucillle Bliss. Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi.
Harvey (US, 1950), with James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake. Directed by Henry Koster.
Comin' Round the Mountain (US, 1951), with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay, Kirby Grant. Directed by Charles Lamont. Margaret Hamilton has a cameo appearance as backwoods witch Aunt Huddy.
Feathertop (US television movie, 1951), with Hugh O'Brian, Jane Powell, Hans Conreid, Cathleen Nesbitt. Directed by Dean Whitemore.
Feathertop (US television movie, 1951), with Hugh O'Brian, Jane Powell, Hans Conreid, Cathleen Nesbitt. Directed by Dean Whitemore.
Foodini, The Great (US television series, 1951), with Ellen Parker, Lou Prentis, Hope Bunin, Morey Bunin. Short-lived spin-off series from Lucky Pup, showing the further adventures of the nefarious magician.
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 TV series)
Episode: Macbeth
The Whistling Wizard (US television series, 1951-1952), with voices of Bil Baird, Cora Baird. Children’s puppet show whose title character protects his young charges from the Spider Lady, a sorceress who uses the magic words “Elia Kazan” to cast her spells.
Trick or Treat (US animated short, 1952), with voices of Clarence Nash, June Foray. Directed by Jack Hannah. With the help of Witch Hazel, Donald Duck’s nephews get even for all the tricks he has played on them. Foray later provided the voice for a completely different Witch Hazel in several classic Bugs Bunny shorts.
The Witch (aka Noita palaa elamaan, Finland, 1952), with Mirja Mane, Toivo Makela, Hillevi, Sakari Jurkka. Directed by Roland af Hallstrom.
The Band Wagon (US, 1953), with Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray. Directed by Vincente Minelli. A producer’s plan to make a musical of Faust is the backdrop for this MGM film.
Doctor Faust (Faust - Ein Puppenspiel, West Germany, animated short, 1953). Directed by Paul Gordon.
The Golden Blade (US, 1953), with Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans, George Macready. Directed by Nathan Juran. Arabian Nights adventurewith Hudson rescuing a princess with the help of a magic sword.
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (Sadko, USSR, 1953), with Sergei Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Y. Myshkova, B. Surovtsev. Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko.
The Oracle (aka The Horse’s Mouth, US, 1953), with Robert Beatty, Joseph Tomelty. A journalist discovers a prophetic spirit living in a well.
Peter Pan (US, animated, 1953), with voices of Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson. Directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson.
Siren of Bagdad (US, 1953), with Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Hans Conreid, Charley Lung. Directed by Richard Quine.
White Witch Doctor (US, 1953), with Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Walter Slezak, Timothy Carey. Directed by Henry Hatahway. Nurse Hayward tries to introduce modern medicine to the African interior. Typical presentation of indigenous religious and social practices as backwards and superstititous.
Bewitched Bunny (US animated short, 1954), with voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray. Bugs Bunny takes it upon himself to rescue Hansel and Gretel from Witch Hazel.
Brigadoon (US, 1954), with Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart. Directed by Vincente Minelli. The Scottish village of Brigadoon vanishes in the mist to emerge for one day every 100 years, thanks to the local minister’s prayer to protect the village from an approaching group of witches.
La Bruja (Mexico, 1954), with Lilia del Valle, Ramon Gay, Julio Villareal, Charles Rooner. Directed by Chano Urueta.
Hallmark Hall of Fame: “Macbeth" (US television, 1954), with Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson, Staats Cotsworth, Margot Stevenson. Directed by George Schaefer.
Die Hexe (West Germany, 1954), with Anita Björk, Karlheinz Böhm, Attila Hörbiger, Viktoria von Ballasko. Directed by Gustav Ucicky.
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (US, 1954), with Renate Druks, Marjorie Cameron, Curtis Harrington. Directed by Kenneth Anger. This short film documents many of the Thelemic rites first formulated by Aleister Crowley, of whom all the participants were disciples. Druks was a high-ranking member of the Agape Lodge; Cameron was the widow of Jack Parsons, the rocket scientist whose death in a fiery lab explosion is believed by many to be a result of his own experiments in Thelemic and Enochian magick. Anger restored many of the original murals at Crowley’s abandoned Abbey of Thelema in Sicily, and was later a member of Anton LaVey’s Magic Circle, a precursor to his Church of Satan. Today Anger is perhaps best known for his book, Hollywood Babylon. Harrington later directed Night Tide, in which Cameron makes a cameo appearance. His Wormwood Star is a profile of Cameron.
Satan’s Waitin’ (US animated short, 1954), with the voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Chuck Jones. In this Sylvester and Tweety cartoon the Devil, in the form of a horned bulldog, goads Sylvester into attacking Tweety in ways that cost him all of his nine lives.
The Silver Chalice (US, 1954), with Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, Paul Newman. Directed by Victor Saville. This Biblical epic covers in part Peter’s rivalry with Simon the Magus.
Ulysses (Italy, 1954), with Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn, Sylvie. Directed by Mario Camerini.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (US, 1955), with Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara, Dan Seymour, Kurt Katch. Directed by Charles Lamont.
Beanstalk Bunny (US animated short, 1955), with the voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Charles M. Jones. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck climb the beanstalk to match wits with a giant Elmer Fudd.
General Electric Theater: "Feathertop" (US television series episode, 4 December, 1955), with Ronald Reagan, Natalie Wood, Carleton Carpenter, Irene Tedrow. Directed by Don Medford.
General Electric Theater: "Feathertop" (US television series episode, 4 December, 1955), with Ronald Reagan, Natalie Wood, Carleton Carpenter, Irene Tedrow. Directed by Don Medford.
The Hangman and the Witch (L’Affaire des poisons, France/Italy, 1955), with Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance, Paul Meurisse, Anne Vernon. Directed by Henri Decoin.
A Hitch in Time (US, 1955). Directed by Chuck Jones. A retiring airman and a gremlin ponder reasons they should re-enlist.
Joe Macbeth (UK, 1955), with Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Bona Colleano, Gregorie Aslan. Directed by Ken Hughes. The Shakespeare play told with a hood as the title character; the idea is also used in Men of Respect.
Knight-Mare Hare (US animated short, 1955), with voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Chuck Jones. Bugs Bunny is transported to the days of King Arthur, where he douses a dragon’s breath with seltzer and makes a literal jackass out of Merlin the Magician.
Macbeth (Canada television, 1955), with Barry Morse, Katharine Blake. Director unknown.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge, West Germany, 1955), with Elke Arendt, Addi Adametz, Niels Claunitzer, Dietrich Thoms. Directed by Erich Kobler.
Son of Sinbad (US, 1955), with Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest, Lili St. Cyr, Vincent Price. Directed by Ted Tetzlaff.
Witch Crafty (US animated short, 1955), with voice of Grace Stafford. Directed by Paul J. Smith.
90 Day Wondering (US animated short, 1956), with voices of Mel Blanc and daws Butler. Directed by Chuck Jones. An ex-soldier hears from pixie like Re-Pete why he should re-enlist.
Broom-Stick Bunny (US animated short, 1956), with the voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray. Directed by Chuck Jones. Out trick-or-treating, Bugs meets Witch Hazel, who needs a rabbit’s clavicle for her latest potion.
The Blonde Witch (aka La Sorciere, France, 1956), with Marina Vlady, Nicole Courcel, Maurice Ronet, Michel Etcheverry. Directed by Andre Michel.
The Crucible (France/ East German, 1956), with Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Mylene Demongeot, Jean Debucourt. Directed by Raymond Rouleau.
The Flying Sorceress (US animated short), with voice of June Foray. Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna.
Forbidden Planet (US, 1956), with Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Richard Anderson. Directed by Fred M. Wilcox. A pioneering classic of science-fiction cinema, this is a futuristic retelling of The Tempest, with Pidgeon’s Dr. Morbius substituting for Prospero and Robbie the Robot for Ariel.
I Love Lucy: “Little Ricky’s School Pageant” (US television episode, December 17, 1956), with Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley. Directed by William Asher. Lucy plays the witch in Little Ricky’s school pageant. As she has trouble staying on the broom while flying, she instead uses it like an oar to row herself through the air, highly suggestive of Baba Yaga. Asher later married Elizabeth Montgomery and directed her in numerous episodes of Bewitched.
Matinee Theater: “Greybeards and Witches” (US, television series episode, May 1, 1956), with John Conte, Agnes Moorehead, Cathy O’Donnell, Judy Nugent.
Old Khottabych (USSR, 1956), with Nikolai Volkov, Aleksei Litvinov, Gennadi Khudyakov, Lev Kovalchuk. Directed by Gennadi Kazansky. A proletariat boy conjures a genie, then refuses the immense wealth offered him, insisiting it be shared equally among the working masses.
Our Unsung Villians (US television special, February 15, 1956), with Hans Conreid. Directed by Hamilton S. Luske. A montage of animated sequences from classic Disney films, highlighting its villains, including witches. Hans Conreid plays the Magic Mirror from Snow White.
The Sword and the Dragon (Ilya Muromets, USSR, 1956), with Boris Andreyev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya Medvedeva. Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko.
The Tempest (UK television, 1956), with Robert Eddison, Anna Barry, Robert Atkins, Bernard Brown. Directed by Ian Atkins and Robert Atkins.
The Ten Commandments (US, 1956), with Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, John Derek. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The central character in Exodus, Moses, is believed in many magical lodges to have been a powerful magician, in some accounts initiated into the Egyptian mystery schools. In Haitian Voudon he is often syncretized with one of the aspects of Damballah, possibly because he could turn his staff into a snake.
Yankee Dood It (US animated short, 1956), with the voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Friz Freleng. “Elver” Fudd, King of the Elves, tries to retrieve the elves that have been helping the shoemaker while lecturing him on the virtues of modern production and capitalism. While doing so, he must elude Sylvester the Cat, as the word “Jehosophat” turns elves into mice.
Ali Baba Bunny (US animated short, 1957), with the voice of Mel Blanc. After missing a “left turn at Albakoikee,” Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck end up in Baghdad, where Bugs poses as a genie to win the Sultan’s favor.
All About Magic (US television special, January 30, 1957), hosted by Walt Disney. Disney special features the Magic Mirror from Snow White, the “Bippity-Boppity-Boo” sequence from Cinderella, and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” sequence from Fantasia.
The Crucible (Les Sorcières de Salem, France, 1957), with Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Mylène Demongeot, Coutan-Lambert. Directed by Raymond Rouleau.
Curse of the Demon (aka Night of the Demon, UK, 1957), with Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham. Directed by Jacques Tourner. A skeptical psychologist learns he has been marked for death by a black magician. Gradually, he comes to realize that the curse is real. Based on the short story, "Casting the Runes."
The Disneyland Fourth Anniversary Show (US television special, September 11, 1957), with Walt Disney, the Mousketeers, Fess Parker, Guy Williams. Directed by Sidney Miller. Celebrating four years on television, Walt Disney hosts a preview of upcoming features, including the planned but never filmed The Rainbow Road to Oz. The two musical numbers performed feature the Mousketeers, including Annette Funicello as Ozma and Bobby Burgess as the Scarecrow.
Drafty, Isn’t It? (US animated short, 1957), with voice of Daws Butler. Willie N. List, a dream fairy, convinces a young man to enlist in the reserves.
The Story of Mankind (US, 1957), with Ronald Colman, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Hedy Lamarr. Directed by Irwin Allen. Price, as Satan, serves as prosecuting attorney in this celestial trial of the human race.
The Last Witch (Posledna bosorka, Czechoslovakia, 1957), with Olga Zöllnerová, Mikulás Huba, Frantisek Dibarbora, Karol Machata. Directed by Vladimír Bahna.
The Lux Video Theatre: "Old Witch, Old Witch" (US television series, Sept. 5, 1957), with Margalo Gillmore, Maury Hill. Directed by David Orrick McDearmon.
Maverick (1957 TV series)
Episode: The Witch of Hound Dog
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu jô, Japan, 1957), with Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa’s adaptation of Macbeth, set in feudal Japan.
Tweety and the Beanstalk (US animated short, 1957), with voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray. Directed by Friz Freleng. After Jack’s magic beans are thrown under his bed, Sylvester finds himself going up the beanstalk to the giant’s castle, where he meets a giant Tweety.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (US, 1958), with Kerwin Matthews, Kathryn Crosby, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher. Directed by Nathan Juran.
Bell, Book and Candle (US, 1958), with James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Elsa Lanchester. Directed by Richard Quine. Based on the play by John Van Druten.
Romantic comedy with book editor Stewart falling in love with neighbor Novak, then discovering she is a witch who has cast a love spell on him. The problem with love spells of course is that they tend to affect the speller as well as the spellee. Together with I Married a Witch, this film was one of the inspirations for the Bewitched television series. Grand dame Hermione Gingold and TV legend Ernie Kovacks also appear in this gem.
Damn Yankees (US, 1958), with Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown. Directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen.
Knighty-Knight Bugs (US animated short, 1958), with voice of Mel Blanc. Court jester Bugs Buny is drafted by King Arthur to retrieve the Singing Sword from Black Knight Yosemite Sam.
Make Room For Daddy: "Evil Eye" (US television series episode, Jan 13, 1958), with Danny Thomas, Sherry Jackson, Mary Wickes, Marvin Kaplan. Directed by Sheldon Leonard.
Make Room For Daddy: "Evil Eye" (US television series episode, Jan 13, 1958), with Danny Thomas, Sherry Jackson, Mary Wickes, Marvin Kaplan. Directed by Sheldon Leonard.
Night of the Ghouls (US, 1958), with Duke Moore, Tor Johnson, Paul Marco, Criswell. Directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. This sequel to Wood’s “Bride of the Monster” was released in 1983 after someone finally paid Wood’s bill at the photo lab.
Panda and the Magic Serpent (Hakuja den, Japan, animated, 1958), with voices of Hisaya Morishige, Mariko Miyagi, Marvin Miller, Mel Welles. Directed by Kazuhiko Okabe, Taiji Yabushita.
Quatermass and the Pit (UK television, 1958), with Andre Morell, Cec Liner, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton. Directed by Rudolph Cartier.
Shirley Temple’s Storybook: “Rapunzel” (US television series episode, 1958), with Shirley Temple, Carol Lynley, Agnes Moorehead, Don Dubbins.
The Thing That Couldn’t Die (US, 1958), with Andra Martin, William Reynolds, Robin Hughes, Carolyn Kearney. Directed by Will Cowan.
Which Is Witch? (US animated short, 1958). Directed by Seymour Kneitel. Casper the Friendly Ghost and Winky the Unfriendly Ghost compete for the attention of Wendy the Good Little Witch.
1001 Arabian Nights (US, animated, 1959), with voices of Jim Backus, Kathryn Crosby, Dwayne Hickman, Hans Conreid. Directed by Jack Kinney. The Arabian Nights Tales as experienced by Mr. Magoo.
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro, (Brazil, 1959), with Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni. Directed by Marcel Camus. The Orpheus and Eurydice tale retold in contemporary Brazil during Carnival. Instead of the Underworld, Orfeu goes to a bembe, where a priestess channels the spirits that he must petition for the life of his love.
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (US, 1959), with Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O’Dea. Directed by Robert Stevenson. In addition to leprechauns, pookahs, and banshees, Darby warns his daughter to stay away from neighbor Estelle Winwood, convinced she’s a witch.
The Day the Earth Froze (Sampo, Finland/USSR, 1959), with Andris Oshin, Eve Kivi, Anna Orotshko, Ivan Voronov. Directed by Alexandr Ptushko.
Donald in Mathmagic Land (US animated film, 1959), with voices of Clarence Nash, Paul Frees. Directed by Hamilton Luske. Hermeticists will appreciate the Pythagorean undertones of this film, originally co-released with Darby O’Gill and the Little People.
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns (US television special, May 29, 1959), with Walt Disney, Pat O’Brien. Directed by Robert Stevenson, Harry Keller. A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Darby O’Gill and the Little People, with Disney meeting King Brian of the Leprechauns and giving the audience some background on Irish folklore.
ITV Play of the Week: The Crucible (UK television series episode, November 3, 1959), with Sean Connery, Barbara Chilcott, Noel Willman, Susannah York. Directed by Henry Kaplan.
Macbeth (France television, 1959), with Daniel Sorano, Jean Topart, Marcelle Ranson-Herve, Madeleine Marion. Directed by Claude Barma.
Matty's Funday Funnies (1959 TV series)
The Mummy (UK, 1959), with Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne. Directed by Terence Fisher.
Rocky and His Friends (US animated television series, 1959-1961), with voices of June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton. Segments included “Fractured Fairy Tales,” narrated by Horton. Any witches figuring in the stories were usually voiced by Foray.
The Shaggy Dog (US, 1959), with Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello. Directed by Charles Barton. A young man finds that reciting the inscription on a magic ring, he is transformed into a sheepdog. Based on The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten.
Sleeping Beauty (US, 1959), with voices of Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Disney's animated version of the Charles Perault fairy tale replaces the wicked fairy with Maleficent, a vengeful sorceress.
Snooper and Blabber: "Switch Witch" (US animated television series episode, Sept 26, 1959), with voice of Daws Butler.
The Snow Queen (USSR/ US, animation with live action introduction, 1959), with Art Linkletter (host), voices of Sandra Dee, Tommy Kirk, Patty McCormack. Directed by Phil Patton.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (UK television, 1959) , with William Squire, James Maxwell, Felicity Young, Alex Scott. Directed by Ronald Eyre.
The Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause” (US television series episode, November 6, 1959), with Rod Serling, David Wayne, Thomas Gomez, Virginia Christie. Directed by Mitchell Leisen.
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
Episode: Jess-Belle
A Witch’s Tangled Hare (US animated short, 1959), with the voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray. Directed by Abe Levitow. Witch Hazel chases Bugs Bunny around MacBeth’s castle while William Shakespeare takes notes.
Invocation of My Demon Lover (US, 196?), Directed by Kenneth Anger.
1001 Arabian Nights (US, animated, 1959), with voices of Jim Backus, Kathryn Crosby, Dwayne Hickman, Hans Conreid. Directed by Jack Kinney. The Arabian Nights Tales as experienced by Mr. Magoo.
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro, (Brazil, 1959), with Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni. Directed by Marcel Camus. The Orpheus and Eurydice tale retold in contemporary Brazil during Carnival. Instead of the Underworld, Orfeu goes to a bembe, where a priestess channels the spirits that he must petition for the life of his love.
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (US, 1959), with Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O’Dea. Directed by Robert Stevenson. In addition to leprechauns, pookahs, and banshees, Darby warns his daughter to stay away from neighbor Estelle Winwood, convinced she’s a witch.
The Day the Earth Froze (Sampo, Finland/USSR, 1959), with Andris Oshin, Eve Kivi, Anna Orotshko, Ivan Voronov. Directed by Alexandr Ptushko.
Donald in Mathmagic Land (US animated film, 1959), with voices of Clarence Nash, Paul Frees. Directed by Hamilton Luske. Hermeticists will appreciate the Pythagorean undertones of this film, originally co-released with Darby O’Gill and the Little People.
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns (US television special, May 29, 1959), with Walt Disney, Pat O’Brien. Directed by Robert Stevenson, Harry Keller. A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Darby O’Gill and the Little People, with Disney meeting King Brian of the Leprechauns and giving the audience some background on Irish folklore.
ITV Play of the Week: The Crucible (UK television series episode, November 3, 1959), with Sean Connery, Barbara Chilcott, Noel Willman, Susannah York. Directed by Henry Kaplan.
Macbeth (France television, 1959), with Daniel Sorano, Jean Topart, Marcelle Ranson-Herve, Madeleine Marion. Directed by Claude Barma.
Matty's Funday Funnies (1959 TV series)
The Mummy (UK, 1959), with Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne. Directed by Terence Fisher.
Rocky and His Friends (US animated television series, 1959-1961), with voices of June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton. Segments included “Fractured Fairy Tales,” narrated by Horton. Any witches figuring in the stories were usually voiced by Foray.
The Shaggy Dog (US, 1959), with Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello. Directed by Charles Barton. A young man finds that reciting the inscription on a magic ring, he is transformed into a sheepdog. Based on The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten.
Sleeping Beauty (US, 1959), with voices of Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Disney's animated version of the Charles Perault fairy tale replaces the wicked fairy with Maleficent, a vengeful sorceress.
Snooper and Blabber: "Switch Witch" (US animated television series episode, Sept 26, 1959), with voice of Daws Butler.
The Snow Queen (USSR/ US, animation with live action introduction, 1959), with Art Linkletter (host), voices of Sandra Dee, Tommy Kirk, Patty McCormack. Directed by Phil Patton.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (UK television, 1959) , with William Squire, James Maxwell, Felicity Young, Alex Scott. Directed by Ronald Eyre.
The Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause” (US television series episode, November 6, 1959), with Rod Serling, David Wayne, Thomas Gomez, Virginia Christie. Directed by Mitchell Leisen.
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
Episode: Jess-Belle
A Witch’s Tangled Hare (US animated short, 1959), with the voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray. Directed by Abe Levitow. Witch Hazel chases Bugs Bunny around MacBeth’s castle while William Shakespeare takes notes.
Invocation of My Demon Lover (US, 196?), Directed by Kenneth Anger.
13 Ghosts (US, 1960), with Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp, Margaret Hamilton. Directed by William Castle.
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (UK, 1960), with Kerwin Matthews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson. Directed by Jack Sher.
Alakazam the Great (Japan/US, animated, 1960), with voices of Jonathan Winters, Frankie Avalon, Arnold Stang, Sterling Holloway. Directed by Taiji Yabushita. The magical Monkey King defeats King Gruesome and other foes.
The Boy and the Pirates (US, 1960), with Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon, Murvyn Vye, Paul Guilford. Directed by Bert I. Gordon. A magic bottle washed on shore transports a young boy to buccaneer days.
The Bugs Bunny Show:”#1584” (US animated television series episode, Dec. 13, 1960), with the voice of Mel Blanc. Includes the short Which is Witch.
Cinderfella (US, 1960), with Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson, Anna Maria Alberghetti. Directed by Frank Tashlin.
The Devil’s Eye (Sweden, 1960), with Jarle Kulle, Bibi Anderson, Uils Poppe, Sture Lagerwall. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. The Devil sends Don Juan back to Earth to seduce a pious virgin.
Horror Hotel (aka “The City of the Dead,” UK, 1960), with Venetia Stevenson, Christopher Lee, Patricia jessel. Directed by John Llwewllyn Moxley. A woman arrives in the town of Whitewood, Massachussetts and finds it under the control of a coven led by a 300-year-old witch.
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (US animated television series, 1960-1963), with voices of Jackson Beck, Allan Swift, Frank Milano, Kenny Delmar. Characters include Lizard the Wizard.
Macbeth (Italy television, 1960), with Enrico Maria Salerno, Elena Zareschi, Carlo Giuffre. Directed by Alessandro Brissoni.
Macbeth (US television, 1960) , with Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson, Michael Hordern, Ian Bannen. Directed by George Schaefer.
Macumba Love (US, 1960), with Walter Reed, Ziva Rodann, William Wellman, Jr, June Wilkinson. Directed by Douglas Fowley.
The Magic Land of Allakazam (1960-1964), with Mark Wilson, Nani Darnell, Mike Wilson, Bev Bergerson. Magician Mark Wilson fights evil characters in a magical land.
The Shirley Temple Show: “The Land of Oz” (US television series episode, September 18, 1960), with Shirley Temple, Jonathan Winters, Agnes Moorehead, Ben Blue.
The Shirley Temple Show: “The House of the Seven Gables” (US television series episode, December 11, 1960), with Shirley Temple, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Culp, Martin Landau.
The Tempest (US television, 1960), with Maurice Evans, Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Roddy McDowall. Directed by George Schaefer.
The Twilight Zone: “The Chaser” (US television series episode, May 13, 1960), with Rod Serling, George Grizzard, John McIntire, Patricia Barry. Directed by Douglas Heyes.
The Twilight Zone: “The Man in the Bottle” (US television series episode, October 7, 1960), with Rod Serling, Luther Adler, Vivi Janiss, Jospeh Ruskin. Directed by Don Medford.
The Twilight Zone: “The Howling Man” (US television series episode, November 4, 1960), with Rod Serling, John Carradine, H.M. Wynant, Robin Hughes. Directed by Dougas Heyes.
The Twilight Zone: “Nick of Time” (US television series episode, November 18, 1960), with Rod Serling, William Shatner, Patricia Breslin, Guy Wilkerson. Directed by Richard L. Bare.
The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan, Sweden, 1960), with Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson. Directed by Ingmar Bergman.
The Wizard of Baghdad (US, 1960), with Dick Shawn, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, John Van Dreelen. Directed by George Sherman. Spoof of the Arabian Nights tales.
Black Sunday (Italy, 1961), with Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani, Andrea Checchi. Directed by Mario Bava.
The Bugs Bunny Show :”#1588” (US animated television series episode, Jan. 3, 1961), with voice of Mel Blanc. Includes A-Lad-In His Lamp.
The Bugs Bunny Show: “#1600” (US animated television series episode, Mar. 7, 1961), with voice of Mel Blanc. Host Sylvester the Cat introduces cartoons including Paying the Piper and Beanstalk Bunny.
The Bugs Bunny Show: “Bad Time Story” (US animated television series episode, Oct. 10, 1961), with voice of Mel Blanc. Includes Bewitched Bunny and Tweety and the Beanstalk.
Devil’s Feud Cake (US animated short, 1961), with the voice of Mel Blanc. After going to Hades, Yosemite Sam makes a deal with the Devil, - if her brings Bugs Bunny to take his place, he can go free. This short was expanded for an installment of The Bugs Bunny Show on television, and again for The Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny.
The Hellfire Club (UK, 1961), with Keith Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, Peter Cushing, Peter Arne. Directed by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman.
Hercules in the Haunted World (Italy, 1961), with Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, Giorgio Ardisson. Directed by Mario Bava. Hercules battles the devil’s minions in Hell.
Holiday for Henpecked Husbands (US animated television special, November 26, 1961). Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. Goofy appears as a pixie-like entity in a Peter Pan outfit in one of the animated sequences of this Disney piece, also known as Goofy Takes a Holiday.
Macbeth (Canada television, 1961), with Sean Connery, Zoe Caldwell, William Needles, Woodrow Parfrey. Directed by Paul Almond.
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (US animated short, 1961), with the voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Friz Freleng. Pied Piper Sylvester the Cat meets his match in Speedy Gonzales.
Scarlet Sail (Alye parusa, USSR, 1961), with Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Vasili Lanovoy, Yelena Cheremshanova, Aleksandr Lupenko. Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko.
Snow White and the Three Stooges (US, 1961), with Carol Heiss, Patricia Medina, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Derita. Directed by Walter Lang.
Thief of Baghdad (Italy, 1961), with Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel. Directed by Arthur Lubin.
The Twilight Zone: “Dust” (US television series episode, January 6, 1961), with Rod Serling, Thomas Gomez, John Larch, Vladimir Sokoloff. Directed by Douglas Heyes.
The Twilight Zone: “The Grave” (US television series episode, October 27, 1961), with Rod Serling, James Best, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin. Directed by Motgomery Pittman.
The Twilight Zone: “Still Valley” (US television series episode, November 24, 1961), with Rod Serling, Gary Merrill, Vaughn Taylor, Mark Tapscott. Directed by James Sheldon.
The Twilight Zone: “The Jungle” (US television series episode, December 1, 1961), with Rod Serling, John Dehner, Walter Brooke, Jay Adler. Directed by Wiliam F. Claxton.
Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki (1961)
The Witch-girl He Yueer (Hong Kong, 1961). Directed by Kuang-chi Tu.
The Wonders of Aladdin (US/Italy, 1961), with Donald O’Connor, Noelle Adam, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi. Directed by Henry Levin, Mario Brava.
The Beverly Hillbillies: “The Clampbetts Meet Mrs. Drysdale” (US television series episode, October 17, 1962), with Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Harriet MacGibbon. Directed by Richard Whorf. When the Drysdales’ butler refuses to admit the Clampbetts so Granny can administer a backwoods cure for Mrs. Drysdale, Granny has herself hoisted on a rope to Mrs. Drysdale’s bedroom window. The hypochondriac Mrs. Drysdale, seeing Granny outside her window, is convinced she is having hallucinations of a witch flying outside.
Burn, Witch, Burn! (aka Night of the Eagle, UK, 1962), with Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnson, Anthony Nicholls. Directed by Sidney Hayers. Based on the novel Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. This was remade as Witches' Brew in 1980.
Devil’s Messenger (US/ Sweden, 1962), with Lon Chaney, Jr., Karen Kadler, John Crawford, Michael Hinn. Directed by Curt Siodmark.
I Was a Teenage Mummy (US, 1962). Directed by Ralph C. Bluemke. The mummy of a young Egyptian prince is brought to the US, and then brought to life.
Jack the Giant Killer (US, 1962), with Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Walter Burke. Directed by Nathan Juran. After killing a giant, Jack is entrusted with guarding a beautiful princess, then rescuing her after she is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer and his band of witches and demons.
Maciste in Hell (Maciste all’inferno, Italy, 1962), with Kirk Morris, Hélène Chanel, Vira Silenti, Andrea Bosic. Directed by Riccardo Freda.
The Magic Sword (US 1962), with Gary Lockwood, Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Anne Helm. Directed by Bert I. Gordon. Good witch Estelle Winwood helps her son Lockwood defeat evil magician Rathbone.
Number 13 (aka The Tin Woodsman’s Dream, US animated, 1962). Directed by Harry Smith. Test footage for a proposed film, based on L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which fell through after the death of executive producer Arthur Young.
The Phantom of the Opera (UK, 1962), with Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Thorley Walters, Edward de Souza. Directed by Terence Fisher. In this version, the Phantom has composed an opera about the trial of Joan of Arc.
Reve-enka (Norway, animated short, 1962). Directed by Ivo Caprino.
The Twilight Zone: “The Hunt” (US television series episode, January 26, 1962), with Rod Serling, Jeanette Nolan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Dexter Dupont. Directed by Harold Shuster.
The Twilight Zone: “Kick the Can” (US television series episode, February 9, 1962), with Rod Serling, Ernest Truex, Russell Collins, John Marley. Directed by Lamont Johnson.
Which Witch Is Witch? (US television animated short, 1962), with voices of Norma MacMillian, Larry Storch. Director unknown.
The Witch Beneath the Sea (US/Brazil, 1962), with John Sutton, Gina Albert, Eugenio Carlos, Celeneh Costa. Directed by Zygmunt Sulistrowski.
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (US, 1962), with Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Jim Backus, Buddy Hackett. Directed by Henry Levin and George Pal.
Zotz! (US, 1962), with Tom Poston, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Fred Clarke. Directed by William Castle. Poston receives magic powers from a talismanic coin.
The Avengers: “Warlock” (UK television series episode, January 26, 1963), with Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Peter Arne, Allan Blakelock. Directed by Peter Hammond. Agents John Steed and Cathy Gale investigate scientists involved in a black magic circle.
Beauty and the Beast (US, 1963), with Joyce Taylor, Mark Damon, Edward Franz, Michael Pate. Directed by Edward L. Cahn.
Captain Sinbad (US/Germany, 1963), with Guy Williams, Pedro Armedariz, Heidi Bruhl, Abraham Sofaer. Directed by Byron Haskins.
The Bugs Bunny Show: “Satan’s Waitin’” (US animated television series episode, Oct. 17, 1963), with voice of Mel Blanc. The opening of the cartoon short Devil’s Feud Cake is used to introduce three cartoons with Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.
The Haunted Palace (US, 1963), with Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney, Jr, Frank Maxwell. Directed by Roger Corman. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s The Starnge Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
The Hellfire Club (UK, 1963), with Keith Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, Peter Cushing.
Jason and the Argonauts (US, 1963), with Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovak, Honor Blackman, Gary Raymond. Directed by Don Chaffey. Kovak, who plays Medea, went on to play Darrin’s old flame Sheila in two episodes of Bewitched.
The Kiss of the Vampire (aka Kiss of Evil, UK, 1963), with Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel. Directed by Don Sharp.
The New Casper Cartoon Show (US animated television series, 1963-1970). Among the many Harvey characters appearing in this series is Casper’s friend, Wendy the Good Little Witch.
Night Tide (US, 1963), with Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir, Luana Anders. Directed by Curtis Harrington. Marjorie Cameron, widow of Jack Parsons, has a cameo appearance and gives all her lines in R’lyehian, the language of Lovecraft’s “Great Old Ones.” Both she and director Harrington appeared in Kenneth Anger’s Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome. Harrington’s Wormwood Star is a profile of Cameron.
Now Hear This (US animated short, 1963). Directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble. A man tosses away his horn hearing aid for one found lying in the street, not realizing it’s one of the Devil’s horns which amplifies all sounds to colossal levels.
The Raven (US, 1963), with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Hazel Court. Directed by Roger Corman.
Return to Oz (US television, animated, 1963), with voices of Susan Conway, Larry Hann, Alfie Scopp, Susan Morse. Dorothy returns to Oz to find the Wizard has been captured by the Wicked Witch, who has stolen the Scarecrow’s brain, Tin Man’s heart, and Lion’s courage. Instead of a broom, the witch has an umbrella, as she does in L. Frank Baum’s original book.
The Small Witch (El Sahera el saghira, Egypt, 1963), with Soad Hosny. Directed by Niazi Mostafa.
The Sword in the Stone (US, animated, 1963), with the voices of Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Martha Wentworth, Alan Napier. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman.
Sword of Lancelot (aka Lancelot and Guinevere, UK, 1963), with Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Aherne, George Baker. Directed by Cornel Wilde.
Transylvania 6-5000 (US animated short, 1963), with voices of Mel Blanc, Ben Frommer, and Julie Bennett. Directed by Chuck Jones. Bugs Bunny is in Transylvania, where he meets Count Bloodcount, who changes into a bat with the magic words, “Abracadabra.” Bugs turns him into a two-headed vulture with the words, “Newport News.” The storyline was recycled for an episode of the Oddball Couple Saturday morning cartoon series.
Twice-Told Tales (US, 1963), with Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Mari Blanchard, Brett Halsey. Directed by Sidney Salkow. This anthology of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s stories includes an abridged version of The House of the Seven Gables.
The Twilight Zone: “Jess-Belle” (US television series episode, February 14, 1963), with Rod Serling, Anne Francis, James Best, Laura Devon. Directed by Buzz Kulik.
The Twilight Zone: “Printer’s Devil” (US television series episode, February 28, 1963), with Rod Serling, Burgess Mereditth, Pat Crowley, Robert Sterling. Directed by Ralph Senensky.
The Twilight Zone: “I Dream of Genie” (US television series episode, March 21, 1963), with Rod Serling, Howard Morris, Jack Albertson, Patricia Barry. Directed by Robert Gist.
The Twilight Zone: “Of Late I Think of Cliffordville” (US television series episode, April 11, 1963), with Rod Serling, Albert Salmi, Julie Newmar, John Anderson. Directed by David Lowell Rich.
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (US, 1964), with Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, John Ericson, Arthur O'Connell. Directed by George Pal.
The Addams Family (US television series, 1964-1966), with John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy. Select episodes. Margaret Hamilton, best known as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, appears in three episodes as Morticia’s mother, Grandma Frump.
The Andy Griffith Show: “Divorce, Mountain Style” (US television series episode, March 30, 1964), with Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Denver Pyle, Maggie Peterson. Directed by Jeffrey Hayden.
The Andy Griffith Show: "Three Wishes for Opie" (US television series episode, December 21, 1964), with Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Howard McNear. Directed by Howard Morris.
"Bewitched" (US television series, 1964-1972), with Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead. Classic situation comedy about a young witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of an ordinary housewife, despite the unusual situations arising from the antics of her other-worldly family, particularly her meddling mother. Samantha is perhaps second only to the Wicked Witch of the West as the image most often coming to mind when one hears the word "witch." Many actors connected with the series, especially Agnes Moorehead, had long and distinguished careers before this series appeared, but are now known almost exclusively for their work on this show.
The Brass Bottle (US, 1964), with Tony Randall, Burl Ives, Barbara Eden, Edward Andrews. Directed by Harry Keller.
Devil Doll (UK, 1964), with Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain, Philip Ray. Directed by Lindsay Shonteff.
The Flintstones: “Cinderellastone” (US animated television series episode, October 22, 1964), with voices of Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyle, Mel Blanc, Gerry Johnson. Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
Gilligan’s Island: “Voodoo Something to Me” (US television episode, October 10, 1964), with Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus, Tina Louise. Directed by John Rich.
Gilligan’s Island: “Waiting for Watubi” (US television episode, December 5, 1964), with Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer. Directed by Jack Arnold.
Jack Frost (aka Morozko, Father Frost, The Crystal Star, USSR/ Finland, 1964), with Aleksandr Khvylya, Natalya Sedykh, Eduard Izotov, Georgi Millyar. Directed by Aleksandr Rou. Actually combines two classic Russian fairy tales; Millyar appears in drag as the witch Baba Yaga.
Kaidan (Japan, 1964), with Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai. Directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
The Long Hair of Death (I lunghi capeli dela morte, Italy, 1964), with Barbara Steele, George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska, Umberto Raho. Directed by Antonio Margheriti.
Mary Poppins (US, 1964), with Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns. Directed by Robert Stevenson.
The Masque of the Red Death (US, 1964), with Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston. Directed by Roger Corman.
Moro Witch Doctor (US/ Philippines, 1964), with Jock Mahoney, Margia Dean, Pancho Magalona, Reed Hadley. Directed by Eddie Romero.
"The Munsters" (US television series, 1964 - 1966), with Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne DeCarlo, Pat Priest. Directed by David Alxander and others. Besides being the actual Count Dracula, Grandpa Munster is also an accomplished alchemist and sorcerer, although his spells and potions usually backfire.
The Naked Witch (US, 1964), with Libby Hall, Robert Short, Jo Maryman, Denis Adams. Directed by Claude Alexander, Larry Buchanan.
The Naked Witch (US, 1964), with Beth Porter, Robert Burgos, Bryarly Lee, Lee Forbes. Directed by Andy Milligan.
Onibaba (Japan, 1964), with Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno. Directed by Kaneto Shindô.
Pinocchio in Outer Space (US/France, animated, 1964), with voices of Arnold Stang, Jess Cain, others. Directed by Ray Goossens.
Senorella and the Glass Huarache (US animated short, 1964), with voices of Mel Blanc and Tom Holland. Directed by Hawley Prath. Spoof of Cinderella as told from a stereotypical Mexican viewpoint.
The Sinner and the Witch (El Pecador y la bruja, Spain, 1964), with Javier Armet, Mara Cruz, Manolo Gómez Bur, José Bódalo. Directed by Julio Buchs.
Tales of Time Lost (USSR, 1964), with Oleg Anofriyev, Grisha Plotkin, Sergei Martinson, Yevgeni Sokolov. Directed by Alexander Ptushko. Anthology of fairy tales told by a quartet of wizards.
The Three Lives of Thomasina (US, 1964), with Karen Dotrice, Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, voice of Elspeth March. Directed by Don Chaffey.
The Twilight Zone” “The Bewitchin’ Pool” (US television series episode, June 19, 1964), with Rod Serling, Georgia Simmons, Mary Badham, Kim Hector. Directed by Joseph M. Newman.
Witch Wood (UK television, July 18, 1964), with Isobel Black, Donald Douglas, Stephen MacDonald, Fulton Mackay. Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith.
Witchcraft (UK, 1964), with Lon Chaney, Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Viola Keats. Directed by Don Sharp. A 300-year-old witch is dug up in an English village, with disastrous results.
The Avengers: “Too Many Christmas Trees” (UK television series episode, December 25, 1965), with Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Mervyn Johns, Edwin Richfield, Jeanette Sterke. Directed by Roy Baker. Steed is being driven mad by a trio of powerful psychics. Classic scene has Macnee and Rigg remarking that their adversaries can read their minds, at which point they look at each other for a moment of silence, followed by Macnee’s quip, “Look that up in your crystal ball.”
Babasiz Yasayamam (USSR/ Turkey, 1965). Direted by Bilgi Olgac. Turkish-dubbed Soviet film with Baba Yaga. Contains footage from Jack Frost.
The Beverly Hillbillies: “That Old Black Magic” (US television series episode, 22 September, 1965), with Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Harriet MacGibbon, Raymond Bailey. Directed by ?
Curse of the Voodoo (UK, 1965), with Bryant Holiday, Dennis Price, Lisa Daniely, Mary Kerridge. Directed by Lindsay Shonteff.
Dark Intruder (US, 1965), with Leslie Nielsen, Judi Meredith, Mark Richman, Werner Klemperer. Directed by Harvey Hart.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (US, 1965), with Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland. Directed by Freddie Francis. Among the stories in this anthology is one with Castle as a jazz musician who spies on a voodoo ceremony in the Caribbean, then uses the drum rhythms in his nightclub act, dying of fright after inadvertently summoning a voodoo spirit. Tarot card reader Cushing, who serves as host for the stories, turns out to be Death.
Five Graves for a Medium (5 tombre per un medium, Italy, 1965), with Barbara Steele, Walter Brandi, Mirella Maravidi, Alfredo Rizzo. Directed by Massimo Pupillo.
The Flintstones: “Samantha” (US television series episode, October 22, 1965), with voices of Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York. Wilma and Betty go on a camping trip with new neighbor Samantha, guest voiced by Elizabeth Montgomery. When Fred and Barney try to scare the ladies for a laugh, Sam uses her witchcraft to turn the tables on them. Dick York does a voice cameo as Darrin. This episode was of course a promotion for Bewitched, which had just premiered earlier that season. Wilma at one point even remarks that Samantha “reminds her of that new witch t.v. show.”
The Flinstones: “The Great Gazoo” (US television series episode, October 29, 1965), with voices of Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Harvey Korman. Directed by William Hana, Joseph Barbera.
The Flinstones: “The Stonefinger Caper” (US television series episode, November 19, 1965), with voices of Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Harvey Korman. Directed by William Hana, Joseph Barbera.
The Flinstones: “Seeing Doubles” (US television series episode, December 17, 1965), with voices of Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Harvey Korman. Directed by William Hana, Joseph Barbera.
House of the Black Death (US, 1965), with Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Andrea King, Tom Drake. Directed by Harold Daniels.
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (US, 1965), with Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Frankie Avalon, Beverly Adams. Directed by William Asher. In the last of the Frankie and Annette beach movies, Frankie, now in the military, has South Seas witch doctor Buster Keaton conjure up a dream woman (Adams) to keep Hickman away from Annette. Elizabeth Montgomery, Samantha on Bewitched (and then-wife to director Asher), has a cameo at the end as Keaton's daughter, "a real witch's witch."
Macbeth (Australia television, 1965), with Wyn Roberts, Terri Aldred, Michael Duffield, Keith Eden. Directed by Alan Burke.
On Fighting Witches (US, 1965). Directed by Robert Shaye.
Poor Little Witch Girl (US animated short, 1965). Directed by Howard Post.
She (UK, 1965), with Ursula Andress, John Richardson, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins. Directed by Robert Day.
The Skull (UK, 1965), with Peter Cushing, Patrick Wymark, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green. Directed by Freddie Francis.
The Sword of Ali Baba (US, 1965), with Peter Mann, Jocelyn Lane, Peter Whitney, Gavin MacLeod. Directed by Virgil Vogel.
Witch Crafty (US television, animated, 1965), with voices of Dayton Allen, Beverly Arnold, Larry Best, Hetty Galen. Directed by Hal Seeger.
The Wizard of Mars (US, 1965), with John Carradine, Roger Gentry, Vic McGee, Jerry rannow. Directed by ? A group of astronauts land on Mars and find a golden highway which leads them through many perils to a ruined city, where they meet the planet’s ruler, or rather a hologram of his head. In other words, this a futuristic treatment of The Wizard of Oz.
The Andy Griffith Show: "The Gypsies" (US television series episode, February 21, 1966), with Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Francis Bavier, Vito Scotti. Directed by Alan Rankin.
The Avengers: “Small Game for Big Hunters” (UK television series episode, January 14, 1966), with Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Bill Fraser, James Villers. Directed by Gerry O'Hara.
The Avengers: “A Touch of Brimstone” (UK television series episode, February 19, 1966), with Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Peter Wyngarde, Colin Jeavons. Directed by James Hill. Agents John Steed and Emma Peel discover a group of debauched hedonists who have revived the Hellfire Club, and also plan to reenact the Gunpowder Plot. Classic moment is Rigg as the leather clad, spiked collared, python draped Queen of Sin. The Electric Hellfire Club’s single, “Evil Genius (Queen of Sin)” takes its title from this episode and also incorporates samples from the dialogue.
Batman (US, 1966), with Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero. Directed by Leslie Martinson. Movie based on the camp television series pits Batman and Robin against an alliance of their four greatest enemies, - the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman. One scene has the villains riding rocket umbrellas provided by Penguin, which Robin likens to witches on broomsticks.
Batman: “Marsha, Queen of Diamonds/ Marsha’s Scheme of Diamonds” (US television episode, 1966), with Adam West, Burt Ward, Carolyn Jones, Estelle Winwood. In this two-part episode, Marsha (Jones) is helped in her criminal plot by her Aunt Hilda (Winwood), a self-styled witch.
"Dark Shadows" (US television series, 1966-1971), with Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett, Joan Bennett. Created by Dan Curtis. Original version of the classic soap opera, with Frid as Barnabas Collins, a man cursed with vampirism 200 years ago by the vengeful witch Angelique.
The Devil in Love (Italy, 1966), with Vittorio Gassman, Mickey Rooney, Claudine Auger, Ettore Mani. Directed by Ettore Scola.
The Devil's Own (aka The Witches - UK, 1966), with Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McGowen, Michelle Dotrice. Directed by Cyril Frankel. Teacher Fontaine finds that a local witch coven plans to sacrifice young girl Dotrice. Based on the novel by Nora Lofts.
The Flintstones: “How to Pick a Fight With Your Wife Without Really Trying” (US television episode, January 7, 1966), with voices of Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Harvey Korman, Mel Blanc. Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
The Flintstones: “The Long, Long, Long Weekend” (US television series episode, January 21, 1966), with voices of Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Harvey Korman, Jean Vander Pyl. Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
The Flintstones: “Boss For a Day” (US television series episode, February 25, 1966), with voices of Alan Reed, Harvey Korman, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl. Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
The Flinstones: “Jealousy” (US television series episode, March 11, 1966), with voices of Alan Reed, Harvey Korman, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl. Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
The Flinstones: “My Fair Freddy” (US television series episode, March 25, 1966), with voices of Alan Reed, Harvey Korman, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl. Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (US, 1966), with Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Michael Crawford. During the number “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” Michael Horden flies off on a broom. Mostel poses as a soothsayer to send Buster Keaton on a wild goose chase around the Seven Hills of Rome.
Gilligan’s Island: “Voodoo” (October 10, 1966), with Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Russell Johnson, Eddie Little Sky. Directed by George Cahan.
Gilligan’s Island: “And Then There Were None” (December 5, 1966), with Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus, Dawn Wells. Directed by Jerry Hopper.
A-Haunting We Will Go (US animated short, 1966), with voices of Mel Blanc and June Foray. Directed by Robert McKimson. On Halloween, Daffy Duck takes his nephew to visit neighbor Witch Hazel, to prove she is not a witch.
Incubus (US, 1966), with William Shatner, Allyson Ames, Eloise Hardt, Robert Fortier. Directed by Leslie Stevens.
It! (UK, 1966), with Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell, Aubrey Richards. Directed by Herbert J Leder. Modern retelling of the Golem legend.
Macbeth (UK television, 1966) , with Anthony Bate, Donald Eccles, Andrew Keir, Ruth Meyers. Directed by Michael Simpson.
Manos: The Hands of Fate (US, 1966), with Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Mahree, Hal Warren. Directed by Hal Warren.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (US, 1966), with Suzanne Farrell, Edward Villella, Arthur Mitchell, Mimi Paul. Directed by Dan Eriksen.
Munster, Go Home! (US, 1966), with Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis, Terry-Thomas. Directed by Earl Bellamy.
The Plague of the Zombies (UK, 1966), with Andre Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce. Directed by John Gilling.
Sally, the Witch (Maho tsukai Sally, Japan animated television series, 1966), with voices of Michiko Hirai, Midori Katô, Mariko Mukai, Reiko Mutô. Directed by Hiroshi Ikeda, Osamu Kasai, Mitsuteru Yokoyama.
The She-Beast (Italy/ Yugoslavia, 1966), with Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy, Nel Welles. Directed by Michael Reeves. Eighteeth century witch reincarnates in modern times.
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (USSR, 1966), with Vladimir Andreyev, Larisa Golubkina, Oleg Vidov, Kseniya Ryabinka. Directed by Aleksandr Rou.
U-238 and the Witch Doctor (US televison, 1966), with Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates, Roy Glenn, Henry Rowland. Directed by Fred C. Brannon.
The Wild, Wild West: “The Night of the Druid’s Blood” (March 25, 1966), with Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Don Rickles, Ann Elder. Directed by Ralph Senensky.
The Witch in Love (La Strega in amore, Italy, 1966), with Richard Johnson, Rosanna Schiaffino, Gian Maria Volontè, Sarah Ferrati. Directed by Damiano Damiani.
Batman: “Penguin Is a Girl’s Best Friend/ Penguin Sets a Trend/ Penguin’s Disastrous End” (US television series episode, Jan. 26 – Feb. 2, 1967), with Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith, Carolyn Jones. In this three-part episode, the Penguin (Meredith) teams up with the Queen of Diamonds (Jones), assisted by Jones’s eccentric Aunt Hilda, a self-styled witch (Estelle Winwood).
Bedazzled (UK, 1967), with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch. Directed by Stanley Dunen.
The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Clampetts in London" (US television series, September 13, 1967), with Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Max Baer, Jr., Alan Napier. Directed by ?
Camelot (US, 1967), with Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings. Directed by Joshua Logan. Laurence Naismith makes brief appearance as Merlyn.
The Comedians (US, 1967), with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guiness, Peter Ustinov. Directed by Peter Glenville. Set in Haiti during the “Papa Doc” Duvalier regime.
The Crucible (US television, 1967), with George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Melvyn Douglas, Tuesday Weld. Directed by Alex Segal.
Doctor Faustus (US, 1967), with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Andreas Teuber, Ian Marter. Directed by Richard Burton and Nevill Coghill.
The Fantastic Four (US animated television series, 1967-1970), voices of Gerald Mohr, Jo Ann Pflug, Jack Flounders, Paul Frees. First of three animated series to date based on the Marvel comic has the super-powered quartet battling many of their old foes, including Doctor Doom, who in the comics is a powerful sorcerer in addition to being a brilliant scientist.
Gilligan’s Island: “Lovey’s Secret Admirer” (US television series episode, January 23, 1967), with Bob Denver, Natalie Schafer, Jim Backus, Billy Curtis. Directed by David McDearmon.
The Gnome-Mobile (US, 1967), with Walter Brennan, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice, Richard Deacon. Directed by Robert Stevenson.
Indecent Desires (US, 1967), with Sharon Kent, Trom Little, Michael Lawrence, Jackie Richards. Directed by Louis Silverman.
Jack and the Witch (aka Shonen Jakku to Maho-tsukai, Japan, animated, 1967), with voices of Meiko Nakamura, Hiroshi Otake, Yoko Mizugaki. Directed by Taiji Yabushita.
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (UK televison, 1967) with Paul Waller, Zuleika Robson, Edward McMurray, Liz Crowther. Directed by Helen Standage.
Mad Monster Party (US, animated, 1967), with voices of Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, Gale Garnett, Ethel Ennis. Directed by Jules Bass.
Merlin the Magic Mouse (US animated short, 1967), with voice of Daws Butler. A mouse magician uses his powers to elude a cat, finally escaping on his magic carpet.
More Than a Miracle (C'era una volta..., Italy, 1967), with Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif, Groges Wilson, Leslie French. Variation on the Cinderella story with Loren being helped to win the love of prince Sharif with the help of her patron saint and a witchly godmother.
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The Mummy’s Shroud (UK, 1967), with Andre Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars. Directed by John Gilling.
Off to See the Wizard (US animated television series, 1967-1968), Directed by Chuck Jones. In the animated introduction segment, the Wizard introduces a different movie every week for Dorothy, her friends, and the kids at home to watch.
Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth, UK, 1967), with Andrew Keir, James Donald, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover. Directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Shazzan! (US animated television series, 1967-1969), with voices of Barney Phillips, Janet Walde, Jerry Dexter. A magic ring transports two children to the time of the Arabian Nights, where they are helped by the giant genie Shazzan.
Something Weird (US, 1967), with Tony McCabe, Elizabeth Lee, William Brooker, Mudite Arums. Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis.
The Sorcerers (UK, 1967), with Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy, Elizabeth Ercy. Directed by Michael Reeves.
"The Space Giants" (Maguma Taishi, Japan television series, 1967), with Toshio Egi, Hideki Ninomiya, Masumi Okada, Edith Hanson. Goldar (Ambassador Magma) assisted and advised by the wizard Methusan (also called Methuselah or Earth).
Star Trek: “Cat’s Paw” (US television series episode, 1967), with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei.
Torture Garden (UK, 1967), with Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing. Directed by Freddie Francis.
The Vengeance of She (UK, 1967), with Olinka Berova, Edward Judd, John Richardson.
Which Is Witch? (US animated short, 1967). Directed by Ralph Bashki.
Witch Hunt (UK televison mini-series, 1967), with Patrick Kavanagh, Anna Palk, Derek Francis, John Paul. Directed by Peter Duguid.
A Witch Without a Broom (Spain, 1967), with Jeffrey Hunter, Maria Perschy, Gustavo Rojo, Perla Cristal. Directed by Jose Maria E. Lorrieta. Hunter is sent traveling back and forth through time by a 15th-century witch and her wizard father.
The Arabian Knights (US animated television series, 1968-1970), with voices of Henry Corden, Paul Frees, Shari Lewis, Jay North. Series of short adventures was one of many animated and live-action segments presented on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour series.
The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Crystal Gazers" (US television series, March 20, 1968), with Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Max Baer, Jr., Donna Douglas. Directed by ?
The Beverly Hillbillies: "Ghost of Clampett Castle" (US television series episode, October 23, 1968), with Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Max baer, Jr., Donna Douglas. Directed by ?
Curse of the Crimson Altar (aka The Crimson Cult, UK, 1968), with Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele. Directed by Vernon Sewell.
The Devil Rides Out (aka The Devil's Bride, UK, 1968), with Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Niké Arrighi, Leon Greene. Directed by Terence Fisher. The Duc de Richlieu (Lee) must save his young ward from the clutches of a devil cult led by black magician Mocato (Gray). Students of ceremonial magic will recognize many elements utilized in the film, not all of them correct. Gray’s character is loosely based on Aleister Crowley, or at the sensationalized version of him presented in the yellow press. The screenplay is based on the novel by Dennis Wheatley.
Finian’s Rainbow (US, 1968), with Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Keenan Wynn. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Ghost Story of the Snow Witch (Kaidan yukionna, Japan, 1968), with Shiho Fujimura, Izumi Hara, Machiko Hasegawa, Akira Ishihama. Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka.
The Glass Sphinx (US, 1968), with Robert Taylor. An Egyptologist searches for the title artifact, which holds the secret for the Elixir of Life.
Hocus Pocus Pow Wow (US, 1968), with the voice of Larry Storch. Directed by Alex Lovy. An Indian chases Merlin the Magic Mouse across the plains, determined to get his magician’s hat.
Macbeth (US television, 1968), with Earle Hyman, Stacy Keach, Maeve McGuire, Lois Nettleton. Directed by Barry Boys.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UK, 1968), with Diana Rigg, David Warner, Michael Jayston, Judi Dench. Directed by Peter Hall.
My Three Sons: "Ernie the Jinx" (US television series episode, Jan 20, 1968), with Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Barry Livingston, Bella Bruck. Directed by Frederick De Cordova.
The Power (US, 1968), with George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson, Yvonne De Carlo. Directed by Byron Haskin.
Rosemary's Baby (US, 1968), with Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer. Directed by Roman Polanski. Based on the novel by Ira Levin. Atmospheric horror piece has young wife Rosemary Woodhouse discovering that her neighbors are a coven of witches and that the baby she carries is the son of Satan. Popular legend holds that Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey played the Devil in the dream/rape sequence, a claim now refuted by many of LaVey's detractors. Maurice Evans, known for his appearances as warlock father-in-law Maurice on Bewitched, has a supporting role as Rosemary's ill-fated friend Hutch.
Santo and the Witches’ Attack (Atacan las brujas , Mexico, 1968), with Santo, Lorena Velázquez, Ma. Eugenia Sanmartín, Ramón Bugarini. Directed by José Díaz Morales.
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (Hebi musume to hakuhatsama, Japan, 1968), with Tadashi Date, Mariko Fukuhara, Yuko Hamada, Sei Hiraizumi. Directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
A Thousand and One Nights (Spain, 1968), with Jeff Cooper, Raf Vallone, Luciana Paluzzi, Perla Christal. Directed by Joe Lacy.
Through Fire, Water and Brass Pipes (Oga, voda i… mednye truby, USSR, 1968), with Natalya Sedykh , Aleksei Katyshev , Georgi Millyar, Vera Altajskaya. Directed by Aleksandr Rou.
The Vengeance of She (UK, 1968), with John Richardson, Olinka Berova, Edward Judd, Colin Blakely. Directed by Cliff Owen.
Alfred the Great (UK, 1969), with David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome, Colin Blakely. Directed by Clive Donner.
Anne of the Thousand Days (US/UK, 1969) with Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle. Directed by Charles Jarrott. Tells the story of the romance and marriage of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Rumors abounded among her enemies that Boleyn was a witch, and witchcraft was an earlycharge against her at her trial, though it was later dropped.
The Archie Comedy Hour (US animated television series, 1969-70), with voices of Jane Webb, Dal McKennon, Howard Morris, Don Messick. Director unknown.
Fistic Mystic (US animated short, 1969), with voice of Larry Storch. Directed by Bob McKimson. Merlin the Magic Mouse helps his assistant Second Banana win a boxing match with a pair of magic gloves.
H.R. Pufnstuf (US television series, 1969-70), with Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Lennie Weinrib, Sharon Baird. Created by Sid and Marty Krofft. Wild tries repeatedly to escape Living Island, whose inhabitants are terrorized by wicked witch Witchiepoo, who rains explosive wand blasts on the populace from her “vroom broom.” Basic concept owes more than a few credits to both MGM’s The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum’s Oz books. Among the characters is Judy, a tap-dancing frog whose voice and personality are obviously based on those of Judy Garland.
Here Comes the Grump: "Witch Is Witch?" (US television series, episode, Nov. 11, 1969), with Stefanianna Christophers, Rip Taylor, Mel Blanc, Jay North.
The Vengeance of She (UK, 1967), with Olinka Berova, Edward Judd, John Richardson.
Which Is Witch? (US animated short, 1967). Directed by Ralph Bashki.
Witch Hunt (UK televison mini-series, 1967), with Patrick Kavanagh, Anna Palk, Derek Francis, John Paul. Directed by Peter Duguid.
A Witch Without a Broom (Spain, 1967), with Jeffrey Hunter, Maria Perschy, Gustavo Rojo, Perla Cristal. Directed by Jose Maria E. Lorrieta. Hunter is sent traveling back and forth through time by a 15th-century witch and her wizard father.
The Arabian Knights (US animated television series, 1968-1970), with voices of Henry Corden, Paul Frees, Shari Lewis, Jay North. Series of short adventures was one of many animated and live-action segments presented on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour series.
The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Crystal Gazers" (US television series, March 20, 1968), with Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Max Baer, Jr., Donna Douglas. Directed by ?
The Beverly Hillbillies: "Ghost of Clampett Castle" (US television series episode, October 23, 1968), with Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Max baer, Jr., Donna Douglas. Directed by ?
Curse of the Crimson Altar (aka The Crimson Cult, UK, 1968), with Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele. Directed by Vernon Sewell.
The Devil Rides Out (aka The Devil's Bride, UK, 1968), with Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Niké Arrighi, Leon Greene. Directed by Terence Fisher. The Duc de Richlieu (Lee) must save his young ward from the clutches of a devil cult led by black magician Mocato (Gray). Students of ceremonial magic will recognize many elements utilized in the film, not all of them correct. Gray’s character is loosely based on Aleister Crowley, or at the sensationalized version of him presented in the yellow press. The screenplay is based on the novel by Dennis Wheatley.
Finian’s Rainbow (US, 1968), with Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Keenan Wynn. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Ghost Story of the Snow Witch (Kaidan yukionna, Japan, 1968), with Shiho Fujimura, Izumi Hara, Machiko Hasegawa, Akira Ishihama. Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka.
The Glass Sphinx (US, 1968), with Robert Taylor. An Egyptologist searches for the title artifact, which holds the secret for the Elixir of Life.
Hocus Pocus Pow Wow (US, 1968), with the voice of Larry Storch. Directed by Alex Lovy. An Indian chases Merlin the Magic Mouse across the plains, determined to get his magician’s hat.
Macbeth (US television, 1968), with Earle Hyman, Stacy Keach, Maeve McGuire, Lois Nettleton. Directed by Barry Boys.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UK, 1968), with Diana Rigg, David Warner, Michael Jayston, Judi Dench. Directed by Peter Hall.
My Three Sons: "Ernie the Jinx" (US television series episode, Jan 20, 1968), with Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Barry Livingston, Bella Bruck. Directed by Frederick De Cordova.
The Power (US, 1968), with George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson, Yvonne De Carlo. Directed by Byron Haskin.
Rosemary's Baby (US, 1968), with Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer. Directed by Roman Polanski. Based on the novel by Ira Levin. Atmospheric horror piece has young wife Rosemary Woodhouse discovering that her neighbors are a coven of witches and that the baby she carries is the son of Satan. Popular legend holds that Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey played the Devil in the dream/rape sequence, a claim now refuted by many of LaVey's detractors. Maurice Evans, known for his appearances as warlock father-in-law Maurice on Bewitched, has a supporting role as Rosemary's ill-fated friend Hutch.
Santo and the Witches’ Attack (Atacan las brujas , Mexico, 1968), with Santo, Lorena Velázquez, Ma. Eugenia Sanmartín, Ramón Bugarini. Directed by José Díaz Morales.
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (Hebi musume to hakuhatsama, Japan, 1968), with Tadashi Date, Mariko Fukuhara, Yuko Hamada, Sei Hiraizumi. Directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
A Thousand and One Nights (Spain, 1968), with Jeff Cooper, Raf Vallone, Luciana Paluzzi, Perla Christal. Directed by Joe Lacy.
Through Fire, Water and Brass Pipes (Oga, voda i… mednye truby, USSR, 1968), with Natalya Sedykh , Aleksei Katyshev , Georgi Millyar, Vera Altajskaya. Directed by Aleksandr Rou.
The Vengeance of She (UK, 1968), with John Richardson, Olinka Berova, Edward Judd, Colin Blakely. Directed by Cliff Owen.
Alfred the Great (UK, 1969), with David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome, Colin Blakely. Directed by Clive Donner.
Anne of the Thousand Days (US/UK, 1969) with Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle. Directed by Charles Jarrott. Tells the story of the romance and marriage of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Rumors abounded among her enemies that Boleyn was a witch, and witchcraft was an earlycharge against her at her trial, though it was later dropped.
The Archie Comedy Hour (US animated television series, 1969-70), with voices of Jane Webb, Dal McKennon, Howard Morris, Don Messick. Director unknown.
Fistic Mystic (US animated short, 1969), with voice of Larry Storch. Directed by Bob McKimson. Merlin the Magic Mouse helps his assistant Second Banana win a boxing match with a pair of magic gloves.
H.R. Pufnstuf (US television series, 1969-70), with Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Lennie Weinrib, Sharon Baird. Created by Sid and Marty Krofft. Wild tries repeatedly to escape Living Island, whose inhabitants are terrorized by wicked witch Witchiepoo, who rains explosive wand blasts on the populace from her “vroom broom.” Basic concept owes more than a few credits to both MGM’s The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum’s Oz books. Among the characters is Judy, a tap-dancing frog whose voice and personality are obviously based on those of Judy Garland.
Here Comes the Grump: "Witch Is Witch?" (US television series, episode, Nov. 11, 1969), with Stefanianna Christophers, Rip Taylor, Mel Blanc, Jay North.
Malenka (Spain/ Italy, 1969), with Anita Ekberg, Gianni Medici, Diana Lorys, Rosanna Yanni. Directed by Amando de Ossorio.
The Oblong Box (UK, 1969), with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Uta Levka. Directed by Gordon Hessler.
The Phantom Tollbooth (US, live action and animated, 1969), with Butch Patrick, voices of Hans Conried, Mel Blanc, Candy Candido, June Foray. Directed by Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow (animation), and David Monaham (live action).
Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: “Which Witch is Which?” (US animated television series episode, 1969), with voices of Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Stefanianna Christopherson. Directed by Joseph Barbera , William Hanna.
Shamrock and Roll (US animated short, 1969), with voice of Larry Storch. Directed by Bob McKimson. Merlin the Magic Mouse pursues a leprechaun all over Ireland to retrieve his stolen watch.
The Strange Case of Dr. Faust (El Extraño caso del doctor Fausto, Spain, 1969), with Alberto Puig, Gonzalo Suarez, Olga Vidali, Gila Hodgkinson. Directed by Gonzalo Suarez.
Winter of the Witch (US television, 1969), with Hermione Gingold, Anna Strasberg, Roger Morgan, Burgess Meredith. Directed by Gerald Herman.
The Witchmaker (US, 1969), with Anthony Eisley, Thordis Brandt, Alvy Moore, John Lodge. Directed by William O. Brown.
The Wonderful Land of Oz (US, 1969), with Channy Mahon, Joy Webb. Directed by Barry Mahon. Low, low budget musical based on the book by L. Frank Baum.
The Bugaloos (US television series, 1970-1972), with Martha Raye, Caroline Ellis, Wayne Laryea, John Philpott. Raye’s villainous character of Benita Bizarre is not necessarily a witch, but is obviously based on her portrayal of Boss Witch in Pufnstuf. Benita even has the same chauffeur and henchman as Boss Witch, a big talking rat in a Nazi uniform.
Crowhaven Farm (US television movie, 1970), with Hope Lange, Paul Burke, Lloyd Bochner, John Carradine. Directed by Walter Grauman.
Cry of the Banshee (UK, 1970), with Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Essy Persson, Hilary Dwyer. Directed by Gordon Hessler.
The Dunwich Horror (US, 1970), with Dean Stockwell, Sandra Dee, Ed Begley, Sam Jaffe. Directed by Daniel Haller. Loosely based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story.
Equinox (US, 1970), with Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner, Jack Woods. Directed by Jack Woods. Cast includes Fritz Leiber, author of the witchcraft novel Conjure Wife.
Guru, the Mad Monk (US, 1970), with Neil Flanagan, Jaqueline Webb, Judith Israel, Jack Spencer. Directed by Andy Milligan.
House of Dark Shadows (US, 1970), with Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Roger Davis. Directed by Dan Curtis.
The House That Would Not Die (US television movie, 1970), with Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Egan, Michael Anderson, Jr., Kitty Winn. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.
I Eat Your Skin (aka Voodoo Bloodbath, US, 1970), with William Joyce, Heather Hewitt, Betty Hyatt Linton, Dan Stapleton. Directed by Del Tenney. Action hero versus zombies.
The Last Valley (UK/US, 1970), with Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport. Directed by James Clavell.
Legend of the Witches (UK, 1970). Directed by Malcolm Leigh.
Mark of the Witch (US, 1970), with Marie Santell, Robert Elston, Anitra Walsh, Darryl Wells. Directed by Tom Moore.
Nanny and the Professor (US television series, 1970-1971), with Juliet Mills, Richard Long, David Doremus, Trent Lehman. A widowed college instructor employs a nanny with uncanny intuitive powers to help raise his three children. Mills went on to play the more sinister Tabitha on the Passions soap opera series. Daughter Kim Richards later played Tia in the original version of Escape to Witch Mountain.
Night of the Blood Monster (aka Witchkiller of Broadmoor, Spain/ West Germany, 1970), with Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Maria Rohm. Directed by Jesus Franco.
Night of the Witches (Canada/ US, 1970), with Keith Erik Burt, Ron Taft, Anakorita, Louise Blain. Directed by Keith Larsen.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (US, 1970), with Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Simon Oakland. Psychiatrist Montand learns through hypnosis that patient Streisand is the reincarnation of a 19th century woman who used her psychic powers to help her husband’s gambling and business enterprises. Streisand’s current incarnation has similar psychic abilities as well as the uncanny (and very witch-like) ability to make plants grow from seed to full flower overnight. Jack Nicholson has an early cameo as Streisand’s brother. Oakland later played the title character’s much beleaguered editor in Kolchak the Night Stalker.
Pufnstuf (US, 1970), with Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, "Mama" Cass Elliott. Directed by Hollingsworth Morse. Feature film based on the TV series. Among the film’s highlights are a witches’ convention hosted by Witchiepoo (Hayes) at her castle, attended by Raye as Boss Witch and Elliott as Witch Hazel. Elliott does a number singing “Different,” followed by Hayes and company singing “Zap the World.”
Ritual of the Maniacs (O Ritual dos Sadicos, Brazil, 1970)with Jose Mojica Marinas, Angelo Assuncao, Ronaldo Beibe, Anreia Bryan. Directed by Jose Mojica Marins. First of the “Coffin Joe” movies, whose central character, as noted by Lilith Dorsey, has since become adopted as an orixa of the dead by some Brazilian followers of Umbanda and Candomble.
Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies (US animated television series, 1970), with the voices of Jane Webb, Dal McKennon, Larry Storch, Howard Morris. Directed by Hal Sutherland. Spin-off series featuring Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch’s cousins, consisting of Count Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, a hippie werewolf, and a living skeleton named “Bonaparte,” among others. The show’s format is basically a cross between The Munsters and Laugh-In.
Satanis (US documentary, 1970), with Anton LaVey, Isaac Bonewits, Diane Lavey. Directed by Ray Laurent.
Snake People (aka Isle of the Snake People, Cult of the Dead, Mexico/US, 1970), with Boris Karloff, Julissa, Charles East, Ralph Bertrand. Directed by Jhon Ibanez. A snake-woshipping voodoo cult is found operating on a remote island.
Taste the Blood of Dracula (UK, 1970), with Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Linda Hayden. Directed by Peter Sasdy.
Witches’ Hammer (Kladivo na carodejnice, Czechoslovakia, 1970), with Elo Romancik, Vladimír Smeral, Sona Valentová, Josef Kemr. Directed by Otakar Vávra.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (UK, 1971), with Vincent Price, Virginia North, Joseph Cotton, Peter Jeffrey. Directed by Robert Fuest. Musical genius Phibes exacts revenge on the surgical team which botched the heart operation they performed on his wife by killing them according the plagues vissted upon Egypt in the Book of Exodus. Not witchy per se, but Fuest is said to have based the flamboyant, organ-playing Phibes on his friend, the flamboyant, organ-playing Anton LaVey. The central character in Exodus, Moses, is believed in many magical lodges to have been a powerful magician, in some accounts initiated into the Egyptian mystery schools. In Haitian Voudon he is often syncretized with one of the aspects of Damballah, possibly because he could turn his staff into a snake.
Archie’s TV Funnies (US animated television series, 1971), with voices of John Erwin, Dal McKennon, Howard Morris, Jane Webb. Directed by Hal Sutherland.
Ay_ecik and the Bewitched Dwarfs in Dreamland (Turkey, 1971), with
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (US, 1971), with Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe. Directed by Robert Stevenson. An amateur witch and a trio of war orphans use magic to repel a Nazi raid during the Blitz. Based on the book by Mary Norton.
Black Noon (US television movie, 1971), with Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Gloria Grahame. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.
Blood on Satan's Claw (UK, 1971), with Patrick Wymark, Anthony Ainley, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews. Directed by Piers Haggard.
The Brotherhood of Satan (US, 1971), with Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman, Ahna Capri. Directed by Bernard McEveety. Geraldo apparently saw this and thought it was a documentary.
Curiousity Shop (US television series, 1971-1973), with Barbara Minkus, Pamelyn Ferdin, John Levin, Kerry MacLane. Produced by Chuck Jones. In this children’s show, a trio of kids visit the title location each week, meeting a celebrity guest and the regular denizens of the shop, including Gittel (Minkus), a good witch whose spells rarely work. During celebrity guest Vincent Price’s stay, the shop is transformed into a haunted house with Gittel looking and acting more like a Halloween witch.
Demons of the Mind (UK, 1971), with Paul Jones, Yvonne Mitchell, Gillian Hills, Robert Hardy. Directed by Peter Sykes.
Desires of the Devil (US, 1971), with Jim Cassidy. Director unknown.
The Devil and Miss Sarah (US television movie, 1971), with Gene Barry, James Drury, Janice Rule, Charles McGraw. Directed by Michael Caffey.
The Devils (UK, 1971), with Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian. Directed by Ken Russell.
Doctor Who: “The Daemons” (UK television series episode, 1971), with Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado, Stephen Thorne. The Doctor’s arch-enemy The Master uses black magic to summon the Daemon Azal and petition him for rulership of the Earth. The Doctor defeats him assisted in part by the local white witch. The story borrows more than a little of its central theme from Quartermass and the Pit.
The House That Dripped Blood (US, 1971), with John Bennett, Christopher Lee, Nyree Dawn Porter, Chloe Franks. Directed by Peter Duffy. Anthology of stories about the doomed inhabitants of a cursed house. In one, abusive father Lee is dispatched by his daughter using a poppet. In the last one, Doctor Who’s Jon Pertwee is a film actor who acquires a cape that turns him into a vampire whenever he wears it. While visiting the shop where he purchases the cape, Pertwee is examining some Black Mass ritual items and is asked by shopowner Geoffrey Bayldon if he is “a celebrant.”
In Search of America (US television movie, 1971), with Carl Betz, Vera Miles, Jeff Bridges, Ruth McDevitt. Directed by Paul Bogart.
Journey Back to Oz (US animated film, 1971), with voices of Liza Minelli, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Paul Lynde. Merman as Witch Mombi conquers the Emerald City with her army of green elephants.
Lidsville (US television series, 1971 - 1973), with Butch Patrick, Charles Nelson Reilly, Billy Hayes, Joy Campbell. Teen Patrick finds himself trapped in Lidsville, a community of living hats terrorized by evil magician The Great Whoodoo (Reilly). Hayes plays Wenie the Genie, who lives in a ring stolen from Whoodoo by Patrick. In one episode, Hayes reprises her H.R. Pufnstuf role of Witchiepoo who, following a crash landing of her vroom broom in Lidsville, teams up with Whoodoo. Patrick is best known for portraying Eddie in The Munsters.
Macbeth (US, 1971), with Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Nicholas Selby. Directed by Roman Polanski.
Macbeth (West Germany, television, 1971), with Magdalena Montezuma, Sigurd Salto, Anette Tirer. Directed by Werner Schroeter.
The Mephisto Waltz (US, 1971), with Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Curt Jurgens. Directed by Paul Wendkos. Based on the Fred Mustard Stewart novel.
Night Gallery: “Witches’ Feast” (US television series episode, September 22, 1971), with Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Buzzi, Frank Ryan, Allison McKay. Directed by Jerrold Freeman. In this comic vignette, witch Moorehead refuses to allow the ceremony to proceed until one of the late arrivals shows up with the item she has requested, - a ham sandwich.
Night of Dark Shadows (US, 1971), with David Selby, Lara Parker, Kate Jackson, Grayson Hall. Directed by Dan Curtis.
The Power of the Witch (UK television documentary, 1971), with Michael Bakewell, Doreen Valiente, Alex Sanders, Maxine Sanders. Produced by Oliver Hunkin.
The Power of the Witch (UK television documentary, 1971), with Michael Bakewell, Doreen Valiente, Alex Sanders, Maxine Sanders. Produced by Oliver Hunkin.
Psychomania (UK, 1971), with Nicky Henson, Beryl Reid, Robert Hardy, George Sanders. Directed by Don Sharp. Reid makes a pact that ensures her son’s immortality, a bargain she regrets after he and his biker friends become a ruthless gang of undead killers. Butler Sanders may or may not be the Devil. Doctor Who’s John Levene has a small but noteworthy role as a police officer.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (US animated television series, 1971-1973), with the voices of Jane Webb, Mel Blanc, Larry Storch, Jerry Dexter.
Satan’s Sex Slaves (US, 1971), with Jim Cassidy, Adam Ward. Director unknown.
Simon, King of the Witches (US, 1971), with Andrew Prine, Ultra Violet, George Paulsin, William Martell. Directed by Bruce Kessler.
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (US television, 1971), with Trudy Young, Gordon Thomson, voices of Jim Henson, Frank Oz. Directed by Jim Henson.
The Touch of Satan (US, 1971), with Michael Berry, Emby Mellay, Lee Amber, Yvonne Winslow. Directed by Tom Laughlin.
The Tragedy of Macbeth (UK/US, 1971), with Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler. Directed by Roman Polanski.
Twins of Evil (UK, 1971), with Peter Cushing, Madeleine Collinson, Mary Collinson, Luan Peters. Directed by John Hough.
We Love You! Witch Teacher! (Japan televison series, 1971), with Machiko Soga. Director unknown.
Who Slew Auntie Roo? (aka Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, UK, 1971), with Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson. Directed by Curtis Harrington. Eccentric lady Winters adopts a pair of orphans, convinced the girl is the reincarnation of her own dead daughter, whose corpse she keeps in a hidden nursery. After reading the story of Hansel and Gretel, the children become convinced she’s a witch who plans to cook and eat them. Director Harrington previously appeared in Kenneth Anger’s Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.
The Witch's Daughter (UK television, 1971), with John Abineri,
Gillian Bailey, Spencer Banks, Helena Gloag. Directed by ?
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters” (US animated television series episode, September 23, 1972), with voices of Bradley Bolke, Rhoda Mann, Bob McFadden, Allen Swift. Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr..
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “Nanny and the Professor” (US animated television series episode, Septembr 30, 1972), with voices of Juliet Mills, Richard Long, David Doremus, Trent Lehman. Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr..
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter” (US animated television series episode, October 7, 1972), with voices of Jack Mercer, Bob McFadden. Directed by Hal Seeger, Jack Zander.
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik” (US animated television series episode, November 2, 1972), with voices of Lennie Weinrib, Cynthia Adler, Daws Butler, Joe E. Ross. Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna.
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park” (US animated television series episode, November 25, 1972), with voices of Daws Butler, Joan Gerber, Howard Morris, Paul Winchell. Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna.
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “Tabitha and Adam Meet the Clown Family” (US animated television series episode, December 2, 1972), with voices of Cindy Eilbacher, Michael Morgan, Don Messick, Pat Harrington Jr.. Directed by Joseph Barbara, Wiliam Hanna..
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Ghoulies” (US animated television series episode, December 16, 1972), with voices of Mel Blanc, Jane Webb, Larry Storch, Howard Morris. Directed by Hal Sutherland.
Baron Blood (Italy, 1972), with Joseph Cotton, Elke Sommer, Masimo Girotti, Rada Rassimov. Directed by Mario Bava. After the spirit of a Vlad Tepes type tyrant is conjured back into physical form and goes on a murderous rampage, the ghost of the witch who originally fought him is conjured up to find out how to stop the baron.
“Can you me tell the way to Hamelen, Mr?” (Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, meneer?, Netherlands television series, 1972-76), with Rob de Nijs, Ab Hofstee, Martin Brozius, Ivo Brautigam. Directed by Tineke Roeffen and Nico Hiltrop.
Chappy the Witch (Mahô tsukai Chappy, Japan animated television series, 1972), with voices of Eiko Masuyama, Kôji Yada, Kousei Tomita, Noriko Watanabe. Directed by Yugo Serikawa, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Masayuki Akehi, others.
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (US, 1972), with Alan Ormsby, Anya Ormsby, Vlerie Manches, Jane Daly. Directed by Benjamin “Bob” Clark. A black magic spell in a cemetery raises a horde of cannibalistic zombies in this “Night of the Living Dead” copycat.
Countess Dracula (UK, 1972), with Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Peter Jeffrey, Lesley-Anne Down. Directed by Peter Sasdy. Heavily fictionalized account of Hungarian Countess Elisabeth Bathory, who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins in the belief that doing so would preserve her youth, assisted by alchemists and black magicians. As with many of the medieval witch trials, some believe Bathory was the victim of male-dominated forces in the Church and State out to discredit and destroy a wealthy and powerful woman.
Curse of the Alpha Stone (US, 1972), with Sandi Carey, Olivia Enke, Caroline Ronchetti, Jim Scotlin. Directed by Stewart Malleson.
Daughters of Satan (US, 1972), with Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Phelps Guthrie, Paraluman. Directed by Hollingsworth Morse.
Deathmaster (1972), with Robert Quarry, Bill Ewing, Brenda Dickson, John Fiedler. Directed by Ray Danton. Vampire Quarry has a vaguely voodooesque servant, and his vampiric recruits use talismans which grant them immunity from the sun, an idea later used in John Carpenter’s Vampires.
The Devil’s Daughter (US, 1972), with Robert Foxworth, Shelley Winters, Joseph Cotton, Jonathan Frid. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc. A devil cult tries to claim the soul of a woman on her twenty-first birthday.
Discover America (US television film, 1972?). A family converts a school bus into an RV and goes on a cross-country trip. They stop at a commune whose inhabitants include a self-styled voodoo priest.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (UK, 1972), with Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Fiona Lewis. Directed by Robert Fuest. Phibes goes to Egypt for the secret to revive his dead wife, racing against Quarry, whose supply of elixir vitae is about to run out.
Dracula AD 1972 (UK, 1972), with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame. Directed by Alan Gibson. A descendant of one of Dracula’s followers uses a Black Mass to resurrect the count in the twentieth century. The liturgy used was obviously lifted from Anton LaVey’s The Satanic Bible.
The Girl on the Broomstick (Divka na kosteti, Czechoslovakia, 1972), with Petra Cernocká, Jan Hrusínský, Jan Kraus, Vlastimil Zavrel. Directed by Václav Vorlícek.
The Golden Horns (aka Baba Yaga, USSR, 1972), with Georgi Millyar, Aleksandr Khuylo, Eduard Isotov. Directed by Aleksandr Rou.
Hungry Wives (aka Season of the Witch, US, 1972), with Jan White, Raymond Laine, Ann Muffly, Joedda McClain. Directed by George Romero.
Lisa and the Devil (aka The House of Exorcism, Italy/Spain/West Germany, 1972), with Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Sylva Koscina, Alida Valli. Directed by Mario Bava.
Macbeth (UK, television, 1972), with Kostas Parskalis, James Morris, Josephine Barstow, Keith Erwen, Ian Caley. Directed by Michael Hadjimischev. Verdi's opera in the original Italian.
The Magic Whistle (US, 1972). Directed by David Bell. A broken whistle achieves magic properties through a boy’s imagination in this Disney educational film.
Necromancy (aka The Witching and Rosemary’s Disciples, US, 1972), with Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Michael Ontkean, Lee Purcell. Directed by Bert I. Gordon.
The Other (US, 1972), with Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky. Directed by Robert Mulligan. In Depression-era Connecticut, twin boys are taught an empathic skill by their grandmother, similar to “the Quickening” in the Highlander films. When the more evil of the two dies, the other uses the skill to try to resurrect his brother, only to be possessed by his murderous spirit. A very dark interpretation of the changeling myth forms the climax of the film. Reading the original novel by Thomas Tryon helps make this film easier to comprehend.
The People (US television movie, 1972), with Kim Darby, William Shatner, Diane Varsi, Dan O'Herlihy. Directed by John Korty.
The Pied Piper (UK, 1972), with Donovan, Donald Pleasance, Michael Hordern, Jack Wild. Directed by Jacques Demy.
Psyched by the 4D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) (US, 1972), with Margo, Esoterica, Tom Yerian, Kelly Guthrie. Directed by Victor Luminera.
Rusland and Lyudmilla (USSR, 1972), with Valeri Kozinets, Natalya Petrova, Andrei Abrikosov, Vladimir Fyodorov. Directed by Alexandr Ptushko.
The Scarecrow (US television movie, 1972), with Gene Wilder, Blythe Danner, Peter Duel, Norman Lloyd. Directed by Boris Sagal. Based on Nathaniel hawthorne’s “Feathertop.”
The Sixth Sense: "Witch, Witch, Burning Bright" (US television series episode, March 11, 1972), with Gary Collins, S. John Launer, William Wintersole, Harry Townes. Directed by John Badham.
Tales from the Crypt (UK, 1972), with Ralph Richardson, Peter Cushing, Joan Collins, Richard Greene. Directed by Freddie Francis. Anthology based on the EC comic includes a version of “The Monkey’s Paw.”
Virgin Witch (UK, 1972), with Ann Michelle, Vicki Michelle, Keith Buckley, Patricia Haines. Directed by Ray Austin.
The Witches Mountain (El monte de las brujas, Spain, 1972), with Patty Shepard, Cihangir Gaffari, Mónica Randall, Víctor Israel. Directed by Raúl Artigot.
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (US, 1972), with Madge Sinclair, Myra Carter, Alta Malberg, Graham Jarvis. Directed by Dennis Azzarella.
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “That Girl in Wonderland” (US animated television series episode, Jauary 13, 1973), with voices of Marlo Thomas, Patricia Bright, Dick Heymeyer, Rhoda Mann. Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr..
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “The Mini-Munsters” (US animated television series, Octobr 25, 1973), with voices of Cynthia Adler, Al Lewis, Richard Long, Hery Gibson. Directed by Fred Calvert.
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: “Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus” (US animated television series episode, November 17, 1973), with voices of Juliet Mills, Richard Long, David Doremus, Kim Richards. Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.
The Asphyx (UK, 1973), with Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire. Directed by Peter Newbrook. A man tries to exorcise the spirit of death to become immortal.
Baba Yaga (aka Devil Witch; Kiss me, Kill me, Italy, 1973). Directed by Corrado Farina. No connection whatsoever with the Russian fairy tale witch.
The Devil’s Daughter (US television movie, 1973), with Shelley Winters, Belinda Montgomery, Robert Foxworth, Jonathan Frid. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
The Evil Touch (US television series, 1973-74), with Anthony Quayle. Directed by Eric Fullilove, Max Varnel.
The Exorcist (US, 1973), with Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller. Directed by William Friedkin.
Frasier, the Loveable Lion (US, 1973), with Michael Callan, Lori Saunders. A zookeeper receives telepathic guidance in romance from an aged lion. Modern witches would recognize this as a variation on the concept of the animal familiar, albeit the most unique one presented.
The Girl with Something Extra (US television series, 1973), with Sally Field, John Davidson, Zohra Lampert, Jack Sheldon. Directed by Bob Claver.
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (US, 1973), with Keith Mitchell, Donald Pleasance, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher. Directed by Waris Hussein.
Hex (aka The Shrieking, US, 1973), with Keith Carradine, Tina Herazo, Hilarie Thompson, Gary Busey. Directed by Leo Garen. Biker gang gets involved with the occult.
House of Exorcism (La casa dell’esorcismo, Italy, 1973), with Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano. Directed by Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone.
The House of Seven Corpses (US, 1973), with John Ireland, Faith Domergue, John Carradine, Carole Wells. Directed by Paul Harrison.
Live and Let Die (UK/US, 1973), with Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Koto, Geoffrey Holder. Directed by Guy Hamilton.
McMillan & Wife: “The Devil You Say" (US television series episode, 1973), with Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, Nancy Walker, Werner Klemperer.
Mission: Magic! (US television series, animated, 1973), with voices of Lola Fisher, Rick Springfield, Howard Morris, Erika Scheimer. Director unknown. A teacher’s magic ring brings a cat statue to life. The cat in turn opens a dimensional doorway in the classroom blackboard, through the teacher and her students have numerous adventures with Rick Springfield.
The New Scooby-Doo Mystery Movies: “Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family” (US television series episode, 1973), with voices of Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Ted Cassidy. The Scooby Gang help the Addamses after Wednesday has been kidnapped by a mysterious figure called the Vulture. They find the Vulture is actually a pair of neighbors trying to frighten the Addamses out of their home because they disapprove of the family’s eccentric lifestyle.
The New Scooby-Doo Mystery Movies: “Scooby-Doo Meets Jeannie” (US television series episode, animated, 1973). The Scooby Gang helps Jeannie and a newly crowned young sultan battle an evil Jinn.
Satan’s School for Girls (US television movie, 1973), with Pamela Franklin, Kate Jackson, Llyod Bochner, Roy Thinnes. Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Scream, Blacula, Scream! (US, 1973), with William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam grier, Michael Conrad. Directed by Bob Kelljan. In this second film to feature the African prince turned vampire, a young man uses voodoo to resurrect the prince, and is rewarded by being himself turned into a vampire.
Sex of the Witch (Il Sesso della strega, Italy, 1973), with Susanna Levi, Jessica Dublin, Sergio Ferrero, Camille Keaton. Directed by Angelo Pannacciò.
Spell of Evil (UK television, 1973) with Diane Cilento, Edward de Souza, Jennifer Daniel. Directed by John Sichel. A medieval witch reappears in the twentieth century to avenge herself on the descendants of the people who executed her centuries ago.
Star Trek: The Animated Series: “The Magicks of Megas-Tu” (US animated television series episode, 1973), with voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForrest Kelley, James Doohan.
Theater of Blood (UK, 1973), with Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Coral Browne. Directed by Douglas Hickox. Price is a Shakespearean actor who systematically kills the critics who ruined his career; using the plays they reviewed him in as his inspiration. Coral Browne is roasted in a makeshift electric chair in a re-enactment of the burning of Joan of Arc in Henry VI, Part I, with a rather politically incorrect play on the line, “spare ye no faggots, let there be enow.”
The Vault of Horror (UK, 1973), with Tom Baker, Denholm Eliott, Terence Alexander, John Witty. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. In one of the stories in this anthology film, based on the E.C. comic, Tom Baker plays an artist who uses his paintings as voodoo images to kill his rivals.
Warlock Moon (Mexico/ Spain/ US, 1973), with Ray K. Goma, Joe Spano, Laurie Walters. Directed by? College student finds a Satanic cannibal cult operating in an abandoned health spa.
The Wicker Man (UK, 1973), with Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt. Directed by Robin Hardy. Woodward is a puritanical police detective investigating the disappearance of a girl on a remote island, only to find it is all a ruse to recruit him for sacrifice in a pagan ritual. Get the restored version if you can find it, and forget the edited theatrical version or the inferior remake.
Witches: Violated and Tortured to Death (Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält, West Germany, 1973), with Erika Blanc, Anton Diffring, Percy Hoven, Lukas Ammann. Directed by Adrian Hoven.
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (US, 1973), with Madge Sinclair, Margo Ann Berdeshevsky, Roberts Blossom, Myra Carter. Directed by Dennis Azzarella.
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak: “Last Bride of Salem” (US television series episode, May 8, 1974), with Bradford Dillman, Lois Nettleton, Joni Bick, John Candy. Directed by Tom Donovan.
Amulet of Ogum (Amuleto de Ogum, Brazil, 1974), with Ney Santanna, Anecy Rocha, Jofre Soares, Jards Macale. Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. The Orixa Ogum, lord of metals, makes a man impervious to bullets.
Arabian Nights (Italy/ France, 1974), with Ninetto Davoli, Ines Pellegrini, Franco Citti, Tessa Bouche. Directed by Piero Paolo Pasolini.
Black Exorcism of Coffin Joe (O Exorcismo Negro, Brazil, 1974). Directed by Jose Mojica Marins. Second in the “Coffin Joe” series.
Black Mamba (Philippines, 1974), with John Ashley, Marlene Clark, Pilar Pilapil, Eddie Garcia. Directed by George Rowe.
Craze (aka “The Infernal Idol,” UK, 1974), with Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Trevor Howard. Directed by Freddie Francis. Palance sacrifices his victims to an African idol.
The Golden Horns (USSR, 1974). Directed by Aleksandr Rou.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (UK/US, 1974), with John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer. Directed by Gordon Hessler.
The House on Skull Mountain (US, 1974), with Victor French, Janee Michelle, Jean Durand, Mike Evans. Directed by Ron Hothaner. Voodoo claims the heirs of a Southern millionaire.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker: “The Zombie” (1974), with Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Charles Aidman, Joseph Sirola. Individual episodes, "The Zombie," "The Devil's Platform," "Bad Medicine," "The Trevi Collection."
Lorna, the Exorcist (Les Possédées du diable, France, 1974), with Pamela Stanford, Guy Delorme, Lina Romay, Jacqueline Laurent. Directed by Jesus Franco.
Macbeth (West Germany, television, 1974), with Veronika Bayer, Rudolf Brand, Erik Frey, Michael Habeck. Director unknown.
The Magic Flute (Sweden, 1974), with Ulric Cold, Josef Kostlinger, Erik Saeden, Birgit Nordin. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Television production theatrically released in the US.
Nude for Satan (Italy, 1974), with Rita Calderoni. Directed by Luigi Batzella.
The Phantom of the Paradise (US, 1974), with Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli. Directed by Brian De Palma. Modern black comedy version of the tale has Finley as the tortured composer, this time the victim of Williams, a record producer kept young by a pact with the Devil.
Poor Cecily (US, 1974), with Angela Field, William I. Quinn, Sandy Dempsey, Cyndee Summers. Directed by Lee Frost.
Psyched by the 4-D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) (US, 1974), with Margo, Esoterica, Tom Yerian, Kelly Guthrie. Directed by Victor Luminera.
Sugar Hill (a.k.a. The Zombies of Sugar Hill and Voodoo Girl, US, 1974), with Marki Bey, Don Pedro Colley, Robert Quarry, Richard Lawson. Directed by Paul Maslansky. Blaxploitation flick has title heroine enlisting the aid of Baron Samedi to fight her adversaries.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (UK, 1974), with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Joanna Lumley, Michael Coles. Directed by Alan Gibson.
The Tempter (L’Anticristo, Italy, 1974), with Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris. Directed by Alberto de Martino.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (US, 1974), with Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A Partain, William Vail. Directed by Tobe Hooper. The Hitchhiker puts a blood death curse on the young travellers at the beginning of this horror classic.
Witch Girl Meg (Majokko Megu-chan, Japan animated television series, 1974-1975), with voices of Rihoko Yoshida, Keiko Yamamoto, Chacha Yamaguchi, Noriko Tsukase. Directed by Yugo Serikawa.
Zardoz (UK, 1974), with Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestleman, John Alderton. Directed by John Boorman. Not really about witches or witchcraft, though the great revelation of the title deity’s real identity and purpose is closely tied to L. Frank Baum’s book, The Wizard of Oz.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker: “The Zombie” (1974), with Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Charles Aidman, Joseph Sirola. Individual episodes, "The Zombie," "The Devil's Platform," "Bad Medicine," "The Trevi Collection."
Lorna, the Exorcist (Les Possédées du diable, France, 1974), with Pamela Stanford, Guy Delorme, Lina Romay, Jacqueline Laurent. Directed by Jesus Franco.
Macbeth (West Germany, television, 1974), with Veronika Bayer, Rudolf Brand, Erik Frey, Michael Habeck. Director unknown.
The Magic Flute (Sweden, 1974), with Ulric Cold, Josef Kostlinger, Erik Saeden, Birgit Nordin. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Television production theatrically released in the US.
Nude for Satan (Italy, 1974), with Rita Calderoni. Directed by Luigi Batzella.
The Phantom of the Paradise (US, 1974), with Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli. Directed by Brian De Palma. Modern black comedy version of the tale has Finley as the tortured composer, this time the victim of Williams, a record producer kept young by a pact with the Devil.
Poor Cecily (US, 1974), with Angela Field, William I. Quinn, Sandy Dempsey, Cyndee Summers. Directed by Lee Frost.
Psyched by the 4-D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) (US, 1974), with Margo, Esoterica, Tom Yerian, Kelly Guthrie. Directed by Victor Luminera.
Sugar Hill (a.k.a. The Zombies of Sugar Hill and Voodoo Girl, US, 1974), with Marki Bey, Don Pedro Colley, Robert Quarry, Richard Lawson. Directed by Paul Maslansky. Blaxploitation flick has title heroine enlisting the aid of Baron Samedi to fight her adversaries.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (UK, 1974), with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Joanna Lumley, Michael Coles. Directed by Alan Gibson.
The Tempter (L’Anticristo, Italy, 1974), with Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris. Directed by Alberto de Martino.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (US, 1974), with Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A Partain, William Vail. Directed by Tobe Hooper. The Hitchhiker puts a blood death curse on the young travellers at the beginning of this horror classic.
Witch Girl Meg (Majokko Megu-chan, Japan animated television series, 1974-1975), with voices of Rihoko Yoshida, Keiko Yamamoto, Chacha Yamaguchi, Noriko Tsukase. Directed by Yugo Serikawa.
Zardoz (UK, 1974), with Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestleman, John Alderton. Directed by John Boorman. Not really about witches or witchcraft, though the great revelation of the title deity’s real identity and purpose is closely tied to L. Frank Baum’s book, The Wizard of Oz.
The Changes (UK television series, 1975), with Victoria Williams, Keith Ashton, Rafiq Anwar, Marc Zuber. Directed by John Prowse.
Demon Witch Child (La Endemoniada, Spain, 1975), with Julián Mateos, Marián Salgado, Fernando Sancho, Lone Fleming. Directed by Amando de Ossorio.
The Devil Is a Woman (Italy, 1975), with Glenda Jackson, Adolfo Celi, Lisa Harrow, Claudio Cassinelli. Directed by Damiano Damiani.
The Devil's Rain (US, 1975), with Ernest Borgnine, Tom Skerritt, Eddie Albert, William Shatner. Directed by Robert Fuest. Anton LaVey appears as high priest and served as consultant.
The Devil within Her (UK, 1975), with Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Donald Pleasance, Ralph Bates. Directed by Peter Sasdy.
Doctor Who: “Planet of Evil” (UK television series episode, 1975), with Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Prentis Hancock. Loosley based on Forbidden Planet, which itself was based on The Tempest, from which the Doctor quotes at one point in the story.
Doctor Who: “The Pyramids of Mars” (UK television series episode, 1975), with Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Michael Sheard. Directed by . In an episode sure to interest members of the Temple of Set, the Doctor battles robotic mummies in Edwardian England to stop the escape of the Egyptian god Sutekh.
Doctor Who: “The Brain of Morbius” (UK television series episode, 1975), with Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen. While trying to prevent the resurrection of a renegade Time Lord, the Doctor is first hindered then helped by the witch-like Sisterhood of Karn.
Escape to Witch Mountain (US, 1975), with Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann. Directed by John Hough.
Horror Rises from the Tomb (El espanto surge de la tumba, Spain, 1975), with Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Víctor Alcázar, Helga Liné. Directed by Carlos Aured.
The Little Mermaid (Andasen dôwa ningyo-hime, Japan, animated, 1975), with voices of Fumie Kashiyama, Mariko Miyagi, Harukp Kitahama, Taro Shigaki. Directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, Tim Reid.
The Little Mermaid (Malá morská víla, Czechoslovakia, 1975), with Miroslava Safrankova, Radovan Lukavsky, Petr Svojtka, Milene Dvorska. Directed by Karel Kachnya.
Macbeth (Italy, television, 1975), with Glauco Mauri, Valeria Moriconi, Gianni Cavina, Franco Alpestre. Director unknown.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (UK, 1975), with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin. Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Graham Chapman as King Arthur does his own comedic take on “ducking” a suspected witch. Cleese appears as the mighty sorcerer some call “Tim.”
Mule Feathers (US, 1975), with Don Knotts, Rory Calhoun.
Race with the Devil (US, 1975), with Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swift, Lara Parker. Directed by Jack Starett.
Really Rosie (1975 TV movie)
Sisters of Satan (Mexico, 1975), with Claudio Brook, Anne Heywood, Ornella Muti, Tina Romero. Directed by ?
"Uncle Croc's Block" (US television series, 1975-76), with Charles Neilsen Reilly, Alfie Wise, Jonathan Harris, Phyllis Diller. Produced by Richard M. Rosenbloom. Unknown episode with Diller guest-starring as "Witchy Goo-Goo."
Warlock Moon (US, 1975), with Laurie Walters, Joe Spano, Edna MacAfee, Harry Bauer. Directed by Bill Herbert.
The Blue Bird (US/USSR, 1976), with Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner. Directed by George Cukor.
Carrie (US, 1976), with Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt, John Travolta. Directed by Brian de Palma.
Death at Love House (US television movie, 1976), with Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Dorothy lamour, Joan Blondell. Directed by E.W. Swackhamer.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, Brazil, 1976), with Soja Braga, Jose Wilker, Mauro Mendonca, Dinorah Brillanti. Directed by Bruno Barreto.
Inquisition (Spain, 1976), with Paul Naschy, Daniela Giordano, Mónica Randall, Ricardo Merino. Directed by Paul Naschy.
King Kong (US, 1976), with Jeff Bridges, Charles grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph. Directed by John Guillermin.
Land of the Minotaur (US/UK, 1976), with Donald Pleasance, Luan Peters, Peter Cushing, Nikos Verlekis. Directed by Costa Carajiannis. Tourists in Crete discover a modern-day Minoan devil cult.
Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (US television movie, 1976), with Patty Duke Astin, Ruth Gordon.
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (US television, 1976), with Paul Lynde, Margaret Hamilton, Billy Hayes, KISS. Hamilton appears as the Wicked Witch of the West. Hayes appears as Witchiepoo from “H.R. Pufnstuf.”
Shadow of the Hawk (US, 1976), with Jan-Michael Vincent, Chief Dan Geroge, Marilyn Hassett, Pia Shandel. Directed by George McCowan.
The Shaggy D.A. (US, 1976), with Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette, Keenan Wynn. Directed by Robert Stevenson. The now adult protagonist of The Shaggy Dog , - Jones taking over the role originated by Tommy Kirk, - finds himself once more transformed by a magic ring into a sheepdog while running against the town’s corrupt district attorney in this Disney sequel.
The Slipper and the Rose (UK, 1976), with Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Michael Hordern. Directed by Bryan Forbes.
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (A Estranha Hospedaria dos Prazeres, Brazil, 1976). Directed by Jose Mojica Marins. Third in the “Coffin Joe” series.
To the Devil – a Daughter (Germany/UK, 1976), with Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott,. Directed by Peter Sykes.
Twentieth Century Oz (a.k.a. Oz, Australia, 1976), with Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Michael Carman. Dorothy as a teen groupie desperate to get to rock star The Wizard’s last performance, pursued by the brother of the street tough her van hit when she first arrived in town. Her ruby slippers are courtesy of the gay proprietor of the Good Fairy Boutique.
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (US, 1976), with Millie Perkins, George “Buck” Flower, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown. Directed by Matt Climber. A disturbed young woman begins a murderous rampage with men as her victims. Not really a witch movie although it draws on the idea of the witch as a violent and dangerous woman. The original theatrical poster art is based on Frank Frazetta’s painting, “The Witch.”
ABC Weekend Specials (1977 TV series)
Episode: The Trouble with Miss Switch
Annie Hall (US, 1977), with Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Paul Simon. Directed by Woody Allen. Worth mentioning for the animated sequence in which Allen fantasizes about a relationship with the evil queen from Disney’s “Snow White.”
The Car (US, 1977), with James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, Ronny Cox. Directed by Elliot Silverstein. A demonic killer car terrorizes a small southwestern town. Anton LaVey was a consultant for this film.
Doctor Who: “Image of the Fendhal” (UK television, 1977), with Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Wanda Ventham, Daphne Heard. Directed by George Spenton-Foster. The Doctor finds a scientist’s experiments and the local witch coven’s rites are about to revive the Fendhal, a creature capable of absorbing all life. The Fendhal is a group life-form whose core looks like the Witch Goddess. The Doctor is assisted in part by the local conjure woman (Heard), whose rock salt charms prove deadly to the Fendhal’s individual members. Climatic action occurs at Lammas, or August Eve.
Exorcist II: The Heretic (US, 1977), with Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, James Earl Jones. Directed by John Boorman.
Halloween Hall of Fame (US television special, October 30, 1977), with Jonathan Winters. Directed by Arthur J. Vitarelli. Disney Studios night watchman Winters is shown a series of classic Disney animated scenes with supernatural themes by a living jack-o-lantern, also played by Winters.
Halloween with the Addams Family (US television film, 1977), with John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy. This was one of several “reunion” specials based on popular shows of the 50s and 60s which were produced at this time. While the rest of the Addams clan gathers for Halloween, Grandma Frump, tries and tries to get her broomstick to fly. She succeeds but is then caught in Lurch’s net as he hunts pterodactyls. Margaret Hamilton does not appear as Grandma Frump as she did in the original series; a different actress also appears as Grandmama Addams, originally played by Blossom Rock. Ken Weatherwax plays a grownup Pugsley now studying medicine under the Addams’s family witch doctor.
High Anxiety (US, 1977), with Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman. Directed by Mel Brooks. At the climatic end of this spoof of/ tribute to the films of Alfred Hitchcock, Leachman attacks Brooks with a broom atop a lighthouse. She falls over the rail, presenting a witch on a broom image as she plummets to her death.
The Hobbit (US, television film, animated, 1977), with the voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, Hans Conried, Richard Boone. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.
The New Archie/Sabrina Hour (US animated television series, 1977), with the voices of Jane Webb, Howard Morris, Dal McKennon, John Erwin.
Pete’s Dragon (US, live-action and animated, 1977), with Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Jim Dale, Red Buttons. Directed by Don Chaffey.
Satan’s Cheerleaders (US, 1977), with Kerry Sherman, John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, Jacqueline Cole. Directed by Greydon Clark.
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (UK/US, 1977), with Patrick Wayne, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton. Directed by Sam Wanamaker.
Specter (US television pilot, 1977), with Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, Gordon Jackson. Writer/ producer Gene Roddenberry goes from space travel to the occult in this series pilot with Culp as occult investigator William Sebastian battling demon-in-mortal's clothing Asmodeus (Hurt). Majel Barret, Roddenberry's wife, plays Culp's witch housekeeper. Young was for a time married to television's most famous witch, Elizabeth Montgomery, a.k.a Samantha on Bewitched.
The Spell (US television movie, 1977), with Lee Grant, Susan Myers, Helen Hunt, Kathleen Hughes. Directed by Lee Philips.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (US/UK, 1977), with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness. Directed by George Lucas.
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (US, 1977) with Karen Black, Robert F. Lyons. Directed by Gordon Hessler. A woman’s strange behavior may be due a witch’s efforts to take over her body. The script is by Richard Matheson.
Suspiria (Italy, 1977), with Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett, Alida Valli. Directed by Dario Argento. A young American woman learns that a witch’s coven is operating in the dance academy where she is enrolled. Considered a horror classic, this film features a cameo by Udo Keir.
Tabitha (US television series, 1977-1978), with Lisa Hartman, Robert Urich, Mel Stewart, David Ankum. Directed by William Asher, others. The Mary Tyler Moore Show meets Bewitched in this short-lived spin-off series which has Darrin and Samantha’s daughter all grown up and trying to make it the mortal way working at a TV station in LA, despite interference from her witch Aunt Minerva (Karen Morrow), a cross between Endora and Serena. None of the major Bewitched cast members appear in this series, although guest appearances are made by George Tobias and Sandra Gould as the Kravitzes and Bernard Fox as Dr. Bombay.
The Tempest (Firtina, Turkey, 1977), with Kadir Inanir, Harika Degirmenci. Directed by Nejat Saydam.
The Uncanny (UK/ Canada, 1977), with Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Chloe Franks, Katrina Holden. Directed by Denis Héroux. Anthology of stories about sinister cats, including a black cat who helps a beleaguered orphan realize her witchly heritage and gain revenge on her nasty cousin.
The White Buffalo (US, 1977), with Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Kim Novak. Directed by ?
The Witch with the Flying Head (Hong Kong, 1977), with Peter Chen Ho, You Min Ho, Feng Yeh. Directed by Lian Sing Woo.
The Witches of Pendle (UK, 1977), with John Fielding, Cathryn Harrison, John Harvi, James Laurenson. Directed by Anthea Browne-Wilkinson.
Wizards (US animated film, 1977), with the voices of Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Roamnus, David Proval. Directed by Ralph Bashki.
Black Voodoo (aka “Beyond the Living,” US, 1978), with Jill Jacobson, Geoffrey land, Marilyn Joi, Mary Kay Pass. Directed by Al Adamson. After a patient dies during surgery, his spirit possesses one of the nurses, who begins killing the doctors who botched the operation.
The Black Wizard's Gift (Podarok chyornogo kolduna, Hungary, 1978), with Yelena Kondratyeva, Boris Shcherbakov, Larisa Danilina, Liya Akhedzhakova. Directed by Boris Rytsarev.
Bugs Bunny’s Howl-oween Special (US, 1978), Directed by David Detige. Montage of Warner Bros. cartoons, including Broomstick Bunny.
Child of Glass (US television film, 1978), with Barbara Barrie, Biff McGuire, Katy Kurtzman, Anthony Zerbe. Directed by John Erman. In this Disney film, a young girl tries to help the ghost of a young girl haunting the plantation house her family has just purchased. She is helped by her young friend, who knows various hoodoo charms.
A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur’s Court (US, animated, 1978), with the voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Chuck Jones. Bugs Bunny is transported to the court of King Arthur (Daffy Duck) and his varlet (Porky Pig).
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (US television mini-series, 1978), with Bette Davis, David Ackroyd, Rosanna Arquette, Rene Auberjonois. Directed by Leo Penn. Based on the novel by Tom Tryon.
Dr. Strange (US television pilot, 1978) , with Peter Hooten, John Mills, Clyde Kusatsu, Jessica Walter. Directed by Philip DeGuere, based on the comic book created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Doctor Who: “The Ribos Operation” (UK television series episode, 1978), with Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, voice of John Leeson.
Doctor Who: “The Stones of Blood” (UK television series episode, 1978), with Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Susan Engel, Beatrix Lehmann.
Firebird: Daybreak Chapter (Hi no Tori, Japan, 1978), with Tomisaburo Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi. Directed by Kon Ichikawa.
Little House on the Prairie: “Whisper Country” (US television series episode, January 16, 1978), with Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Dabs Greer, Anita Dangler. Directed by Michael Landon.
The Lord of the Rings (US, animated, 1978), with the voices of Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Sholes, John Hurt. Directed by Ralph Bashki.
Macbeth (Bulgaria, television, 1978), with Lyubomir Kiselichki, Violeta Gindeva. Directed by Hacho Boyadzhiev.
The Manitou (US, 1978), with Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Starsberg, Stella Stevens. Directed by William Girdler.
The Norseman (US, 1978), with Lee Majors, Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer, Jack Elam. Directed by Charles B. Pierce.
Rainbow: "Witches" (UK television series episode, Dec. 13, 1978), with Geoffrey Hayes, Roy Skelton, Stanley Bates. Directed by ?
Return from Witch Mountain (US, 1978), with Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann. Directed by John Hough.
Slave of the Cannibal God (Italy, 1978), with Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio cassinelli, Antonio Marsina. Directed by Sergio Martino.
Starksy and Hutch: “Satan’s Witches” (US television series episode, February 8, 1978), with Paul Michael Glaser, David Soul, Bernie Hamilton, Charles Napier. Directed by Nicholas Sgarro.
Stranger in Our House (US television movie, 1978) with Linda Blair, Lee Purcell. Directed by Wes Craven. A young woman learns her visiting cousin is an evil witch.
Terror (UK, 1978), with John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey, Sarah Keller. Directed by Norman J. Warren.
The Water Babies (UK/Poland, live action and animation, 1978), with James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Greenwood. Directed by Lionel Jeffries. Housekeeper Whitelaw has elements of the witch/fairy godmother about her.
Witch's Night Out (US animated television special, 1978) , with the voices of Gilda Radner, Catherine O'Hara, Tony Molesworth, Naomi Leach. Directed by John Leach.
The Wiz (US, 1978), with Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Richard Pryor plays The Wiz while Mabel King reprises her stage role of the Wicked Witch Evilene, who runs a sweatshop on the West Side while sitting on her, um, throne. Based on the book by L. Frank Baum and the musical play by Charlie Smalls.
Alison’s Birthday (Australia, 1979), with Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunny Brooke, John Bluthal. Directed by Ian Coughlan.
The Amityville Horror (US, 1979), with James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
An Arabian Adventure (UK, 1979), with Christopher Lee, Emma Samms, Oliver Tobias, Milo O'Shea. Directed by Kevin Connor. Loosley based on The Thief of Bagdad. Script by Doctor Who writer Brian Hayles.
Baba Yaga Protiv! (USSR, 1979). Directed by Vladimir Pekar. The Russian witch fights Misha the Bear for mascotship of the 1980 Olympics!
Battlestar Galactica: “War of the Gods, Parts I and II” (US television series episode, 1979), with Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Patrick Macnee. The crew of Galactica hosts Count Iblis, a mysterious figure with miraculous powers who promises to lead them to Earth, but turns out to be the Satanic dark god mentioned in the old myths, intent on destroying them.
The Devil and Daniel Mouse (US, animated television special, 1979). Mouse folk singer must rescue his girlfriend after she becomes a disco singing star by unknowingly selling her soul.
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (US, 1979), with Julius Erving, James Bond III, Stockard Channing, Jonathan Winters. Directed by Gilbert Moses.
The Godsend (UK, 1979), with Cyd Hayman, Malcolm Stoddard, Angela Pleasance, Patrick Barr. Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont. A foundling child brings death and disaster on a rural family.
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (US television, 1979), with Judd Hirsch, Mariette Hartley, Henry Gibson, Jack Riley. Directed by Bruce Bilson. Judd Hirsch as Count Dracula faces a crisis as the Halloween Witch (Hartley) says she is quitting the holiday for good.
The Legacy (US/UK, 1979), with Katherine Ross, Sam Elloitt, Charles Gray, Roger Daltrey. Directed by Richard Marquand.
Letuchiy korabl (Soviet Union, animated, 1979), with voices of Garry Bardin, Mikhail Boyarsky, Anatoli Papanov, Rogvold Sukhoverko. Directed by Garry Bardin.
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (US televison, 1979), with Simon Adams, Nicholas Barnes, Sheila Hancock, Arthur Lowe. Animated. Directed by Bill Melendez.
Lovespell (US, 1979), with Richard Burton, Kate Mulgrew, Nicholas Clay, Cyril Cusack. Directed by Tom Donovan. The story of Tristan and Isolde.
Macbeth (UK television, 1979), with Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, John Brown, Susan Dury. Directed by Philip Casson.
Nightwing (US, 1979), with Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold, Strother Martin. Directed by Arthur Hiller. A swarm of vampire bats sweeps through a Navajo reservation after a renegade medicine man vows to avenge his people by using a sand mandala to end the world. Martin, who appeared as the High Priest in The Brotherhood of Satan, has a cameo as a disillusioned former missionary turned grocer.
Phantasm (US, 1979), with Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm. Directed by Don Coscarelli. The local witch seer and her daughter try to warn the young protagonist of the Tall Man’s plot at the beginning of this cult film.
Ring of Darkness (Un ombta nell’ombra, Italy, 1979), with Anne Heywood, Valentina Cortese, Frank Finlay, John Phillip Law. Directed by Pier Carpi.
Sensività (Italy, 1979), with Vincent Gardenia, Leonora Fani, Wolfango Soldati, Patricia Adriani. Directed by Enzo G. Castellari.
Taro the Dragon-Boy (Tatsu no ko Tarô, Japan, animated, 1979), with voices of Kazuo Kitamura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Junya Kato, Kirin Kiki. Directed by Kiriro Urayama and Peter Fernandez.
The Tempest (UK, 1979), with Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams. Directed by Derek Jarman.
La tía Alejandra (Mexico, 1979), with Isabela Corona, Diana Bracho, Manuel Ojeda, María Rebeca. Directed by Arturo Ripstein.
Unidentified Flying Oddball (aka A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court, US, 1979), with Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale, Ron Moody, Kenneth More. Directed by Russ Mayberry. Disney’s take on the Mark Twain classic has Dugan as an astronaut who time warps to the days of King Arthur.
Witches, Faggots, Dykes, and Poofters (Australia, 1979), with Jude Kuring, David Stiff. Directed by Digby Duncan.
Zombie (Italy, 1979), with Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver. Directed by Lucio Fulci.
Evilspeak (US, 198?). Military academy nerd uses computer sorcery to unleash demons against classmates who killed his puppy.
Miami Vice (US television series episode, 198?), with Don Johnson, Phillip Michael Thomas, Clarence Williams III. Williams guest stars as a Haitian drug lord who has used zombification to fake his death and gain entry to the US. He later employs a Voudo curse against detective Tubbs (Thomas).
ABC Weekend Specials: “The Trouble with Miss Switch” (US television, animated, 1980), with voices of Janet Waldo, Eric Taslitz, Nancy McKeon, June Foray. Directed by Charles A. Nichols.
BJ and the Bear: “BJ and the Witch” (US television series episode, February 9, 1980), with Greg Evigan, Peter Mark Richman, Linda Grovenor, Chip Frye. Directed by Charles R. Rondeau. Passing through a small town, trucker B.J. meets and falls in love with a local lady, who happens to be a witch. She gives a lovesick girl a love potion, not knowing that the boy the girl desires is taking PCB. When the boy is hospitalized after an overdose, the witch is blamed and the local Bible-thumper organizes a mob which surrounds her home. A stone thrown through the window knocks over a candle, igniting sulfur she has been using for a protective spell. The house burns, the witch is killed in the blaze, and the Bible-thumper is rightly arrested for murder, all the while protesting that he “was doing the Lord’s work.” One of the earliest instances of modern witches being shown in a positive light, this story was recycled for the episode “Nothing Evil in These Woods” of the Werewolf television series.
The Crucible (UK television, 1980), with Michael N. Harbour, Eric Porter, Sarah Berger, Daniel Massey. Directed by Don Taylor.
Give Me Back My Skin (Rendez-moi ma peau..., France, 1980), with Erik Colin, Bee Michelin, Chantal Neuwirth, Jean-Luc Bideau. Directed by Patrick Schulmann.
Inferno (Italy, 1980), with Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Sacha Pitoeff, Daria Nicolodi. Directed by Dario Argento.
The Return of the King (US television film, animated, 1980), with the voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall, William Conrad. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. Gandalf plays a surprisingly limited role in this adaptation of the third book in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (US, 1980), with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, voice of James Earl Jones. Directed by Irvin Kersher.
Super Witch of Love Island (Brigade mondaine: Vaudou aux Caraibes, France, 1980), with Patrice Valota, Jacques Bouanich, Julie Margo, Marcel Dalio. Directed by Philippe Monnier.
The Tempest (UK television, 1980), with Michael Hordern, Derek Godfrey, David Waller, Warren Clarke. Directed by John Gorrie.
The Tempest (US, 1980), with Peter Fitzsimmons, Julian Lopez- Morillas, Jane Macife. Directed by Audrey E Stanley.
Tuck Everlasting (US, 1980), with Margaret Chamberlain, Paul Flessa, Fred A. Keller, James McGuire. Directed by Frederick King Keller.
The Watcher in the Woods (US/UK, 1980), with Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Lynn-Holly Johnson. Directed by John Hough. Based on the novel by Florence Engel Randall.
Wholly Moses! (US, 1980), with Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Richard Pryor, John Ritter.
Witches' Brew (US, 1980), with Terri Garr, Richard Benjamin, Lana Turner, James Winkler. Directed by Richard Shorr, Herbert L. Strock. Comedic adaptation of Fritz Leiber's novel Conjure Wife.
Xanadu (US, 1980), with Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan. Directed by Robert Greenwald.
An American Werewolf in London (UK/US, 1981), with David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine. Directed by John Landis. The local villagers use a pentagram and candles as a protective charm against werewolves.
Burned at the Stake (US, 1981), with Susan Swift, Albert Salmi, Guy Stockwell, Tisha Sterling. Beverly Ross plays Merlina, a modern day witch not too loosely based on Laurie Cabot, who is credited as a consultant on this film. Apparently Cabot neglected to tell the filmmakers the acussed in the Salem trials were hanged or pressed, but never burned.
Cinderella: A Lesson in Compromise (US, 1981). Characters from Disney’s 1950 animated film are used in this educational piece.
Clash of the Titans (US, 1981), with Harry Hamlin, Burgess Meredith, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith.
The Devil and Max Devlin (US, 1981), with Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich. Directed by Steven Hilliard.
A Disney Halloween (US television special, October 24, 1981). The Magic Mirror from Snow White hosts a montage of scenes from Disney animated films with spooky and supernatural themes.
Dragonslayer (US, 1981), with Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam. Directed by Matthew Robbins.
Excalibur (US/UK, 1981), with Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay. Directed by John Boorman.
Evil Stalks This House (US television, 1981), with Jack Palance, Cindy Hinds, Helen Hughes, Frances Hyland. Directed by Gordon Hessler.
Fear No Evil (US, 1981), with Stefan Arngrim, Elizabeth Hoffman, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Frank Birney. Directed by Frank Laloggia.
Forfølgelsen (Norway, 1981), with Lil Terselius, Bjørn Skagestad, Anita Björk, Erik Mørk. Directed by Anja Breien.
The Howling (US, 1981), with Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, John Carradine, Dennis Dugan. Directed by Joe Dante. Female werewolf that bites Dee Wallace’s husband may also be a witch.
Ivashka iz Dvortsa pionerov (1981)
Into the Labyrinth (UK television series, 1981-1982), with Ron Moody, Pamela Salem, Simon Beal, Lisa Turner. Directed by Peter Graham Scott.
K-9 and Company: “A Girl's Best Friend" (UK television series pilot, 1981), with Elisabeth Sladen, voice of John Leeson, Ian Sears, Mary Wimbush. Directed by John Black. In this unsuccessful first attempt at a spin-off series featuring two former companions from Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Smith and robotic dog K-9 find a witch’s coven is operating in the area and planning to sacrifice her Aunt Lavinia Smith’s young ward to Hecate. While the human sacrifice agle may not be an accurate portrayal of modern Witches, several authentic elements, including a portion of the “Drawing Down” litany used by many traditional covens, appear.
Khalif-aist (USSR, animated short, 1981), with voices of I. Smoktunovskiy, N. Selezneva, I. Churikova, V. Livanov. Directed by Valeri Ugarov.
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (US, animated, 1981), with the voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Friz Freleng. The Devil sends Yosemite Sam to capture Bugs in one part of this compilation of classic cartoons.
Macbeth (US, 1981), with Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie, Simon MacCorkingdale, Richard Alfierir. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.
Mephisto (Hungary, 1981), with Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildiko Bansagi, Karim Boyd. Directed by Istvan Szabo. Based on the novel by Klaus Mann, itself a WWII-era play on the Faust mythos.
Mia moglie è una strega (Italy, 1981), with Eleonora Giorgi, Renato Pozzetto, Helmut Berger, Lia Tanzi. Directed by Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia.
Midnight Offerings (US television, 1981), with Melissa Sue Anderson, Mary Beth McDonough, Patrick Cassidy, Marion Ross. Directed by Rod Holcomb.
Mr. Merlin (US television series, 1981-82), with Barnard Hughes, Clark Brandon, Phil Morris, Elaine Joyce. Directed by Bill Bixby, others.
The Monster's Christmas (1981 TV movie)
Movie Macabre (US television series, 1981-1993), with Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Larry Thomas.
The Munster’s Revenge (US television, 1981), with Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne DeCarlo, Sid Caesar. Robot doubles of Herman and Grandpa Munster are being used to rob banks, and the real ones must clear their name.
Mystics in Bali (Leák, Indonesia, 1981), with Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D., W.D. Mochtar. Directed by H. Tjut Djalil.
Night of the Werewolf ( El retorno del hombre-lobo, Spain, 1981), with Paul Naschy, Silvia Aguilar, Azucena Hernández, Julia Saly. Directed by Paul Naschy.
Saturday the 14th (US, 1981), with Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Severn Darden, Jeffrey Tambor. Directed by Howard R. Cohen.
Witch Hunt (aka Forfolglsen, Sweden, 1981), with Lil Terselius, Bjorn Skagestad, Anita Bjork, Eril Mork. Directed by Anja Breien.
ABC Weekend Specials: “Miss Switch to the Rescue” (US animated television series episode, January, 1982), with voices of Janet Waldo, Hans Conried, Alan Dinehart, Walker Edmiston. Directed by Charles A. Nichols.
Amityville II: The Possession (US, 1982), with Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, james Olsen, Jack Magner. Directed by Damiano Damiani.
The Beastmaster (US, 1982), with Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos. Directed by Don Coscarelli.
Beyond Witch Mountain (US television series pilot, February 20, 1982), with Eddie Albert, Tracey Gould, Andrew K. Freeman, Noah Beery. Directed by Robert Day. While searching for their Uncle Ben, Tony and Tia are captured by Deranian, who still hopes to exploit their powers for personal gain. Loosely based on Escape to Witch Mountian.
Boardinghouse (US, 1982), with Hawk Adly, Kalassu Kay, Alexandra Day, Joel McGinnis Riordan. Directed by John Wintergate.
Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (US, animated, 1982), with the voices of Mel Blanc, Shep Menken, Lennie Weinrib. Anthology of classic Warner Bros. cartoons including Bewitched Bunny and Pied Piper of Guadalupe.
Camelot (US television, 1982), with Richard Harris, Meg Bussert, Richard Muenz, Barrie Ingham. Directed by Marty Callner. Televised perfomance of the Broadway revival. James Valentine as Merlyn.
CHiPs: “Rock Devil Rock” (US television series episode, October 31, 1982), with Erik Estrada, Tom Reilly, Don Most, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by John Austin.
Conan the Barbarian (US, 1982), with Arnold Schwarzengger, Sandall Bergman, James Earl Jones, Mako. Directed by John Milius.
Disney’s Halloween Treat (US television special, October 30, 1982). Montage of Halloween cartoons from the Disney vault.
Doctor Who: “Kinda” (UK television series episode, 1982), with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton.
Doctor Who: “The Visitation” (UK television series episode, 1982), with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Michael Robbins. Directed by Peter Moffat. Arriving in Heathrow at the time of the Great Plague and London Fire of 1666, the Doctor finds aliens plotting to use a more virulent form of the plague to exterminate humanity. At one point the Doctor finds himself accussed of being a warlock by the local villagers, and narrowly escapes being beheaded.
Doctor Who: “Time Flight” (UK television series episode, 1982), with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Anthony Ainley.
Doktor Faustus (West Germany, 1982), with Jon Finch, Andre Heller, Marie-Helene Breillat, Margot Hielscher. Directed by Franz Seitz. Based on Thomas Mann's adaptation of the Faust mythos.
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 TV series)
Episode: Sleeping Beauty
Faustus doktor boldogságos pokoljárása (Hungary television mini-series, 1982) , with Ferenc Bacs, Lajos Balazsovits, Andras Balint, Idiko Bansagi. Directed by Miklos Jancso.
The Flight of Dragons (US animated television movie, 1982), with the voices of John Ritter, Bob McFadden, Don Messick, James Earl Jones. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Macbeth (Hungary television, 1982), with Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Erzsebet Kutvolgyi, Joanos Acs, Ferenc Bencze. Directed by Bela Tarr.
Macbeth (US television, 1982), with Philip Anglim, Maureen Anderman, J Kenneth Campbell, Kelsey Grammer. Directed by Kirk Browning.
National Lampoon’s Class Reunion (US, 1982), with Steven Fuerst, Jim Staahl, Anne Ramsey, Michael Lerner. Directed by Michael Miller.
Superstition (Canada, 1982), with James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Lynn Carlin, Larry Pennell. Directed by James W. Roberson.
The Sword and the Sorcerer (US, 1982), with Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkingdale, George Maharis. Directed by Albert Pyun.
Tempest (US, 1982), with John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia. Directed by Paul Mazursky. Adaptation of Shakespeare’s play set in contemporary time has nearly all magical elements of the original removed.
Tucker's Witch (US television series, 1982), with Catherine Hicks, Tim Matheson, Barbara Barrie, Alfre Woodard. Directed by Corey Allen, others. Detective Matheson is assisted by wife Hicks’ not very reliable witch abilities. Series created by William Bast and Paul Huson, the latter known for his book, Mastering Witchcraft, a Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks, & Covens.
9 to 5: “Hex Marks the Spot” (US television series episode, January 18, 1983), with Rita Moreno, Jean Marsh, Peter Bonerz, Valerie Curtin. The secretaries join together to cast a backwoods spell to counteract the bad luck plaguing the office, said by country girl Doralee to be caused by the white salamander being used as a logo by the company’s newest client. Marsh shows up in a witch’s robe, complete with pentagram pendant.
CHiPs: “Things That Go Creep in the Night” (US television series episode, April 10, 1983), with Erik Estrada, Tom Reilly, Cassandra Peterson, Rich Little. Directed by Robert Pine.
The Dark Crystal (UK, 1983), with voices of Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz, Dave Goely. Directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz.
The Devonsville Terror (US, 1983), with Suzanna Love, Robert Walker, Donald Pleasance, Paul Wilson. Directed by Ulli Lommel. Teacher gets new job in village under a witch’s curse.
Disney’s Haunted Halloween (US film, 1983). Goofy explores the origins of Halloween and its customs.
Dr. Faustus (Netherlands, 1983), with Krijn ter Braak, Jara Lucieer, Bruce Gray, Anita Menist. Directed by Rene Seegers.
Doctor Who: “Snakedance” (UK television series episode, 1983), with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton.
Doctor Who: “The King’s Demons” (UK television series episode, 1983), with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Anthony Ainley.
The Evil Dead (US, 1983), with Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Eyes of Fire (US, 1983), with Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley, Karlene Crockett. Directed by Avery Crounse.
Faerie Tale Theatre: “Rapunzel” (US television, 1983), with Shelley Duvall, Jeff Bridges, Roddy McDowall, Gena Rowlands. Directed by Gilbert Cates.
Fire and Ice (US, animated, 1983), with voices of Susan Tyrell, Maggie Roswell, William Ostrander, Stephen Mendel. Directed by Ralph Bashki.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (US, 1983), with Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy, Ralph Strait. Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.
Henry VI, Part One (UK television, 1983), with Peter Benson, Anthony Brown, David Burke, Brenda Blethyn. Directed by Jane Howell.
Hysterical (1983), with the Hudson Brothers, Julie Newmar, Richard Kiel, Bud Cort.
The Incubus (Canada, 1983), with John Cassavetes, Kerrie Keane, Helen Hughes, Erin Flannery. Directed by John Hough.
The Keep (US, 1983), with Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Alberta Watson, Jurgen Prochnow. Directed by Michael Mann.
Krull (US, 1983), with Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis. Directed by Peter Yates.
Legend of the Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den, Japan, 1983), with Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Macbeth (UK television, 1983), with Nicol Williamson, Jane Lapotaire, Ian Hogg, Mark Dignam. Directed by Jack Gold.
Phoenix (aka War of the Wizards, US, 1983), with Richard Kiel, Charles Lang, Betty Noonan. Directed by Teisho Arikawa, Richard Caan.
The Returning (US, 1983), with Gabriel Walsh, Susan Strasberg, Victor Arnold, Ruth Warrick. Directed by Joel Bender.
Something Wicked This Way Comes (US, 1983), with Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Pam Grier, Diane Ladd. Directed by Jack Clayton. Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury; Pam Grier plays the Dust Witch.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (US, 1983), with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, voice of James Earl Jones. Directed by Richard Marquand.
Suk San: Sun Suk San Geen Hap (Hong Kong, 1983). Directed by Tsui Hark. Flying heroes battle a demon. Remade by the same director in 2001 as Zu Warriors.
Tales From the Darkside: “Trick or Treat” (US television series episode, October 29, 1983), with Barnard Hughes, Patrick Wilcox, Eddie Jones, Frances Chaey. Directed by Bob Balaban.
The Tempest (US, 1983), with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr, J.E. Taylor, Duane Black, Nicholas Hammond. Directed by William Woodman.
Twilight Zone - the Movie (US, 1983), with Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Bill Quinn, Selma Diamond. Directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller.
The Witches and the Grinnygog (UK television mini-series, 1983), with Paul Curtis, Hilda Fenemore, Eva Griffiths, Giles Harper. Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence.
Wizards and Warriors (US television series, 1983), with Jeff Conaway, Duncan Regehr, Julia Duffy, Clive Revill. Directed by Bill Bixby, others.
The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show: "The Witch " (US animated television series episode, May 6, 1984), with voices of Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Heather North. Directed by Oscar Dufau, others.
Bloodbath at the House of Death (UK, 1984), with Vincent Price, Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt. Directed by Ray Cameron. Horror comedy has Price as the bitchy leader of a Satanic coven which conjures up demons to destroy a visiting group of psychic researchers. Very much a precursor to the "Scarey Movie" series.
The Box of Delights (UK television mini-series, 1984), with Devin Stanfield, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder, Jonathan Stevens. "Doctor Who"'s Patrick Troughton as Cole Hawlings. Directed by Renny Ryce.
Children of the Corn (US, 1984), with Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin. Directed by Fritz Kiersch.
Conan the Destroyer (US, 1984), with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Mako, Tracey Walter. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
Doctor Who: “The Awakening” (UK television, 1984), with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson.
Dune (US, 1984), with Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Jose Ferrer, Sting. Directed by David Lynch.
The Evil Fairies (Venno par alas hadas, Mexico, 1984), with Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María, Leonor Llauzas, María Santander. Directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada.
Faerie Tale Theatre: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” (US television series episode, 1984), with Shelley Duvall, Vincent Price, Elizabeth McGovern, Vanessa Redgrave.
The Fall Guy: “October the 31st” (US television series episode, October 31, 1984), with Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Cassandra Peterson, John Carradine. Directed by
Ghostbusters (US, 1984), with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Ivan Reitman.
Gremlins (US, 1984), with Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday. Directed by Joe Dante.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (US, 1984), with Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri. Directed by Steven Speilberg.
Last of the Great Survivors (US television movie, 1984), with Pam Dawber, James Naughton, Thom Bray, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Jerry Jameson.
The Neverending Story (West Germany/UK, 1984), with Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronack, Moses Gunn. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (US, 1984), with John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund. Directed by Wes Craven.
Oh God! You Devil! (US, 1984), with George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Rozanne Hart. Directed by Paul Bogart.
La Segua (Mexico/ Costa Rica, 1984), with Isabel Hidalgo, Blanca Guerra, Óscar Castillo, Ana Poltronieri. Directed by Antonio Yglesias.
Splash (US, 1984), with Darryl Hannah, Tom Hanks, John candy, Eugene Levy. Directed by Ron Howard.
Supergirl (US, 1984), with Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter Cook, Peter O'Toole. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
Sword of the Valiant (US, 1984), with Miles O'Keefe, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Emma Sutton. Directed by Stephen Weeks. Based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Tales from the Darkside (1984 TV series)
Episode: A Case of the Stubborns
Tales from the Darkside: “I’ll Give You a Million” (October 17, 1984), with Michael Freeman, George Petrie, Keenan Wynn. Directed by John Harrison.
The Warrior and the Sorceress (US, 1984), with David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Shelton, Jack Tate. Directed by John Broderick.
Witches’ Sabbath (Boszorkányszombat, Hungary, 1984), with Ilona Ivancsics, Dorottya Udvaros, Erzsébet Gaál, Kati Marton. Directed by János Rózsa.
Zombie Island Massacre (US, 1984), with Rita Jenrette, David Broadnax, Tom Cantrell, Diane Clayre Holub. Directed by John N. Carter.
The Adventures of Mark Twain (US, animated, 1985). Directed by Will Vinton. Claymation anthology includes Twain’s story, The Mysterious Stranger.
Arthur the King (US television movie, 1985), with Malcolm McDowell, Candice Bergen, Edward Woodward, Dyan Cannon. Directed by Clive Donner.
The Black Cauldron (US, animated, 1985), with voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, John Byner. Directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich. A young swineherd fights to stop the Horned King from acquiring the Black Cauldron and using it to raise a deathless army. This Disney film is based on Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain.
Bob Hope Buys NBC? (US television, 1985), with Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Lynda Carter, Cassandra Peterson.
Cat’s Eye (US, 1985), with Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan. Directed by Lewis Teague.
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (US, 1985). Directed by Maya Deren. Documentary footage shot by Deren during her 1951 studies of Voudou in Haiti, released on video after her death. One of the few realistic, unbiased, and non-sensational presentations of the religion.
The Dungeonmaster (US, 1985), with Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll, Leslie Wing. Directed by Rosemarie Turko, John Buecher, Charles Band, David Allen, others.
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (US, 1985), with Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Sian Phillips. Directed by Jom Wheat and Ken Wheat.
The Fall Guy: “October the 32nd” (US television series episode, December 7, 1985), with Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by
Get Out of My Room (US, 1985), with Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Paragon, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Cheech Marin.
Ghoulies (US, 1985), with Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance. Directed by Luca Bercovici.
Ladyhawke (US, 1985), with Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern. Directed by Richard Donner.
Legacy of the Spirits (US, 1985). Directed by Karen Kramer. Documentary on Vodou as practiced in present-day New York.
Legend (UK, 1985), with Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent. Directed by Ridley Scott.
The Little Dragon and the Old Witch (Malkiyat zmey i Baba Yaga, Bulgaria animated short, 1985). Directed by Slav Bakalov.
Night Court: “The Gypsy” (US television series episode, January 31, 1985), with Harry Anderson, Erica Yohn. Directed by Alan Bergman. Bull believes he is under a gypsy’s curse.
Night Court: “Halloween, Too” (US television episode, October 31, 1985), with Harry Anderson, Denice Kumagai, Mary-Margaret Humes. Directed by Alan Bergman. Judge Harry Stone meets a beautiful woman who tells him she is a witch.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (US, 1985), with Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager. Directed by Jack Sholder.
The Occult Experience (US/ Australia, 1985), with Z. Budapest, Selena Fox, Anton LaVey, Alex Sanders. Directed by Frank Heimans.
Perinbaba (Czechoslovakia, 1985), with Giulietta Masina, Tobias Hoesl, Petra Vancíková, Sona Valentová. Directed by Juraj Jakubisko.
Qi yuan (aka Witch from Nepal, Hong Kong, 1985), with Chow Yun Fat, Emily Chu, Kit Yit Lam, Dick Wei. Directed by Siu-Tung Ching.
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (US, animated, 1985), with voices of Bettina Bush, Jonathan Harris, Mona Marshall, Pat Fraley. Directed by Bernard Deyries, Kimio Yabuki.
Red Sonja (US, 1984), with Brigette Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Wallace Shawn. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
Return to Oz (US/ UK, 1985), with Fairuza Balk, Jean Marsh, Nicol Williamson, Piper Laurie. Directed by Walter Murch.
Simon and Simon: “The Skull of Nostradamus” (US television series episode, October 31, 1985), with Gerald McRaney, Jameson Parker, Tim Reid, Katherine Justice. Directed by Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.
Sword of the Valiant (UK, 1985), with Miles O’Keefe, Cyrielle Claire, Leigh Lawson, Sean Connery. Directed by Stephen Weeks. Screen adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Tales from the Darkside: “Djinn, No Chaser” (US television series episode, January 13, 1985), with Nate Esfromes, Karem Abdul-Jabbar, Collen Camp, Charles Levin. Directed by Shelley Levinson.
Tales from the Darkside: “In the Cards” (US television series episode, January 27, 1985), with Dorothy Lyman, Rosanna Carter, Johann Carlo, Carmen Matthews. Directed by Ted Gershuny.
Tales from the Darkside: “Snip, Snip” (US television series episode, February 10, 1985), with Bud Cort, Carol Kane, Paul Micale, Ed Kenney. Directed by Terence Cahalan.
Tales from the Darkside: “Levitation” (US television series episode, May 19, 1985), with Joe Turkel, Anthony Thompkins, John Marzilli, Cynthia Frost. Directed by John Harrison.
Tales from the Darkside: “The False Prophet” (US television series episode, August 4, 1985), with Bill Fiore, Ann Hillary, Justin Deas, Ronee Blakely. Directed by Jerry Cotts.
Tales from the Darkside: “Parlor Floor Front” (US television series episode, October 10, 1985), with Rosetta LeNoire, Adolph Caesar, Donna Bullock, John Callonius. Directed by Richard Friedman.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Satanic Piano” (US television series episode, November 3, 1985), with Michael Warren, Lisa Bonet, Felice Orlandi, Philip Roth. Directed by John Harrison.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Devil’s Advocate” (US television series episode, November 10, 1985), with Jerry Stiller, Todd Oleson, Patrick Farelley, Barbara Holmes, David L. Early. Directed by Richard Gornick.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Trouble with Mary Jane” (US television series episode, November 24, 1985), with Phylis Diller, Lawrence Tierney, Tanya Fenmore, Anita Dangler. Directed by T.J. Castronova.
Tales from the Darkside: “Monsters in My Room” (US television series episode, December 22, 1985), with Seth Green, Leona Cyphers, Paula Truman, Elia Braca. Directed by James Sadwith.
Three Sovereigns for Sarah (US television, 1985) , with Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Hunter, Will Lyman, Judy Braha. Directed by Philip Leacock.
The Twilight Zone: “A Little Peace and Quiet” (US television series episode, September 27, 1985), with Charles Aidman, Judith Barsi, Greg Mullavey, Joshua Harris. Directed by Wes Craven.
The Twilight Zone: “Healer” (US television series episode, October 11, 1985), with Charles Aidman, Robert Costanzo, Adam Ferris, Joaquin Martinez. Directed by Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
The Twilight Zone: “Wish Bank” (US television series episode, October 18, 1985), with Charles Aidman, Dee Wallace Stone, Julie Carmen, Julie Payne. Directed by Rick Friedberg.
The Twilight Zone: “A Message from Charity” (US television series episode, November 1, 1985), with Charles Aidman, Kerry Noonan, Duncan McNeill, Vanessa Brown. Directed by Paul Lynch.
The Twilight Zone: “Teacher’s Aide” (US television series episode, November 8, 1985), with Charles Aidman, Adrienne Barbeau, Adam Postil, Miguel Nunez, Jr. Directed by B.W.L. Norton.
The Twilight Zone: “The Uncle Devil Show” (US television series episode, November 29, 1985), with Charles Aidman, Wendy Phillips, Murphy Dunn, Gregory Miller. Directed by David Steinberg.
The Twilight Zone: “I of Newton” (US television series episode, November 29, 1985), with Sherman Hemsley, Ron Glass. Directed by Kenneth Gilbert.
The Whimsical World of Oz (US television documentary, 1985), with Fairuza Balk, Jean Marsh, Ray Bolger, Ozma Baum Mantele. Overview of L. Frank Baum and the various ways his Land of Oz has been presented in print, film, and television, culminating in a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Return to Oz (1985).
Weird Science (US, 1985), with Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton. Directed by John Hughes. Nerds Hall and Mitchell-Smith conjure up genie LeBrock via what amounts to cyber-sorcery.
Witchboard (US, 1985), with Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nicholas, Kathleen Wilhoite. Directed by Kevin S. Tenney.
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (US, 1985), with Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson, Thom Christopher, Barbara Stock. Directed by Hector Olivera.
Big Trouble in Little China (US, 1986), with Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong. Directed by John Carpenter. Russell and friends must rescue Cattrall and friend from having their youth absorbed by a vampiric Chinese sorcerer.
Black Mic Mac (France, 1986), with Jacques Villeret, Isaach De Bankolé, Félicité Wouassi, Daniel Russo. Directed by Thomas Gilou.
Castle in the Sky (Japan, animated, 1986), with voices of James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Cloris Leachman, Mark Hamill. Directed by Hayap Miyazaki.
Crossroads (US, 1986), with Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton. Directed by Walter Hill. The basic germ for this film lies in the legend of blues pioneer Robert Johnson, who allegedly sold his soul to the Devil, - or Papa Legba, depending on the version consulted, - at a Mississippi crossroads in exchange for his success as a musician.
Demons (Italy, 1986), with Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Paolo Cozza, Karl Zinny, Directed by Lamberto Bava. Theater patrons are transformed into murderous demons.
Designing Women: "The Slumber Party" (US television series episode, December 8, 1986), with Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart. Directed by Jack Shea.
From Beyond (US, 1986), with Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, ted Sorel, Ken Foree. Directed by Stuart Gordon. Based on H.P. Lovecraft story.
The Golden Child (US, 1986), with Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance, Victor Wong. Directed by Michael Ritchie.
Gothic (UK, 1986), with Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Miriam Cyr. Directed by Ken Russell. Russell’s unique presentation of the stormy night which inspired Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein. In this Shelly becomes convinced that the séance held by her, husband Percy, Lord Byron, and Dr. Polidori has summoned an entity which now seeks to destroy them all.
The Knight of the Dragon (aka Star Knight, Spain, 1986), with Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel, Fernando Rey, Maria lamor. Directed by Fernando Colombo. Alien spaceship lands in medieval times and is mistaken for a dragon.
Labyrinth (US, 1986), with David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud. Directed by Jim Henson.
Mala carodejnice (“The Little Witch,” Czechoslovakia, animated short, 1986). Directed by Zdenek Smetana.
My Little Pony (US, animated, 1986), with voices of Danny DeVito, Madeline Kahn, Tony Randall, Cloris Leachman. Directed by Michael Joens.
The Name of the Rose (Italy/Germany/France, 1986), with Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman. Directed by Jacques Annaud.
Peggy Sue Got Married (US, 1986), with Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks. Directed by Francis Coppola.
Revenge (US, 1986), with Patrick Wayne, John Carradine, Benie Lee McGowan. Directed by Christopher Lewis. Devil cult in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Shaka Zulu (US/UK/South Africa television mini-series, 1986), with Henry Cele, Edward Fox, Robert Powell, Trevor Howard. Directed by William C. Faure. Biography of the African ruler who united the Zulus into one nation mixes history with legend as Shaka’s efforts to build and hold his empire are alternatively helped and hindered by the intercession of witches, sorcerers, and spirits.
Something Wild (US, 1986), with Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Tracy Walter. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Among the things Daniels finds “wild” about Griffith is her practice of Voodoo.
Tales from the Darkside: “Printer’s Devil” (US television series episode, February 2, 1986), with Larry Manetti, Michael Freeman, Kate Charleston, Charles Knapp. Directed by John Harrison.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Geezenstacks” (US television series episode, October 26, 1986), with Lana Hirsch, Tandy Cronyn, Larry Pine, Craig Wasson. Directed by Bill Travis.
Tales from the Darkside: “A Serpent’s Tooth” (US television series episode, November 16, 1986), with Renee Taylor, Brett Marx, Louis Quinn, Ron Sloan . Directed by Frank DePalma. An amulet makes a mother’s word law, - literally.
Tales from the Darkside: “Baker’s Dozen” (US television series episode, November 23, 1986), with Larry Minetti, Mabel King, Vernon Washington, Theresa Pare. Directed by John Sutherland. King is the owner of a New Orleans bakery whose cookies have magical powers to both heal and curse. After learning her gingerbread men are actually voodoo dolls, Minetti steals some to use against his old business partners.
The Tempest (US television , 1986), cast unknown. Directed by Julie Taymor. WNET broadcast production.
Trick or Treat (US, 1986), with Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant. Directed by Charles Martin Smith.
Troll (US, 1986), with Michael Morirarty, Shelley Hack, Noah Hathaway, June Lockhart. Directed by John Buechler. Soon after his family moves into a new apartment, Hathaway learns upstairs neighbor Lockhart is a witch and that his sister has been kidnapped and replaced by a troll, who begins turning the apartment building’s other tenants into various denizens of the fairy realm. Hathaway joins forces with Lockhart to stop the troll and rescue his sister. By the way, Hathaway’s character is actually named “Harry Potter.”
The Twilight Zone: “The Little People of Killany Woods” (US television series episode, Jauary 3, 1986), with Charles Aidman, Hamilton Camp, Michael Aldridge, James Scally. Directed by J.D. Feigelson.
The Twilight Zone: “Tooth and Consequences” (US television series episode, January 31, 1986), with Charles Aidman, Harry Stephens, David Birney, Kenneth Mars. Directed by Robert Downey.
The Twilight Zone: “Gramma” (US television series episode, February 14, 1986), with Charles Aidman, Barret Oliver, Darlanne Fluegel, Frederick Long. Directed by Bradford May.
The Twilight Zone: “Personal Demons” (US television series episode, February 14, 1986), with Charles Aidman, Joshua Kelley, Jerry Maren, Martin Balsam. Directed by Peter Medak.
The Twilight Zone: “The Leprechaun Artist” (US television series episode, February 21, 1986), with Charles Aidman, Melinda Peterson, Chuck Stransky, Burr Middleton. Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.
The Twilight Zone: “The Last Defender of Camelot” (US television series episode, April 11, 1986), with Charles Aidman, Richard Kiley, Jenny Agutter, John Cameron Mitchel. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
The Worst Witch (US, 1986), with Fairuza Balk, Diana Rigg, Tim Curry, Charlotte Rae. Directed by Robert Young.
Zoobilee Zoo: "Witch's Spell" (US television series epsiode, 1986), with Louise Vallance, Michael B. Moynahan, Karen Hartman, Ben Vereen. Directed by ?
Angel Heart (US, 1987), with Mickey Rourke, Robert DeNiro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling. Directed by Alan Parker.
The Barbarians (US, 1987), with David Paul, Peter Paul, Richard Lynch, Eva La Rue, Virginia Bryant. Directed by Ruggero Deodato. Sword-and-sorcery film which features the muscular talents of the Paul brothers.
Bay Coven (US television movie, 1987), with Pamela Sue Martin, Tim Matheson, Barbara Billingsley, Jeff Conaway. Directed by Carl Schenkel.
The Believers (US, 1987), with Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia. Directed by John Schlesinger.
Dead of Night (US, 1987), with Julie Merrill, Janet Rasak, John Reno, Richard Fast. Directed by Deryn Warren.
Demons 2 (Italy, 1987), with David Knight, Nacy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi tassoni, Bobby Rhodes. Directed by Lamberto Bava. Residents of an apartment building turn into murderous demons.
Disney’s Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (US television special, May 22, 1987), with Dick Van Dyke, Jane Curtain, Sherman Helmsley, Linda Ronstadt. Directed by Louis J. Horvitz.
Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (US, animated, 1987), with Michael Gross, voices of Sandra J Butcher, Nancy Chance, Jay David. Directed by Myrna Bushman.
Dragnet (US, 1987), with Dan Ackroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan. Directed by Tom Mankiewicz.
Duck Tales (US animated television series, 1987-1992), with voices of Alan Young, Russi Taylor, Terence McGovern. Wicked gypsy witch duck Magica de Spell are among the villains featuring characters from the Disney cartoons and comics.
The Duxorcist (US, 1987), with voices of Mel Blanc and B.J. Ward. Directed by Greg Ford and terry Lennon. Daffy Duck tries to free a lovely femal duck from the spirits possessing her body and home.
Evil Dead II (US, 1987), with Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Frank's Place: “Pilot” (US television series episode, September 14, 1987), with Tim Reid, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Robert Harper, Francesca P. Roberts. Having inherited a New Orleans restaurant, Frank plans to sell the place for a quick profit, but finds himself unable to sell the place or leave town thanks to a “spin” placed on him by a voodoo priestess at the request of one of the waitresses.
The Gate (US, 1987), with Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp, Kelly Rowan. Directed by Tibor Takacs.
Ghoulies II (US, 1987), with Damon Martin, Royal Dano, Phil Fondacaro, J. Downing. Directed by Albert Band.
Hansel and Gretel (US television movie, 1987)
Hello Again (US, 1987), with Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen. Long is brought back to life by her witch sister.
Hellraiser (UK, 1987), with Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman. Directed by Clive Barker. Based on Barker’s “The Hellbound Heart.”
Hunk (US, 1987), with John Allen Nelson, James Coco, Steve Levitt, Deborah Shelton. Directed by Laurence Bassoff. Nerd becomes hunk after selling his soul.
I Was a Teenage Zombie (US, 1987), with Michael Ruben, George Seminara, Steve McCoy, Cassie Madden. Directed by John E. Michalakias.
The Lady's Not for Burning (UK television, 1987), with Kenneth Branagh, Cherie Lunghi, Angela Thorne, Tom Mannion. Directed by Julian Amyes.
Like Father, Like Son (US, 1987), with Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margraet Colin, Catherine Hicks. Directed by Rod Daniel.
Lovers of the Lord of the Night (Los Amantes del señor de la noche, Mexico, 1986), with Isela Vega, Irma Serrano, Emilio Fernández, Lilia Prado. Directed by Isela Vega.
The Little Mermaid (US, animated, 1987), narrated by Richard Chamberlian. Directed by Peter Sander.
Love at Stake (US, 1987), with Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Barbara Carrera, Bud Cort. Comedy centered on the Salem Witch Trials.
Macbeth (Finland, 1987), with Mato Valtonen, Tina Bergstrom, Pirkko Hamalainen, Sakke Jarvenpaa. Directed by Pauli Pentti.
Macbeth (France/ Belgium, 1987), with Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Johan Leysen. Directed by Claude d'Anna. Verdi's opera.
Macbeth (West Germany television, 1987), with Renato Bruson, Mara Zampieri, James Morris, Dennis O'Neill. Directed by Brian Large. Verdi's opera.
Maid to Order (US, 1987), with Ally Sheedy, Beverly D’Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine. Directed by Amy Jones.
Mannequin (US, 1987), with Andrew McCarthy, Kim Catttrall, Estelle Getty, Meschach Taylor. Directed by Michael Gottlieb.
The Marvelous Land of Oz (Canada, animated, 1987), with vocies of Morgan Hallet, George Morris, Neil Shee, Richard Dumont. Directed by Gerald Potterton and Tim Reid.
Masters of the Universe (US, 1987), with Dolph Lundgren, Frank langella, Courtney Cox, James Tolkan. Directed by Gary Goddard.
My Demon Lover (US, 1987), with Scott Valentine, Michelle Little, Arnold Johnson, Gina Gallego. Directed by Charles Loventhal.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (US, 1987), with Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Robert Englund. Directed by Chuck Russell.
Night of the Demons (US, 1987), with Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis, William Gallo, Mimi Kinkade. Directed by Kevin S. Tenney.
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (US, animated, 1987), with voices of Edward Asner, Tom Bosley, Joathan Harris, James Earl Jones. Directed by Hal Sutherland.
Prince of Darkness (US, 1987), with Donald Pleasance, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong. Directed by John Carpenter.
The Princess Bride (US, 1987), with Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest. Directed by Rob Reiner. Billy Crystal as Miracle Max.
The Return of the Shaggy Dog (US television movie, 1987), with Gary Kroeger, Todd waring, Michelle Little, Cindy Morgan. Directed by Stuart Gillard.
Rumplestiltskin (US, 1987), with Amy Irving, Billy Barty, Clive Revill, Priscilla Pointer. Directed by David Irving.
Simon and the Witch (UK televison series, 1987-88), with Elizabeth Spriggs, Hugh Pollard, Joan Sims, C.J. Allen. Directed by David Bell.
Spaceballs (US, 1987), with Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman. Directed by Mel Brooks.
Tales from the Darkside: “Red Leader” (US television series episode, February 25, 1987), with Peter Bromilow, Joe E. Tata, Carmine Caridi, Joseph Della Sorte. Directed by John Sutherland.
Tales from the Darkside: “Auld Acquaintances” (US television series episode, March 1, 1987), with Linda Thorson, Sally Gracie. Directed by Richard Friedman.
Tales from the Darkside: “Let the Games Begin” (US television series episode, May 10, 1987), with Earl Hindman, David Groh, Jane Summerhays, Willie Reale. Directed by John Lewis.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Moth” (US television series episode, October 18, 1987), with Deborah Harry, Jane Manning. Directed by Jeffrey Wolf.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Yattering and Jack” (US television series episode, November 8, 1987), with Danielle Brisboise, Antony Carbone, Phil Fondacaro, Thomas Newman. Directed by David Odell. Written by Clive Barker.
The Twilight Zone: “Time and Teresa Golowitz” (US television series episode, July 10, 1987), with Charles Aidman, Paul Sand, Gene Barry, Kristi Lynes. Directed by Shelley Levinson.
Werewolf: “Nothing Evil in These Woods” (US television series episode, August 27, 1987), with John J. York, Chuck Connors, Dana Short, Amy Yasbeck. Directed by David Hemmings. Essentially a remake of the BJ and the Bear episode, “BJ and the Witch.”
The Witches of Eastwick (US, 1987), with Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeffier. Directed by George Miller, based on the John Updike novel.
Yeelen (Mali, 1987), with Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo, Balla Moussa Keita. Direted by Souleyane Cisse.
Zombie High (US, 1987), with Virginia Madsen, Richard Cox, James Wilder, Paul Feig. Directed by Ron Link.
Apprentice to Murder (US/ Sweden, 1988), with Donald Sutherland, Chad Lowe, Mia Sara, Knut Husebo. Directed by R.L. Thomas. Based on the infamous "hex murder" case of the 1920s.
Beetlejuice (US, 1988), with Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones. Directed by Tim Burton.
Big (US, 1988), with Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard, Jared Rushton. Directed by Ron Howard.
Child’s Play (US, 1988), with Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif. Directed by Tom Holland.
Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (US, 1988), with voices of Mel Blanc, Roy Firestone, B.J. ward. Directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. Anthology of Warner Bros. cartoons includes The Duxorcist and Transylvania 6-5000.
Doctor Who: “Paradise Towers” (UK television series episode, 1988), with Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford.
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (US, 1988), with Cassandra Peterson, W. Morgan Sheppard, Daniel Greene, Susan Kellerman. Directed by James Signorelli.
Frank’s Place: “Dueling Voodoo” (US television series episode, January 11, 1988), with Tim Reid, Robert Harper, Rosalind Cash, Lynne Thigpen. Frank must enlist the aid of a voodoo priestess to dislodge a troublesome tenant who has powers of her own. Cash does an execellent job as the demented squatter.
Fright House (US, 1988), with Al Lewis, Duane Jones, Paul Borghese, Jennifer Delora. Directed by Len Anthony.
Gor (US, 1988), with Urbano Barbarini, Oliver Reed, Rebecca Ferratti, Larry Taylor. Directed by Fritz Kiersch. Based on the John Norman novel.
Hansel and Gretel (US, 1988), with Hugh Pollard, Nicola Stapleton, Chloris Leachman, David Warner. Directed by Len Talan.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (UK, 1988), with Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Canham, Imogen Boorman. Directed by Tony Randel.
The Lair of the White Worm (UK, 1988), with Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi. Directed by Ken Russell.
The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe (UK televison, 1988), with Richard Dempsey, Sophie Cook. Jonathan R Scott, and Sophie Wilcox. Directed by Marliyn Fox.
Macbeth (UK/US, 1988), with Michael Jayston, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Gary Watson, David Weston. Directed by Charles Warren.
Mickey’s 60th Birthday (US television special, 1988), with John Ritter, Jill Eikenberry, Carl Reiner, Cheech Marin. Directed by Scot Garen. The sorcerer from the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” segment of Fantasia punishes Mickey Mouse for misuing his magic hat by causing everyone to forget what he looks like.
My Neighbor Totoro (Japan, animated, 1988), with voices of Lisa Michaelson, Cheryl Chase, Greg Snegoff, Natalie Core. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (New Zealand, 1988), with Hamish McFarlane, Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Marshall Napier. Directed by Vincent Ward.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (US, 1988), with Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, Danny Hassel, Andras Jones. Directed by Renny Harlin.
Phantasm II (US, 1988), with James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine. Directed by Don Coscarelli.
Phantasm III (US, 1988), with Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury. Directed by Don Coscarelli.
The Red Monks (I frati rossi, Italy, 1988), with Gerardo Amato, Lara Wendel, Malisa Longo, Chuck Valenti. Directed by Gianni Martucci.
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (US, 1988), with Jason Presson, Ray walston, Avery Schrieber, Patty McCormack. Directed by Howard R. Cohen.
The Serpent and the Rainbow (US, 1988), with Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield. Directed by Wes Craven. Very, very loosely based on the book by Wade Davis.
Space Mutiny (Canada, 1988), with Reb Brown, John Philip Law, Cameron Mitchell, Cisse Cameron. Directed by David Winters, Neal Sundstrom. A group of sexy witches are among the passengers on a ship that looks suspiciously like the Galactica, probably because this flick recycles footage and even costumes from the original “Battlestar Galactica” television series. Later became part of the MST3K library.
Spellbinder (US, 1988), with Timothy Daly, Kelly Preston, Rick Rossovich, Audra Lindley. Directed by Janet Greek. Police detective Daly rescues a woman from being the sacrifice at a Satanic ritual, then learns too late it was all a means for the cult to find the real sacrificial victim – him. This is basically the same story as The Wicker Man, only not done as well.
Splash, Too (US television movie, 1988), with Todd Warring, Amy Yasbeck, Donovan Scott, Rita Taggert. Directed by Greg Antonacci. In this sequel to Splash, Madison and her mortal husband return to help her brother-in-law and also rescue a dolphin.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Deal” (US television series episode, February 28, 1988), with Bradley Whitfield, Robert Costanzo, Elyssa Paternoster, Manziana Garfield. Directed by T.J. Castronova.
Tales from the Darkside: “The Cutty Black Sow” (US television series episode, May 5, 1988), with Huckleberry Fox, Paula Trueman, Timothy Landfield, Sharon Ullrick. Directed by Richard Glass.
Tales from the Darkside: “Do Not Open This Box” (US television series episode, May 15, 1988), with Eileen Heckart, Wiliam Le Massena, Fay Gold, Richard B. Shull. Directed by Jodie Foster.
Tales from the Darkside: “Basher Malone” (US television series episode, July 23, 1988), with Steve Strong, Vic Tayback, Marie Denn, Magic Schwartz. Directed by Anthony Santa Croce.
The Unholy (US, 1988), with Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Jill Carroll, William Russ. Directed by Camilo Villa.
The Unnamable (US, 1988), with Charles King, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell, Laura Albert. Directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette. Based on the HP Lovecraft story.
Vice Versa (US, 1988), with Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corinne Bohrer, Swoosie Kurtz. Directed by Brian Gilbert.
Waxwork (US, 1988), with Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, David Warner, Patrick Macnee. Directed by Anthony Hickox.
Werewolf: “Skinwalker” (US television series episode, January 24, 1988), with John J. York, Chuck Connors, Lance LeGault.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (US, animated and live-action, 1988), with Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Stubby Kaye, voices of Charles Fleischer and Kathleen Turner. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Lloyd’s dissolving end is an obvious reference to the Wicked Witch’s melting in The Wizard of Oz. While searching for a weapon, Hoskins finds a singing sword, singing Sinatra’s “Witchcraft.”
Willow (US, 1988), with Warwick Davies, Val Kilmer, Jean Marsh, Joanne Whalley. Directed by Ron Howard. Marsh plays evil sorceress Bavmorda in a sword-and-sorcery redux of Star Wars. Patricia Hayes plays good witch Fin Raziel, with Billy Barty as the High Aldwin, a wizard.
Witchcraft (US, 1988), with Anat Topol, Gary Sloan, Mary Shelley, Deborah Scott. Directed by Rob Spera.
Witchery (US, 1988), with David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland, Hildegard Knef. Directed by Fabrizio Laurenti.
The Wizard of Oz (Canada/ Japan, animated, 1988), narrated by Margot Kidder. Director by Tim Reid.
976-Evil (US, 1989), with Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O’Bryan, Sandy Dennis, Jim Metzler. Directed by Robert Englund.
Beyond the Door III (US, 1989), with Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson, Victoria Zinny, Savina Gersak. Directed by Jeff Kwitny.
Campion: “Look to the Lady" (UK television series episode, January 22-29, 1989), with Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Gordon Jackson, Barbara Jefford. Directed by Martyn Friend.
The Church (La Chiesa, Italy, 1989), with Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Barbara Cupisti. Directed by Michele Soavi.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (US television movie, 1989), with Keshia Knight-Pulliam, Jean Marsh, Rene Auberjonois, Emma Samms. Directed by Mel Damski.
La Corona mágica (Spain television, animated, 1989), with voices of Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Eduardo Jover, Javier Horche, Amelia Jara.
Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (US, 1989), with voice of Mel Blanc. Directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon.
Doctor Who: “Battlefield” (UK televison series episode, 1989) with Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, Jean Marsh. In the near future, the Doctor battles an alternate dimensional version of Morgan LeFay as her army invades Earth.
Free Spirit (US television series, 1989), with Corinne Bohrer, Alyson Hannigan, Franc Luz, Paul Scherrer. Directed by Art Dielhem. Short-lived sitcom blending Bewitched with Mary Poppins. Hannigan went on to play high school nerd turned witch Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Ghostbusters II (US, 1989), with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Ivan Reitman. The Ghostbusters team reunites to battle a sorcerer trying to reincarnate in the body of Weaver’s infant son. Aykroyd’s character, now operating an occult bookshop, closes a customer transaction with “My best to the coven.”
Journey to Melonia (Resan till Melonia, animated, Sweden, 1989), with Hans Alfredson, Jan Blomberg, Robyn Carlsson, Allan Edwall. Directed by Per Ahlin. Adaptation of "The Tempest."
Kiki’s Delivery Service (Japan, animated, 1989), with voices of Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Matthew Lawrence, Debbie Reynolds. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. A young witch sent out on her own uses her broom to start a delivery service.
A Little Bit Strange (US television series pilot, 1989), with Michael Warren, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Shawn Skie, Maryin Lawrence.
The Little Mermaid (US, animated, 1989), with voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Rene Auberjonois, Kenneth Mars. Directed by Ron Clements, John Musker.
Majo no takkyûbin (1989)
Major League (US, 1989), with Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Wesley Snipes. Directed by Dennis S. Ward. Dennis Haysbert plays Caribbean baseball player Pedro Cerrano, who gives his patron loa rum to "make bats unafraid."
Masque of the Red Death (US, 1989), with Adrian Paul, Clare Hoak, Jeff Osterhage, Patrick Macnee. Directed by Larry Brand.
Monsters: “Rain Dance” (US television series episode, April 22, 1989), with Kent McCord, Teri Copley, Betty Carvalho, Antonio Hoyos. Directed by Richard Friedman.
Monsters: “All in a Day’s Work” (US television series episode, May 6, 1989), with Adrienne Barbeau, James Morrison, Brandon Bluh, Eddie Velez. Directed by Allen Couther.
Monsters: ‘Satan in the Suburbs” (US television series episode, May 13, 1989), with Chris Noth, Debra Strang, Danny Gerard. Directed by Warner Shook.
Monsters: “La Strega” (US television series pisode, May 27, 1989), with Linda Blair, Rob Morrow, Maria Tucci. Directed by Michael McDowell.
Monsters: “Love Hurts” (US television series episode, October 29, 1989), with Olivia Brown, Henry Brown, Ron Woods, Valentine Quinn. Directed by May Goto.
Monsters: “The Demons” (US television series episode, November 19, 1989), with Richard Moll, Jeff Silverman, Edie Deezen, Karen Hensel. Directed by Scott Alexander.
Monsters: “The Mandrake Root” (US television series episode, December 10, 1989), with Claudia Silver, Byron Minnis, Frankie Faison, Melba Moore. Directed by Brian Thomas Jones.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (US, 1989), with Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter, Erika Anderson. Directed by Stephen Hopkins.
Night Visitor (US, 1989), with Derek Rydall, Allen Garfield, Teresa Vander Woude, Elloitt Gould. Directed by Rupert Hitzig.
The Occultist (US, 1989), with Rick Giansi, Jennifer Kanter. A young man inherits an island inhabited by voodoo practitioners and zombies.
Outlaw of Gor (US, 1989), with Urbano Babrberini, Jack Palance, Rebecca Ferrati, Donna Denton. Directed by John “Bud” Cardos.
Pet Sematary (US, 1989), with Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist. Directed by Mary Lambert.
The Phantom of the Opera (US, 1989), with Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Alex Hyde-White, Bill Nighy. Directed by Dwight H. Little. In this version the Phantom has made a pact with the Devil.
Pumpkinhead (US, 1989), with Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino, Kimberly Ross. Directed by Stan Winston.
Puppetmaster (US, 1989), with Paul LeMat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe, William Hickey. Directed by David Schmoller.
Sally the Witch (Mahô tsukai Sarî, Japan animated television series, 1989), with voices of Yuriko Yamamoto, Mika Doi, Hiroko Emori, Yuriko Fuchizaki. Directed by Osamu Kasai.
Sealed in Salt (Mann im Salz, Austrian television, 1989), with Michael Roll, Patricia Adriani, Manfred Andrae, Rolf Illig. Directed by Rainer Wolffhardt.
Sophie the Witch (Coprnica Zofka, Yugoslavia, 1989), with Svetlana Makaroviè, Janez Bonèina – Benè, Nada Zgur, Ljerka Belak. Directed by Matija Milcinski.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: “Devil’s Due” (US television series episode, 1989), with Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Levar Burton, Michael Dorn.
Superstition 2 (Stregha, Italy, 1989), with Jon Freda, Michelle Vannucchi, Ian Bannen, Todd Conatser. Directed by Alessandro Capone.
Teen Witch (US, 1989), with Robyn Lively, Zelda Rubinstein, Dick Sargent, Marcia Wallace. Directed by Dorian Walker.
Toto's Rescue (US, 1989), with Pamela Peters, LaVona Kessel, Sandee Moore, Tim Strauch. Directed by L.Q. "Missy" Cruz.
The Twilight Zone: “Cat and Mouse” (US television series episode, March 4, 1989), with Robin Ward, Page Fletcher, Pamela Bellwood, Gwynyth Walsh. Directed by Eric Till.
The Twilight Zone: “Crazy as a Soup Sandwich” (US television series episode, March 4, 1989), with Robin Ward, Anthony Franciosa, Wayne Robson, Garry Robbins. Directed by Paul Lynch.
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (US, 1989), with Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Alexander Gudonov, Patrick Macnee.
Wicked Stepmother (US, 1989), with Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Tom Bosley. Directed by Larry Cohen. Davis is a witch who plans to marry and murder Camp’s father. Carerra is Davis’ witch daughter/familiar with whom she takes turns occupying a cat’s body, - or something like that. One amusing moment in this otherwise unfunny comedy is Davis’s character in black cat form, smoking a cigarette and exhaling through its nose. This was her last movie, which she left after only one week of filming.
The Wickedest Witch (US television, 1989), with Rue McClanahan, Raffi Di Blasio, Jackie Gayle, Burgess Meredith. Directed by Bernie Brillstein, Steve Dubin.
Witchery (Italy, 1989), with Linda Blair, David Hasselhoff, Catherine Hickland, Hildegrad Knef. Directed by Fabrizio Laurenti. A witch systematically tortures and kills the guests at a hotel.
The Witches’ Cave (Podzemelye vedm, Czechoslovakia/ USSR, 1989), with Sergei Zhigunov, Marina Levtova, Nikolai Karachentsov, Dmitri Pevtsov. Directed by Yuri Moroz.
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (US, 1989), with Mel Welles, Robert Jayne, David Carrdine, Susan Lee Hoffman. Directed by Charles B Griffith.
The Burning Times (Canada, documentary, 1990), with Martha Henry, Starhawk. Directed by Donna Read. Chronicle of the witch hunts of the Middle Ages and the recent Wiccan and Goddess worship revivals.
The Case of the Witch Who Wasn’t (Pas de répit pour Mélanie, France 1990), with Marie-Stephane Gaudry, Kesnamelly Neff, Madeleine Laglois, Vincent Bolduc. Directed by Jean Beaudry.
Child’s Play 2 (US, 1990), with Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, voice of Brad Dourif. Directed by John Lafia.
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (US, 1990), with Christopher Lee, Jennilee Harrison, Henry Cole, Andre Jacobus. Directed by Sean Barton. In 1950 East Africa, a demon is conjured which begins killing white colonists.
Def by Temptation (US, 1990), with Cynthia Bond, Kadeem Hardison, James Bond III, Melba Moore. Directed by James Bond III.
The Dreamer of Oz (US televison film, 1990), with John Ritter, Annette O’Toole, Rue MacClanahan, Jerry Maren. Based, with more than a few liberties, on the life of L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz. Of particular note is one scene where Baum sees his mother-in-law and wife as respectively, the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good. In reality, Baum’s relationship with his mother-in-law, suffragist Matilda J. Gage, was quite amicable.
Ducktales: The Movie, Treasure of the Lost Lamp (US animated film, 1990), with voices of Alan Young, Russi Taylor, Terence McGovern. Directed by Bob Hathcock. Uncle Scrooge McDuck and his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie battle the villainious Merlock for possession of a magic lamp and its genie.
Exorcist III (US, 1990), with George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller. Directed by William Peter Blatty.
The First Power (US, 1990), with Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykel T. Williamson. Directed by Robert Resnikoff.
The Guardian (US, 1990), with Jenny Seagrove, Durier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall. Directed by William Friedkin. Couple hires a witchly nanny who feeds her young charges to trees.
Happily Ever After (US, animated, 1990), with voices of Irene Cara, Edward Asner, carol Channing, Dom DeLuise. Directed by John Howley. Original sequel to “Snow White.”
A Holy Place (Sveto mesto, Yugoslavia, 1990), with Dragan Jovanovic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek, Mira Banjac. Directed by Djordje Kadijevic.
I Love You to Death (US, 1990), with Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. The late River Phoenix casts the runes for friend Ullman in one scene of this black comedy, based on the true story of a woman who tried to kill her adulterous husband.
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (US, 1990), with Maud Adams, Tommy Hinkley, Allyce Beasley, Clint Howard. Directed by Brian Yazna.
Mefistofele (US, 1990), with Samuel Ramey, Dennis O’Neill. Directed by Robert Carsen. Performance of Boito’s opera, based on Faust, by the San Francsico Opera House.
Mr. Destiny (US, 1990), with James Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, Jon Lovitz. Directed by James Orr. A man with mysterious powers sends a man back 20 years to correct what he believes to have been a wrong turn in his life. Instead, the time traveler finds his new life is actually worse.
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NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (US/ Germany, 1990), with Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, John Wesley Shipp. Directed by George Miller.
Nightbreed (US, 1990), with Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid. Directed by Clive Barker.
Puppet Master II (US, 1990), with Elizabeth Maclellan, Collin Bernsen, Steve Welles, Gregory Webb. Directed by David Allen.
Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (Avventura di Marina, Italy/ South Korea, animated, 1990), with the voices of Sonja Ball, Clarissa Burt, Cinzia De Carolis, Carlos Delgado. Directed by Takehiro Miyano, Yoon Suk Hwa.
The South Bank Show: “Roald Dahl” (UK television series episode, 1990), with Roald Dahl, Ian McKellen. This installment of the long-running arts and entertainment series pays tribute to the author with a medley of scenes, images, and dialogue from his various works, including The Witches. McKellen does a drag turn as a witch, sporting blue spit, a trait omitted from the Jim Henson film released the same year.
Sveto mesto (Yugoslavia, 1990), with Dragan Jovanovic, Predrag Miletic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek. Directed by Djordje Kadijevic.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (US, 1990), with Deborah Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, Robert Sedgwick. Directed by John Harrison. As witch Harry prepares her oven to cook Matthew Lawrence, he buys himself time to devise an escape plan by telling her various horror-themed stories. Harry played a backwoods witch in an early episode of the television series on which this movie is based.
Teeny-Witches (Germany, 1990), with Monika. Directed by Harry S. Morgan.
Two Evil Eyes (Italy, 1990), with Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Madeline Potter. Directed by George Romero, Dario Argento.
Vedma (USSR, 1990), with E. Pokrovskaya-Urakcheyeva, Bogdan Benyuk, Lev Perfilov, Galina Kovganich. Directed by Galina Shigayeva.
Voodoo Dawn (US, 1990), with Raymond St. Jacques, Theresa Merritt, Gina Gershon, Tony Todd. Directed by Steven Fierberg. Haitian immigrants in Louisiana are terrorized by a vengeful bokor from their native land.
Wild at Heart (US, 1990), with Nicholas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rosselini. Directed by David Lynch. In this film replete with images from The Wizard of Oz, Laura Dern imagines meddling mother Ladd as the Wicked Witch, while Cage has a vision of Glinda.
Witchcraft II: The Temptress (US, 1990)
The Witches (US/UK, 1990), with Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Jane Horrocks. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Based on the book by Roald Dahl. Huston is the Grand High Witch, who plans to use chocolates adulterated with a special potion to turn all the children in the world into mice. A pre-Absolutely Fabulous Horrocks plays Huston’s assistant, who at the end decides to become a good witch and restores the enchanted hero to his true form, something not in the book and possibly inserted to placate protests by Wiccans. Contrary to charges that he was out to vilify either Witches or women, Dahl’s actual intent may have been to use a universally identified image, the fairy tale witch, to warn children about the dangers of real-life child abductors who often know their victim’s names and entice them with toys and candy, tactics used by the fictional witches in this story, which no rational or intelligent person should take as a depiction of modern-day Witches or their practices. (There’s a reason one is spelled with a capital “W” and the other is not.)
The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (Supêsu Ozu no bôken, Japan animated television mini-series, 1990), with the voices of Mariko Kouda, Ai Sato, others. Directed by Soji Yoshikawa.
The Addams Family (US, 1991), with Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Anna Goldin, the Last Witch (Germany/ Switzerland, 1991), with Cornelia Kempers, Luca Kurt, Rudiger Vogler, Ursula Anermatt. Directed by Gertrud Pinkus.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Twisted Claw
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (US, 1991), with Marc Singer, Kari Wuhrere, Sarah Douglas, Wings Hauser. Directed by Sylvio Tabet.
Beauty and the Beast (US, animated, 1991), with voices of Paige O’Hara, Robbey Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury. Directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise.
Black Magic Woman (US, 1991), with Apollonia Kotero, Mark Hamill, Stella Pacific, Phyllis Flax. Directed by Deryn Warren.
Cast a Deadly Spell (US television film, 1991), with Fred Ward, David Warner, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown.
Child’s Play 3 (US, 1991), with Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, voice of Brad Dourif. Directed by Jack Bender.
Dark Shadows (US television series, 1991), with Ben Cross, Roy Thinnes, Barbara Steele, Lysette Anthony. Directed by Matthew Hall, Mark Sobel.
Daughters of the Dust (US, 1991), with Cora Lee Day, Adisa Anderson, Alva Rogers, Bahni Turpin. Directed by Julie Dash. Chronicles of a family in the South Carolina Low Country which incorporates Vodou and the legend of the Ibo.
The Devil and Danny Webster (US, 1991), with Billy Houston, Trey Tempest, Johnny Rahm, Marc Winters. Directed by Richard Lawrence. Young man makes Faustian deal to become a sexual magnet for other guys in this gay porno.
The Doors (US, 1991), with Val Kilmer, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Meg Ryan. Directed by Oliver Stone. Among events from the life of Jim Morrison is his wedding in a Wiccan ceremony.
Ernest Scared Stupid (US, 1991), with Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, Jonas Moscartolo. Directed by John Cherry. Ernest accidentally releases a troll and needs the local witch’s help to defeat it.
Evil Toons (US, 1991), with David Carradine, Monique Gabrielle, Arte Johnson, Dick Miller. Directed by Fred Olan Ray. Black magic unleashes an animated demon.
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (US, 1991), with Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblath, Lezlie Deane. Directed by Rachel Talday. In one dream sequence Freddy does his impression of the Wicked Witch from MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, - “I’ll get you my pretty, and your little soul, too!”
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (US, 1991), with Patrick Labyorteaux, Jason Scott Lee, Kevin McCarthy, Marcia Wallace. Directed by John Carl Buechler.
Hook (US, 1991), with Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins. Directed by Steven Speilberg.
Immortal Sins (Spain/US, 1991), with Cliff De Young, Maryam d'Abo, Shari Shattuck, Tony Isbert. Directed by Hervé Hachuel.
Into the Woods (US television, 1991), with Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg. Directed by James Lapine.
Mannequin Two: On the Move (US, 1991), with Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Meschach Taylor, Terry Kiser. Directed by Stewart Raffill.
Men of Respect (US, 1991), with John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Denis Farina, Peter Boyle. Directed by William Reilly. Based on "Macbeth" with Lilia Skala as a spiritualist substituting for the three Witches.
A Holy Place (Sveto mesto, Yugoslavia, 1990), with Dragan Jovanovic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek, Mira Banjac. Directed by Djordje Kadijevic.
I Love You to Death (US, 1990), with Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. The late River Phoenix casts the runes for friend Ullman in one scene of this black comedy, based on the true story of a woman who tried to kill her adulterous husband.
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (US, 1990), with Maud Adams, Tommy Hinkley, Allyce Beasley, Clint Howard. Directed by Brian Yazna.
Mefistofele (US, 1990), with Samuel Ramey, Dennis O’Neill. Directed by Robert Carsen. Performance of Boito’s opera, based on Faust, by the San Francsico Opera House.
Mr. Destiny (US, 1990), with James Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, Jon Lovitz. Directed by James Orr. A man with mysterious powers sends a man back 20 years to correct what he believes to have been a wrong turn in his life. Instead, the time traveler finds his new life is actually worse.
Moomin (1990 televison series)
NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (US/ Germany, 1990), with Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, John Wesley Shipp. Directed by George Miller.
Nightbreed (US, 1990), with Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid. Directed by Clive Barker.
Puppet Master II (US, 1990), with Elizabeth Maclellan, Collin Bernsen, Steve Welles, Gregory Webb. Directed by David Allen.
Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (Avventura di Marina, Italy/ South Korea, animated, 1990), with the voices of Sonja Ball, Clarissa Burt, Cinzia De Carolis, Carlos Delgado. Directed by Takehiro Miyano, Yoon Suk Hwa.
The South Bank Show: “Roald Dahl” (UK television series episode, 1990), with Roald Dahl, Ian McKellen. This installment of the long-running arts and entertainment series pays tribute to the author with a medley of scenes, images, and dialogue from his various works, including The Witches. McKellen does a drag turn as a witch, sporting blue spit, a trait omitted from the Jim Henson film released the same year.
Sveto mesto (Yugoslavia, 1990), with Dragan Jovanovic, Predrag Miletic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek. Directed by Djordje Kadijevic.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (US, 1990), with Deborah Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, Robert Sedgwick. Directed by John Harrison. As witch Harry prepares her oven to cook Matthew Lawrence, he buys himself time to devise an escape plan by telling her various horror-themed stories. Harry played a backwoods witch in an early episode of the television series on which this movie is based.
Teeny-Witches (Germany, 1990), with Monika. Directed by Harry S. Morgan.
Two Evil Eyes (Italy, 1990), with Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Madeline Potter. Directed by George Romero, Dario Argento.
Vedma (USSR, 1990), with E. Pokrovskaya-Urakcheyeva, Bogdan Benyuk, Lev Perfilov, Galina Kovganich. Directed by Galina Shigayeva.
Voodoo Dawn (US, 1990), with Raymond St. Jacques, Theresa Merritt, Gina Gershon, Tony Todd. Directed by Steven Fierberg. Haitian immigrants in Louisiana are terrorized by a vengeful bokor from their native land.
Wild at Heart (US, 1990), with Nicholas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rosselini. Directed by David Lynch. In this film replete with images from The Wizard of Oz, Laura Dern imagines meddling mother Ladd as the Wicked Witch, while Cage has a vision of Glinda.
Witchcraft II: The Temptress (US, 1990)
The Witches (US/UK, 1990), with Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Jane Horrocks. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Based on the book by Roald Dahl. Huston is the Grand High Witch, who plans to use chocolates adulterated with a special potion to turn all the children in the world into mice. A pre-Absolutely Fabulous Horrocks plays Huston’s assistant, who at the end decides to become a good witch and restores the enchanted hero to his true form, something not in the book and possibly inserted to placate protests by Wiccans. Contrary to charges that he was out to vilify either Witches or women, Dahl’s actual intent may have been to use a universally identified image, the fairy tale witch, to warn children about the dangers of real-life child abductors who often know their victim’s names and entice them with toys and candy, tactics used by the fictional witches in this story, which no rational or intelligent person should take as a depiction of modern-day Witches or their practices. (There’s a reason one is spelled with a capital “W” and the other is not.)
The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (Supêsu Ozu no bôken, Japan animated television mini-series, 1990), with the voices of Mariko Kouda, Ai Sato, others. Directed by Soji Yoshikawa.
The Addams Family (US, 1991), with Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Anna Goldin, the Last Witch (Germany/ Switzerland, 1991), with Cornelia Kempers, Luca Kurt, Rudiger Vogler, Ursula Anermatt. Directed by Gertrud Pinkus.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Twisted Claw
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991 TV series)
Episode: The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (US, 1991), with Marc Singer, Kari Wuhrere, Sarah Douglas, Wings Hauser. Directed by Sylvio Tabet.
Beauty and the Beast (US, animated, 1991), with voices of Paige O’Hara, Robbey Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury. Directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise.
Black Magic Woman (US, 1991), with Apollonia Kotero, Mark Hamill, Stella Pacific, Phyllis Flax. Directed by Deryn Warren.
Cast a Deadly Spell (US television film, 1991), with Fred Ward, David Warner, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown.
Child’s Play 3 (US, 1991), with Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, voice of Brad Dourif. Directed by Jack Bender.
Dark Shadows (US television series, 1991), with Ben Cross, Roy Thinnes, Barbara Steele, Lysette Anthony. Directed by Matthew Hall, Mark Sobel.
Daughters of the Dust (US, 1991), with Cora Lee Day, Adisa Anderson, Alva Rogers, Bahni Turpin. Directed by Julie Dash. Chronicles of a family in the South Carolina Low Country which incorporates Vodou and the legend of the Ibo.
The Devil and Danny Webster (US, 1991), with Billy Houston, Trey Tempest, Johnny Rahm, Marc Winters. Directed by Richard Lawrence. Young man makes Faustian deal to become a sexual magnet for other guys in this gay porno.
The Doors (US, 1991), with Val Kilmer, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Meg Ryan. Directed by Oliver Stone. Among events from the life of Jim Morrison is his wedding in a Wiccan ceremony.
Ernest Scared Stupid (US, 1991), with Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, Jonas Moscartolo. Directed by John Cherry. Ernest accidentally releases a troll and needs the local witch’s help to defeat it.
Evil Toons (US, 1991), with David Carradine, Monique Gabrielle, Arte Johnson, Dick Miller. Directed by Fred Olan Ray. Black magic unleashes an animated demon.
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (US, 1991), with Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblath, Lezlie Deane. Directed by Rachel Talday. In one dream sequence Freddy does his impression of the Wicked Witch from MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, - “I’ll get you my pretty, and your little soul, too!”
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (US, 1991), with Patrick Labyorteaux, Jason Scott Lee, Kevin McCarthy, Marcia Wallace. Directed by John Carl Buechler.
Hook (US, 1991), with Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins. Directed by Steven Speilberg.
Immortal Sins (Spain/US, 1991), with Cliff De Young, Maryam d'Abo, Shari Shattuck, Tony Isbert. Directed by Hervé Hachuel.
Into the Woods (US television, 1991), with Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg. Directed by James Lapine.
Mannequin Two: On the Move (US, 1991), with Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Meschach Taylor, Terry Kiser. Directed by Stewart Raffill.
Men of Respect (US, 1991), with John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Denis Farina, Peter Boyle. Directed by William Reilly. Based on "Macbeth" with Lilia Skala as a spiritualist substituting for the three Witches.
Monsters: “Hostile Takeover” (US television series episode, February 24, 1991), with Dennis Christopher, Pam Grier, William Lanteau, Tracey Walter. Directed by Randall Moldave.
The Pit and the Pendulum (US, 1991) , with Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs, Rona De Ricci, Jonathan Fuller. Directed by Stuart Gordon.
The Polar Bear King (Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon, Norway/ Sweden/Germany, 1991), with Tobias Hoesl, Maria Bonnevie, Jack Fjeldstad, Anna-Lotta Larsson. Directed by Ola Solum.
Prospero's Books (UK/France/ Netherlands, 1991), with Jon Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson. Directed by Peter Greenaway. Artfully done rendition of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (US, 1991), with Guy Rolfe, Richard Lynch, Ian Abercrombie, Kristopher Logan. Directed by David De Coteau.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (US, 1991), with Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastantonio, Christian Slater. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Sheriff of Nottingham Alan Rickman is assisted by his witch mother Motianna, played by Geraldine McEwan. Jack Wild, who played Jimmy in Pufnstuf, has a small role as Much the Miller's Son, one of his last roles before his untimely death in 2006.
Sugar and Spice: The Wizard of Oz (Japan/US, animated, 1991), with voices of Norma MacMillan, Lee Tockar, Christine Lippa, Scott McNeil. Director unknown. Anime spoof of the 1939 film.
To Save a Child (US television movie, 1991), with Marita Geraghty, Shirley Knight, Peter Kowanko, Joseph Runningfox. Directed by Robert Lieberman.
Warlock (US, 1991), with Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov. Directed by Steve Miner. Notable for its well-researched use of peasant lore regarding witches. Modern witches may object to the presentation of a professional witch hunter as a hero. Gay viewers may be offended by the graphic violence of Sands chopping off a gay man’s finger and biting out his tongue.
Witchcraft III: The Kiss of Death (US, 1991)
Witches of Yatrinskaya (Yatrinskaya vedma, Russia, 1991), with Donatas Banionis, Boris Nevzorov, Lyudmila Shevel, Gediminas Storpirstis. Directed by Boris Shadursky.
The Wizard of Oz (South Korea/US, animated, 1991), cast unknown. Directed by Jim Simon.
Wizards of the Demon Sword (US, 1991), with Lyle Waggoner, Russ Tamblyn, Blake Bahner, Heidi Paine. Directed by Fred Olen Ray.
Aladdin (US, animated, 1992), with Voices of Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman. Directed by John Musker.
Balaa (India, 1992), with Chakori, Kamran, Badar Munir, Nadia. Directed by Qaiser Sanober.
The Commish: “The Witches of Eastbridge” (US television episode, October 31, 1992), with Michael Chiklis, Ray Walston, Theresa Saldana, Melinda McGraw. Directed by David Nutter.
Death Becomes Her (US, 1992), with Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Dinosaur Taskforce Beast Rangers (Kyôryû sentai Juurenjâ, Japan television series, 1992), with Machiko Soga, Yuuta Mochizuki, Aohisa Takayasu, Hideki Fujiwara. Directed by Keita Amemiya, Takeshi Ogasawara, others.
Disney’s The Little Mermaid (US animated television series, 1992). Based on the feature length film.
Doctor Morbius (US, 1992), with Jeffrey Combs, Yvette Nipar, Brian Thompson, Jay Acovone. Directed by Albert and Charles Band. Occult adventure is more than a little derivative of Dr. Strange.
Fern Gully … The Last Rainforest (US, animated, 1992), with voices of Tim Curry, Samantha Matthis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams. Directed by Bill Kroyer.
The Gate II (US, 1992), with Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, Pamela Segal, James Villemaire. Directed by Tibor Takacs.
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (US, 1992), with terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Paula Marshall, Kevin Bernhardt. Directed by Anthony Hickox.
Highway to Hell (US, 1992), with Patrick Bergen, Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson, Richard Farnsworth. Directed by Ate de Jong.
Love Potion No. 9 (US, 1992), with Tate Donovan, Sandra Bullock, Dale Midkiff, Anne Bancroft. Directed by Dale Launer.
Netherworld (US, 1992), with Michael Bendetti, Denise Gentile, Holly Floria, Robert Sampson. Directed by David Schmoeller. A young man inherits a Louisiana estate, but finds his sorcerer grandfather very much alive and plotting to steal his body.
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose: “Boy Meets Girl II” (US television series episode, February 16, 1992), with Corin Nemec, Mikey Randall, Melanie Chartoff, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Bryan Spicer.
Pet Sematary II (US, 1992), with Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards, Clancy Brown, Jared Rushton. Directed by Mary Lambert.
Prelude to a Kiss (US, 1992), with Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan, Patty Duke, Ned Beatty.
The Runestone (US, 1992), with Peter Riegert, Joan Severance, William Hickey, Tim Ryan. Directed by Willard Carroll.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (US, 1992), with Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Kyle MacLachlan, Madchen Amick. Directed by David Lynch. Lynch’s prequel to the Twin Peaks television series, which raises as many questions as it answers.
Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart (US, 1992), with Charles Solomon, Julie Strain, Clive Pearson, Lisa Jay Harrington. Directed by James Merendino.
The Witches of Eastwick (US television series, 1992) , with Julia Campbell, Catherine Mary Stewart, Ally Walker, Michael Siberry. Directed by Rick Rosenthal. Based on the 1987 film and the John Updike novel of the same name. Only a pilot episode was produced.
Addams Family Values (US, 1993), with Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Army of Darkness (US, 1993), with Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie. Directed by Sam Raimi.
The Bride with White Hair (Hong Kong, 1993), with Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Ng Chun-yu, Elaine Lui. Directed by Ronny Yu. A man discovers his bride-to-be is a combination witch/werewolf.
The Bride with White Hair, Part 2 (Hong Kong, 1993), with Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Ng Chun-yu, Elaine Lui. Directed by Ronny Yu. Continuation of the story.
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (US, 1993), with Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Rosalind Allen, Christi Clark. Directed by David P. Price. Among the children’s victims is the local biddy, crushed under a house with her feet sticking out, a la Oz’s Wicked Witch of the East.
The Coven 2 (US, 1993), with Janine Lindemulder, Krysti Lynn, Mark Davis, Alex Sanders. Directed by Paul Thomas, Jane Waters.
Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz (Canada, animated, 1993), cast unknown. Directed by Rob Roy MacVeigh.
Double Double, Toil and Trouble (US television movie, 1993), with Mary Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Cloris Leachman, Eric McCormack. Directed by Stuart Margolin.
The Elvira Show (US television series, 1993), with Cassandra Peterson, Katherine Helmond, Phoebe Augustine, John Paragon.
The Halloween Tree (1993)
Hellbound (US/Canada/Israel, 1993), with Chuck Norris, Calvin levels, Christopher Neame, Sheree J. Wilson. Directed by Aaron Morris. Norris battles Satan’s emissary on Earth.
Leprechaun (US, 1993), with Warwick Davis, Jenifer Aniston, Ken Olandt, Mark Holton. Directed by Mark Jones.
Macbeth (Finland, television, 1993), with Jorma Hynnien, Cythia Makris. Directed by Ralf Langbacka. Verdi's opera.
The Magic Bubbles (aka, “Unbecoming Age,” US, 1993), with George Clooney, Diane Salinger, Colleen Camp, John Calvin. A bottle of enchanted bubbles promises a middle-aged woman eternal youth.
Mask of Zeguy (Japan/US, animated, 1993), with voices of Barry Banner, Tristan Goddard, Dan Green, Rebecca Honig. Directed by Shigenori Kageyama.
Merlin (UK, 1993), with Rodney Wood, Nadia Cameron, Richard Lynch, James Hong. Directed by Paul Hunt.
Merlin (UK, 1993), with Rodney Wood, Nadia Cameron, Richard Lynch, James Hong. Directed by Paul Hunt.
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers (US/ Japan television series, 1993-1996), with David Yost, Amy Jo Johnson, Machiko Soga, Barbara Goodson. Directed by Terence H. Winkless, Robert Hughes, John Stewart, others.
Needful Things (US, 1993), with Max Von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer. Directed by Fraser C. Heston.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (US, 1993), with the voices of Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, Ken Page. Directed by Henry Selick.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (US, 1993), with Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck. Directed by Mel Brooks. Tracey Ullman as witch.
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (US, 1993), with Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Charles Klausmeyer, Maria Ford, John Rhys-Davies. Directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette.
Warlock: The Armageddon (US, 1993), with Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall, Joanna Pacula. Directed by Anthony Hickox. Not so much a sequel as a new story, with Sands battling modern-day Druids for possession of powerful gemstones.
Weekend at Bernie’s II (US, 1993), with Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Barry Bostwick. Directed by Robert Klane. Besides trying to convince everyone that their dead boss is still alive, McCarthy and Silverman must find an antidote for the voodoo death curse placed on Silverman.
Wishman (US, 1993), with Paul Lemat, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Gleason, Brion James.
Witch Academy (US, 1993), with Robert Vaughn, Priscilla Barnes, Veronica Carothers, Ruth Collins. Directed by Fred Olen Ray.
Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil (US, 1993)
Aladdin (US animated television series, 1994-1997), with voices of Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Dan Castellanata, Gilbert Gottfried. Based on the Disney feature film.
Faust (Czech Republic, 1994), with Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimir Kudla, Antonin Zacpal. Directed by Jan Svankmajer.
Ghoulies IV (US, 1994), with Peter Liapis, Barbara Alyn Woods, Stacie Randall, Raquel Krelle. Directed by Jim Wynorski.
A Gnome Named Gnorm (US, 1994), with Anthony Michael Hall, Jerry Orbach, Claudia Christian, Eli Danker. Directed by Stan Winston. Detective Hall teams up with a gnome.
Guinevere (US television movie, 1994) with Shryl Lee, Sean Patrick Flannery, Noah Wyle, Donald Pleasance. Directed by Clive Donner.
Guinevere (US television movie, 1994) with Shryl Lee, Sean Patrick Flannery, Noah Wyle, Donald Pleasance. Directed by Clive Donner.
Highlander – The Final Dimension (US/ Canada, 1994), with Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Unger, Mako. Directed by Andy Morahan. Immortal Scotsman Connor McCloud (Lambert) battles immortal Mongol sorcerer played by Peebles.
Hocus Pocus (US, 1994), with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz. Directed by Kenny Ortega.
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (US, 1994), with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Slater. Directed by Neil Jordan. In one early scene, slaves attempt to use voodoo to protect themselves against vampire masters Lestat (Cruise) and Louis (Pitt).
Leprechaun 2 (US, 1994), with Warwick Davis, Charlie Heath, Shevonne Durkin, Sady Baron. Directed by Rodman Flender.
The Magic Book of Oz (US, 1994), with Socorro Clark, Brian Finnegan, Michele Gau, Rachel Landry. Directed by Bruce Carroll.
Magical Twilight (Japan, animated, 1995). Directed by Toshiaki Komura.
Major League II (US, 1994), with Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert. Directed by Davd S. Ward.
The Mask (US, 1994), with John Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene. Directed by Charles Russell.
Night Walk (US, 1994), with Dino DiMarco, Chad Conners, J.T. Sloan, Hank Hightower. Directed by Michael Ninn and Gino Colbert.
Nostradamus (UK/Germany, 1994), with Tcheky Kary, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer. Directed by Roger Christian.
The Pagemaster (US, animated and live-action, 1994), with Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, voices of Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg. Directed by Maurice Haunt (animation) and Joe Johnson (live action).
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (US, 1994), with Andrew Robinson, Ami Dolenz, Soleil Moon Frye, J. Trevor Edmond. Directed by Jeff Burr.
The Return of Jafar (US animated, 1994), with the voices of Scott Weinger, Brad Kane, Linda Larkin, Gilbert Gottfried. Directed by Toby Shelton, Tad Stones, Alan Zaslove. Direct-to-video sequel to Disney’s Aladdin. Jafar, now transformed into a genie, is accidentally released ad seeks revenge on Aladdin and Princess Jasmine.
The Shaggy Dog (US televison movie, 1994), with Scott Weinger, Ed Begley, Jr., Jordan Blake Warkol. Directed by Dennis Dugan. A young man finds a magic ring which transforms him into a sheepdog in this remake of the classic Disney film.
Shrunken Heads (US, 1994), with Aeryk Egan, becky Herbst, A.J. Damato, Bo Sharon,. Directed by Richard Elfman. Julius Harris appears as a former member of Haiti’s Tonton Macout who helps three slain boys avenge their deaths through Voodoo.
The Swan Princess (US, animated, 1994), with voices of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Sandy Duncan, Steve Wright. Directed by Richard Rich.
Trading Mom (US, 1994), with Sissy Spacek, Anna Chlumsky, Maureen Stapleton, Aaron Michael Metchik. Directed by Tia Brelis. When single mom Spacek is believed by her kids to be too strict, they cast a spell suggested by Stapleton to make her disappear. Stapleton then directs them to the Mommy Market, where the kids find an assortment of new mothers, all of whom seem great at first but soon prove worse than the one before. Eventually the kids realize how good they had it and with Stapleton’s help get their original mom back, having learned the lesson Stapleton was teaching them. Spacek, best known for the title role in Carrie, plays all the Moms.
A Troll in Central Park (US, animated, 1994), with voices of Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachman, Phillip Glasser, Tawney Sunshine. Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman.
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (US, 1994), with Robert Englund, Heather Langenekamp, Miko Hughes, David Newsom. Directed by Wes Craven.
Witch Hunt (US television film, 1994), with Dennis Hopper, Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Bogosian, Julian Sands. In an alternate 50s Hollywood where everyone uses magic, private eye H.P. Lovecraft (Hopper) investigates the magical murder of a prominent film producer and uncovers a plot by self-appointed witch hunter Bogosian to take over America. Not really a sequel to Cast a Deadly Spell, though the same basic concept and characters are used in a rather obvious send-up of McCarthyism.
Witchcraft VI (US, 1994), with Jerry Spicer, Debra K. Beatty, Shannon McLeod, Craig Stepp. Directed by Julie Davis.
The Wizard! (Hakosem!, Israel, 1994), with Michal Yannai, Arik Lavie, Zachi Noy, Saar Ben-Yossef. Directed by Uri Paster.
The Wizard of the Emerald City (Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda, Russia, 1994), with Yekaterina Mikhajlovskaya, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Yevgeni Gerasimov, Viktor Pavlov. Directed by Pavel Arsyonov.
Aladdin on Ice (US television, 1995), with Kurt Browning, Kristi Yamaguchi.
American Gothic (US television series, 1995), with Gary Cole, Lucas Black, Paige Turco, Brenda Bakke. Created by Shaun Cassidy.
Arabian Knight (a.k.a., “The Thief and the Cobbler”, US, animated, 1995), with voices of Vincent Price, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Eric Bogosian. Directed by Richard Williams.
Attack of the Killer B-Movies (US television, 1995), with Cassandra Peterson, Natalia Cigliuti, Dustin Diamond, William James Jones.
Divine Magic: “The Witch Hunt” (UK television episode, 1995), with Stephen Rea, Natalie Zemon Davis, Margot Adler, Norman Cohn. Directed by Graham Townsley.
Escape to Witch Mountain (US television film, 1995), with Robert Vaughn, Elisabeth Moss, Erik von Detton, Lynne Moody. Directed by Peter Rader. Remake of the 1975 Disney film, based on the book by Alexander Key.
The Eternal Evil of Asia (Nan yang shi da xie shu, Hong Kong, 1995), with Bobbie Au-Yeung, Ellen Chan, Kwok-Pong Chan, Gwan Chin. Directed by Man Kei Chin.
First Knight (US, 1995), with Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Osmond, Ben Cross. Directed by Jerry Zucker.
Four Rooms (US, 1995), with Tim Roth, Sammi Davis, Madonna, Ione Skye. Directed by Allison Anders.
The Granny (US, 1995), with Stella Stevens, Shannon Whirry, Luca Bercovici, Sandy Helberg. Directed by Luca Bercovici. Magic youth formula instead turns a tyrannical family matriarch in a cannibalistic zombie.
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Meyers (US, 1995), with Donald Pleasance, Paul Stephen Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan. Links Michael Meyers with the Druids.
In the Mouth of Madness (US, 1995), with Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow, Charlton Heston, David Warner. Directed by John Carpenter.
Jumanji (US, 1995), with Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce. Directed by Joe Johnson. As they rampage through the town, African monkeys stop briefly at a T.V. shop to watch the flying monkeys attack in The Wizard of Oz.
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (US, 1995), with Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik, Paloma Baeza. Directed by Michael Gottlieb.
Lord of Illusions (US, 1995), with Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Barry Del Sherman, Sheila Tousey. Directed by Clive Barker.
Magical Twilight 2 (Japan, animated, 1995). Directed by Toshiaki Komura.
Magical Twilight 3 (Japan, animated, 1995). Directed by Toshiaki Komura.
News Radio (1995 TV series)
Episode: Planbee
News Radio (1995 TV series)
Episode: Spooky Rapping Crypt
Rough Magic (France/UK, 1995), with Bridget Fonda, Russe Crowe, Jim Broadbent, D.W. Moffett. Directed by Clare Peploe.
Speak of the Devil (US, 1995) , with Anton LaVey, Blanche Barton, Peter H. Gilmore, Karla LaVey. Directed by Nick Bougas. One of LaVey’s last interviews before his death.
Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight (US, 1995), with Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett, Brenda Bakke. Directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Tales from the Hood (US, 1995), with Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, David Alan Grier. Directed by Rusty Cundieff.
Three Wishes (US, 1995), with Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello, Seth Mumy. Directed by Martha Coolidge.
The Wizard of the Emerald City (Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda, Russia, television, 1995), cast unknown. Directed by Viktor Ryabov.
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (US, television, 1995), with Jewel, Joel Grey, Jackson Browne, Roger Daltrey. Directed by Louis J Horvitz. Natalie Cole as Glinda and Debra Winger as the Wicked Witch.
The X-Files: “Fresh Bones” (US televison series episode, 1995), with David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bruce Young, Daniel Benzali. Directed by Rob Bowman. FBI agents Mulder and Scully suspect Vodou in the deaths of soldiers guarding a camp for Haitian refugees.
The Adventures of Pinocchio (UK/France/Germany, 1996), with Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor-Thomas, Genevieve Bujold, Udo Kier. Directed by Steve Barron.
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (US animated feature, 1996), with the voices of Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Gilbert Gottfried, John Rhys-Davies. Directed by Tad Stone. Straight to video sequel to the Disney’s Aladdin.
Bewitching (US, 1996), with Sno, Eduardo, Sam Carson, Dallas Taylor. Directed by Dallas Taylor. A Bewitched-type warlock casts lust spells on various male guests at a motel in this gay porno.
La Cage Aux Zombies (US, 1996), with Cathy Roubal, Eric Gladsjo, Kitten Navidad.
La Celestina (Spain, 1996), with Penélope Cruz, Juan Diego Botto, Terele Pávez, Maribel Verdú. Directed by Gerardo Vera.
Christmas in Oz (US, animated, 1996), with voices of Shay Asatr, Julianne Michelle, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Shayna Fox. Directed by Bert Ring.
The Craft (US, 1996), with Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True.
The Crucible (US, 1996), with Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Bruce Davison, Jeffrey Jones. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Screenplay by Arthur Miller, based on his stage play.
Darklands (UK, 1996), with Craig Fairbrass, Jon Finch, Rowena King, Roger Nott. Directed by Julian Richards.
Dragonheart (US, 1996), with Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Jason Isaacs, voice of Sean Connery. Directed by Rob Cohen.
Hellraiser: Bloodline (US, 1996), with Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley, Adam Scott. Directed by Alan Smithee.
Kazaam (US, 1996), with Shaquille O’Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, Marshall Manesh. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. O’Neal plays a genie summoned from a kid’s boom box.
Little Witches (US, 1996), with Mimi Reichmeister, Sheeri Rappaport, Jennifer Rubin, Jack Nance. Directed by Jane Simpson.
Matilda (US, 1996), with Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris. Directed by Danny DeVito. A precocious young girl finds she has magical powers in this adaptation of the Roald Dahl story.
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (US, 1996), with Ernest Borgnine, George Milan, Bunny Summers, John Terrence. Directed by Kenneth J Berton.
The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt (US, animated, 1996), with voices of Julianne Michelle, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Benjamin Salisbury, Shayna Fox. Directed by Thomas E Decker.
Poltergeist: The Legacy (US television series, 1996-1999), with Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins, Robbi Chong, Helen Shaver. Directed by Brenton Spencer, Garner Simmons, Paul Lynch, William Fruet.
Rumpelstiltskin (US, 1996), with Max Grodenick, Kim Johnston Ulrich, Vera Lockwood, Allyce Beasley. Directed by Mark Jones. The title character is imprisoned in a statue by a medieval witch before being released in modern times by a widow’s tears.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (US television movie, 1996), with Melissa Joan Hart, Sherry Miller, Charlene Fernetz, Tobias Mehler. Directed by Tibor Takács. Pilot movie for the television series.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (US television series, 1996-2003), with Melissa Joan Hart, Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Nick Bakay. Directed by Peter Baldwin, Robbie Benson, others. Live action series based on the Archie Comics character. Bewitched alumni Alice Ghostley and Bernard Fox are among the guest stars.
Sorceress II: The Temptress (US, 1996), with Julie Strain, Greg Wrangler, Sandahl Bergman, Julie K. Smith. Directed by Richard Styles.
Teen Witches (US, 1996), with Stephanie Beaton. Directed by David Devatou.
Thinner (US, 1996), with Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Michael Constantine, Lucinda Jenney. Directed by Tom Holland. Based on the Stephen King novel.
Toto Lost in New York (US, animated, 1996) with voices of Julianne Michelle, Aaron Michael Metchik, Shayna Fox, Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Directed by Stephen J Anderson.
Virtual Oz (US, animated, 1996), with voices of Julianne Michelle, Aaron Michael Metchik, Shayna Fox, Lori Alan. Directed by Keith Ingham.
Witch City (US, 1996). Directed by Joe Cultrera and Henry Ferrini. Documentary shows how life in present-day Salem has been influenced by its notoriety as the site of one of history’s most famous witch hunt. Initial filming was done during the tricentennial of the Salem Witch Trials in 1992.
Witches Are Bitches (US, 1996), with Michelle Chan, Rod Fontana, Emily Hill, Victoria Lee. Directed by Rodney Moore.
The Witching Hour (US, 1996), with Andrew Fleming, Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell. Directed by Reba Merrill.
The Wizard of Oz on Ice (US, television, 1996), with Bobby McFerrin, Oksana Baiul, Victor Petrenko, Bob Frank. Directed by Paul Miller.
Yellow Brick Road (Japan, 1996), cast unknown. Directed by Hiroyuki Miyura.
Anastasia (US, animated, 1997), with voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Angela Lansbury. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The mad monk Rasputin is here presented as an evil sorcerer.
Anchor Hotel (US, 1997) , with Mark Anthony, Rafael Perez, Dean Spencer, Matteo Torres. Directed by Kristen Bjorn. Gay pornographic film shows the sexual adventures of sailors in Miami's Little Havana. In one scene a sailor walks in on a very orgiastic and very unauthentic Lukumi ceremony where he is possessed by the spirit of Eshu and ravaged by the nude male worshippers.
Anna in the Sky (US, 1997), with Peter Friedrich, Sophie Lombard, Danny Maloney. Directed by Mark Edgington.
Black Circle Boys (US, 1997), with Scott Bairstow, Eric Mabius, Donnie Wahlberg, Dee Wallace-Stone. Directed by Matthew Carnahan.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (US television series, 1997-2003), with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, Anthony Stewart Head. Directed by Joss Whedon, others. Second episode of the series, “The Witch,” brings the title character in conflict with a mistress of the Black Arts. Series regular Alyson Hannigan’s character of Willow becomes a witch in the second season’s finale. Magic and sorcery of one form or another are used throughout the series’ duration.
The Devil’s Advocate (US, 1997), with Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones. Directed by Taylor Hackford.
Drawing Down the Moon (US, 1997), with Walter Koenig, Karina Krepp, Lynda Merritt, Bruce Bearman. Directed by Steven Patterson.
Eve’s Bayou (US, 1997), with Jurnee Smollet, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. A young girl turns to a voodoo priestess to help tame her philandering father.
Fairy Tale: A True Story (US/ UK, 1997), with Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann, Phoebe Nichols. Directed by Charles Sturridge. None-too-accurate story of the Cottingley Fairy Photographs, which were admitted as a hoax before this movie was made.
The Fifth Element (France, 1997), with Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker. Directed by Luc Besson.
Girl Revolution Utena (Shojo kakumei Utena, Japan animated television series, 1997), with voices of Tomoko Kawakami, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Takehito Koyasu, Kotono Mitsuishi. Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara.
Journey Beneath the Sea (US, animated, 1997), with voices of Shayna Fox, Lacey Chabert, Claudia Christian, James Keane. Directed by Stephen J Anderson. Based on L. Frank Baum's novel, "The Sea Fairies."
Kull the Conqueror (US, 1997), with Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrera, Thomas Ian Griffith, Karina Lombard. Directed by John Nicolella.
Macbeth (UK, 1997), with Jason Connery, Helen Baxendale, Graham McTavish, Kenneth Bryans. Directed by Jeremy Freeston.
The Pale Horse (UK, 1997), with Colin Buchanan, Jayne Ashbourne, Hermione Norris, Jean Marsh. Directed by Charles Beeson.
Premutos – The Fallen Angel (Germany, 1997), with Fidelis Atuma, Anke Fabre, Ingid Fischer, Ronald Fuhrmann. Directed by Olaf Ittenbach.
Prince Valiant (US, 1997), with Stephen Moyer, Joanna Lumley, Katherine Heigle. Lumley plays Morgan Le Fay in this adaptation of the classic comic strip.
The Return of Mombi (US, animated, 1997), with voices of Darlene Conley, Julianne Michelle. Directed by Keith Ingram.
A Simple Wish (US, 1997), with Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Pastorelli. Directed by Michael Ritchie. Incompetent fairy godmother Short must battle renegade fairy turned witch Turner.
The Simpsons: “Treehouse of Horror VIII” (US animated television series episode, October 26, 1997), with voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. Directed by Mark Kirkland.
Spawn (US, 1997), with John Leguizamo, Michael Jai White, Martin Sheen, Nicol Williamson. Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippe.
Superstition (US, 1997), with Cassandra Peterson, Jon Corfino. Directed by Mix Ryan.
Underground Adventure (US, animated, 1997), with voices of Julianne Michelle, Bill Mumy. Directed by Stephen J Andserson. Based on "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz," the fourth in L. Frank Baum’s series of books about the Land of Oz.
Warriors of Virtue (US, 1997), with Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton, Jack Tate. Directed by Ronny Yu. An Ancient scroll transports a young boy to a magical realm.
Wishmaster (US, 1997), with Tammy Lauren, Andrew Divoff, Chris Lemmon, Wendy Benson. Directed by Robert Kurtzman. An evil djinn grants wishes in ways which bring disaster to the grantees.
Witch Way Love (aka Un amour de sorciere, France, 1997), with Vanessa Paradis, Gil Bellows, Dabney Coleman, Jeanne Moreau. Directed by Rene Manzor.
Witches in Stitches (US television, animated, 1997), with Miki Mathioudakis, Vonda Fuhrman, Jacque Workman, Will Gould. Directed by Russ Harris.
Addams Family Reunion (US, 1998), with Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah, Ed Begley, Jr., Alice Ghostley. Directed by Dav Payne. The Addamses accidentally receive an invitation for the reunion of a different, “normal” clan of Addamses.
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), with Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Erykah Badu, Nia Peebles. Directed by John Landis. Badu appears as the Voodoo Queen Mousette.
Bride of Chucky (US, 1998), with Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigh, Nick Staluile, voice of Brad Dourif. Directed by Ronny Yu.
Casper Meets Wendy (US television movie, 1998), with Hilary Duff, voice of Jeremy Foley, Cathy Moriarty, Shelley Duvall. Directed by Sean McNamara.
Charmed (US television series, 1998-2006), with Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Shannen Doherty. Created by Constance M. Berge.
Crocodile Tears (US, 1998), with Ted Sod, Christina Mastin, Mark Finley, Wade Madsen. Directed by Ann Coppel. An HIV+ man makes a deal with the Devil.
Don’t Dick With the Devil (US, 1998), with Cliff Trent, Zachery Scott, Jake Armstrong,, Brad King. Directed by Derek Kent.
Ever After (US/ France, 1998), with Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey. Directed by Andy Tennant.
Fallen (US, 1998), with Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz. Directed by Gregory Hoblit.
Halloweentown (US television, 1998), with Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Kimberly J. Brown, Phillip Van Dyke. Directed by Duwayne Dunham.
Hellrazer (US, 1998), with Dax Kelly, Joey D'Falco. Directed by Mark Reilly.
In Search of History: “The Salem Witch Trials” (US television series episode, 1998). Narrated by David Ackroyd. Produced by Joel Rizor.
Intimate Portrait: “Witches” (US television series episode, January 1, 1998), with Anjelica Huston, Meredith Vieira.
I’ve Been Waiting for You (US television movie, 1998), with Sarah Chalke, Soleil Moon Frye, Ben Foster, Christian Campbell. Directed by Christopher Leitch.
Kirikou and the Sorceress (France, 1998). Directed by Michel Ocelot. A small African child goes on a quest to free his village from a wicked sorceress’s curse.
A Little Bit of Soul (Australia, 1998), with Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham, Frances O’Connor, Heather Mitchell. Directed by Peter Duncan.
Macbeth (UK television, 1998), with Sean Pertwee, Greta Sacchi, Denis Black, Richard Coyle. Directed by Michael Bogdanov.
Macbeth (US, 1998), with Stephen J. Lewis, Dawn Winarski, John Schugard, Scott Vinnacombe. Directed by Paul Winarski.
Merlin (US television movie, 1998), with Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Helena Bonham Carter. Directed by Steve Barron.
The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (US animated television series, 1998-1999)
Practical Magic (US, 1998), with Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Aidan Quinn, Stockard Channing. Directed by Griffin Dunne. Witch sisters Bullock and Kidman are reunited after years apart, only to find Kidman under attack by the ghost of her abusive boyfriend. The situation becomes more complicated as the disappearance of the boyfriend is investigated by detective Quinn, who turns out to be the true love Bullock cast a spell for when she was a girl.
The Prince of Egypt (US, animated, 1998), with voices of Val Kilmer, Raplh Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bulock. Directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells.
The Quest for Camelot (US, animated, 1998), with the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle. Directed by Frederik Du Chau.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (US, animated, 1998), with voices of John Goodman, Eric Idle, Bob Newhart, Whoopi Goldberg. Directed by Bill Kowalchuk. Goldberg plays a witch-like ice queen.
Sabrina Goes to Rome (US television movie, 1998), with Melissa Joan Hart, Eddie Mills, Tara Strong, James Fields. Directed by Tibor Takács.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Spellbound (US television movie, 1998), with Melissa Joan Hart, Beth Broderick, Caroline Rhea, Nick Bakay.
Secret History: “Witch Hunt” (UK television series episode, 1998). Directed by Russell England. Documents the 1944 trial of British medium Helen Duncan under the Witchcraft Act of 1735.
The Tempest (US, television, 1998), with Peter Fonda, John Glover, Harold Perrineau, Katherine Heigl. Directed by Jack Bender. Adaptation of Shakespeare's play set in Civil War-era Mississippi.
Vampires (US, 1998), with James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith. Directed by John Carpenter. A magic talisman can grant vampires immunity from the sun.
The 13th Warrior (US, 1999), with Antonio Banderas, Omar Shariff, Diane Venora. Directed by John McTieran. An Abbasid ambassador helps Russian Vikings battle a supernatural force.
Adventures in the Emerald City: Silver Shoes (Priklyucheniya v izumrudnom gorode: Serebryanye tufel'ki, Russia, television, animated, 1999), with voice of Viktor Sukhorukov, others. Directed by Aleksandr Makarov.
Adventures in Oz (Canada/US, television, 1999) , with Cheryl Ann Silich. Director unknown.
Angel (US television series, 1999-2004), with David Boreanaz, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards. Charisma Carpenter. Directed by James A. Contner, others.
The Bald Witch Project (US, 1999), with Kevin Gaunt, Rich Amooi, Kevin Avery, Chris Paul Catalano. Directed by Shawn Flanagan.
Belfry Witches (UK television series, 1999), with Lucy Davis, Laura Sadler, Scott Charles, Paula Jacobs. Directed by Joy Perino.
The Blair Princess Project (US, 1999). Directed by Paula Goldberg.
The Blair Witch Project (US, 1999), with Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams. Directed by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez.
The Blair Witch Rejects (US, 1999), with Kevin Leadingham, Chanda Willis, Brent Beebe, Deborah Wolff. Directed by Jerry A. Vasilatos.
The Bloor Witch Project (Canada, short, 1999), with Julie Bot, Jeannie Calleja, Mary Crosbie, Gabriela Hahn. Directed by Julie Bot.
Bothersome Witch Doremi (Oja majo doremi, Japan animated television series, 1999), with voices of Nao Nagasawa, Chiemi Chiba, Tomoko Akiya, Rumi Shishido. Directed by Takuya Igarashi, Junichi Sato.
Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999 television series)
Crazy in Alabama (US, 1999), with Melanie Griffith, Lucas Black, David Morse, Meat Loaf. Directed by Antonio Banderas.
Curse of the Blair Witch (US television, 1999), with Frank Pastor, Rachel Braaten, Elaine Stebbins, Tom Williams. Directed by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez.
Da Hip Hop Witch (US, 1999). Yet another spoof/pastiche of The Blair Witch Project, this time set in an inner city neighborhood.
Dark Ages: "Witch" (UK television series episode, Dec. 27, 1999), with Sheridan Smith, Jason Byrne, Laurence Howath, Phill Jupitus. Directed by Steve Bendelack.
Encounter in the Thrid Dimension (US, 1999), with Stuart Pankin, Cassandra Peterson, Harry Shearer, Andrea Thompson. Directed by Ben Strassen, Sean MacLeod Phillips.
End of Days (US, 1999), with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollack, Robin Tunney. Directed by Peter Hyams.
Fantasia/2000 (US, animated, 1999), with Leopold Stokowski, Teller, Angela Lansbury. Directed by James Algar, Gaetan Brizzi, others. Segments "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "Firebird Suite - 1919 Symphony."
The Green Mile (US, 1999), with Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, James Cromwell. Directed by Frank Darabont.
Hellblock 13 (US, 1999), with Gunnar Hansen, Debbie Rochon, Jon Miller, Brian Kelly. Directed by Paul Talbot.
Hellrazer II: Bound For Pain (US, 1999), with Jason Ryder, Mason Flynt. Directed by Mark Reilly.
Hellrazer III: The Sacrifice (US, 1999), with Robert Black, Anthony Gallo. Directed by Mark Reilly.
Inside the Erotic Witch (US, 1999), with Darian Caine, Katie Keane, Victoria Vega. Directed by John Bacchus.
Little Witch (Canada television animated short, 1999). Directed by Olaf Miller.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (US/France, 1999), with Mila Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Luc Besson.
The Mummy (US, 1999), with Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo. Directed by Stephen Sommers.
The Muse (US, 1999), with Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Jeff Bridges, Andie MacDowell.
The Ninth Gate (Spain/ France/ US, 1999), with Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner. Directed by Roman Polanski.
Passions (US, 1999- current), with Chrystee Pharris, Juliet Mills, Josh Ryan Evans, Galen Gering. Directed by James Sayegh, others.
The Rage: Carrie 2 (US, 1999), with Emily Bergh, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron. Directed by Katt Shea.
Revolution Girl Utena: The Movie (Shojo kakumei Utena, Japan/ US, animated, 1999), with voices of Rachael Lillis, Leah Applebaum, Sharon Becker, Roxanne Beck. Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara.
Sabrina the Animated Series (US animated television series, 1999-2001), with the voices of Emily Hart, Melissa Joan Hart, Nick Bakay, Bill Switzer. Directed by Scott Heming.
Sabrina, Down Under (US television movie, 1999), with Melissa Joan Hart, Tara Strong, Scott Michaelson, Lindsay Sloane. Directed by Kenneth R. Koch.
A Saintly Switch (US television, 1999), with Vivica A. Fox, David Alan Grier, Al Waxman, Scott Cumberbatch. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (US, animated, 1999), with the voices of Scott Innes, Frank Welker, Mary Kay Bergman, Tim Curry. Directed by Jim Stenstrum.
Sleepy Hollow (US, 1999), with Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones. Directed by Tim Burton.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (US, 1999), with Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid. Directed by George Lucas.
Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch (US, 1999), with Heather Donahue, Joe Nagy, Joshua Leonard, Michal C. Williams.
The Wicked Witch Project (Canada, 1999), with Kevin Darbo, Brian Ludvisken, Casey Porn, Michael G Smith. Directed by Joe Barlow. This is a send-up of The Blair Witch Project with a Wizard of Oz theme.
William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (US, 1999), with Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline. Directed by Michael Hoffman.
The Willie Witch Projects (US, 1999). Cast and director unknown.
Wizards (Magyosnitzi , Bulgaria, 1999), with Naum Shopov, Ivan Laskin, Yavor Gigov, Yavor Manolov. Directed by Sotir Gelev and Ivan Georgiev.
The 10th Kingdom (US television mini-series, 2000), with Kimberly Williams, Dianne Weist, Scott Cohen, John Larroquette. Directed by David Carson and Herbert Wise.
Adventures in the Emerald City: Princess Ozma (Priklyucheniya v izumrudnom gorode: Printsessa Ozma, Russian television, 2000), cast unknown. Directed by Denis Chernov and Ilya Maksimov.
Bless the Child (US, 2000), with Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Holliston Coleman, Rufus Sewell. Directed by Chuck Russell.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (US, 2000), with Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leershen, Tristine Skyler. Directed by Joe Berlinger.
The Bogus Witch Project (US television, 2000), with Pauly Shore, Michael Ian Black, James DiStefano, Jim Zulevic. Directed by Victor Kargan, Steve Agee, Kelly Alluise, Susan Johnson.
The Bunk Witch Project (US, 2000), with Mark Bate, Stacie Dekker, Vincent C. Rimbaud, Jeffrey Sanford. Directed by Steve Meyer.
Devil is a Bottom (US, 2000), with Blake Harper, Hans Ebson, Jeremy Tucker, Scott Lyons. Directed by Bud Light. In this gay porno, three guys summon Devil Harper by reciting the Lord’s Prayer backwards and then trade their souls in exchange for bigger penises and hot sex.
Dream Witch (US 2000), with Melissa Wolf, Chrissy Mountjoy, Glori-Anne Gilbert, Savannah Powers. Director unknown.
Dungeons and Dragons (US/Czech Republic, 2001), with Jeremy Irons, Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Zoe McLellan. Directed by Courtney Solomon.
The Emperor’s New Groove (US, animated, 2000), with voices of David Spade, Eartha Kitt, John Goodman, Patrick Warburton. Directed by Mark Dindal.
Erotic Witch Project 2: Book of Seduction (US, 2000), with A.J. Khan, Darian Caine, Katie Jordan, Rio. Directed by John Bacchus.
Frank Herbert’s Dune (US television mini-series, 2000), with William Hurt, Alec Newman, Giancarlo Giannini, Matt Keeslar. Directed by John Harrison.
Gostanza da Libbiano (2000)
Jason and the Argonauts (US television, 2000), with Jason London, Frank Langella, Jolene Blalock, Olivia Williams. Directed by Nick Willing.
Kytice (Czech Republic, 2000), with Martina Bezouskova, Sylvie Kraslova, Sara Voriskova, Anna Bezouskova. Directed by FA Brabec.
The Land of Oz (Canada, 2000) , cast and director unknown. Despite the title, this is actually an adaptation of "The Emerald City of Oz."
The Legend of Bagger Vance (US, 2000), with Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce McGill. Directed by Robert Redford.
Lion of Oz (Canada, animated, 2000), with voices of Jason Priestley, Dom DeLuise, Lynn Redgrave, Gerard Plunkett. Based on novel by Roger S Baum.
Little Nicky (US, 2000), with Adam Sadler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans. Directed by Steven Brill.
Lost Souls (US, 2000), with Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wyner, Phillip Baker Hall. Directed by Janusz Kaminski.
The Making of Erotic Witch Project 2 (US, 2000), with Darian Caine, Katie Jordan, A.J. Khan, Allanah Rhodes. Directed by Justin Wingenfeld.
Scary Movie (US, 2000), with Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Le Sciamane (Italy, 2000), with Antonella Ponziani, Cecilia Dazzi, Macha Méril, Piero Natoli. Directed by Anne Riitta Ciccone.
Shadow of the Blair Witch (US television, 2000), with Tony Abatemarco, Bill Dreggors, Rachel Moskowitz, Apollo Dukakis. Directed by Ben Rock.
Simon Magus (UK/Germany, 2000), with Noah Taylor, Embeth Davidtz, Rutger Haus, Ian Holm. Directed by Ben Hopkins.
Tragos: A Cyber-Noir Witch Hunt (US, 2000), with Lea Bender, Jakob Bokulich, Felecia Faulkner, Neil Howard. Directed by Antero Alli.
Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (Canada, 2000) , with Phil Deitz, George Walker, Arzinia Richardson, Ken Kesey. Spoof of "The Wizard of Oz."
Which Witch? (US televison, 2000), with Nancy Cohen. Directed by Nancy Cohen.
The Witch and the Witness (US, 2000), with Isaac W., Raven St. Marie, Tabitha Katz, Connie Sims. Directed by Isaac W.
Witch in Our Family (aka En Haxa I familjen, Sweden, 2000), with Karin Bogaeus, Rebecca Scheja, Margreth Weivers, Johan Rheborg. Directed by Harald Hamrell.
Witch Madness (US, animated short, 2000). Directed by Faith Hubley.
Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood (2000), with Miranda Odell, Lauren Ian Richards, Kathleen St. Lawrence, Don Donason. Directed by Ron Ford.
Voodoo Academy (US, 2000) , with Debra Mayer, Riley Smith, Chad Burris, Kevin Calisher. Directed by David DeCoteau.
Bible Black (Japan/US, animated, 2001), with voices of Steward Cassidy, Josephine Clemens, Mickie Cruise, Michelle Duhard. Directed by Sho Hanebu, Kazuyuki Honda.
Black Knight (US, 2001), with Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan. Directed by Gil Junger. Lawrence is magically transported to King Arthur’s court.
The Black Witch Project (US, 2001), with British Abney, Slyman Carter, Ced-t, Nedra Green. Directed by Velli.
The Brotherhood (US, 2001), with Samuel Page, Josh Hammond, Bradley Stryker, Elizabeth Bruderman. Directed by David DeCocteau.
The Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks (US, 2001), with Forrest Cochran, Sean Faris, Stacy Scowley, C.J. Thomason. Directed by David DeCocteau.
The Brotherhood (US, 2001), with Samuel Page, Josh Hammond, Bradley Stryker, Elizabeth Bruderman. Directed by David DeCocteau.
The Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks (US, 2001), with Forrest Cochran, Sean Faris, Stacy Scowley, C.J. Thomason. Directed by David DeCocteau.
Brotherhood of the Wolf (France, 2001), with Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel, Monica belluci. Directed by Christopher Gans.
Corkscrew Hill (2001 short)
Elvira’s Haunted Hills (US, 2001), with Cassandra Peterson, Richard O’Brien, Mary Scheer, Scott Atkinson. Directed by Sam Irvin.
Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (US television movie, 2001), with Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Daniel Kountz. Directed by Mary Lambert.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (US/UK, 2001), with Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane. Directed by Chris Columbus. Film adaptation of the first book in the J.K. Rowling's series of novels about the young apprentice wizard. Released in the UK and Canada under the original title of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Honey for Oshun (Miel para Oshun, Cuba, 2001), with Jorge Perugorria, Isabel Santos, Mario Limonta, Saturnino Garcia. Directed by Humberto Salas.
The House of Morecock (US animated film, 2001), Directed by Joe Phillips.
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider (US, 2001), with Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Noah Taylor, Iain Glen. Directed by Simon West.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (US/UK, 2001), with Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Sean Astin. Directed by Peter Jackson.
Macbeth (Switzerland, television, 2001), with Thomas Hampson, Paoletta Marrocu, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Luis Lima. Directed by Thomas Grimm.
Macbeth (UK, television, 2001), with Antony Sher, Harriet Walter, Ken Bones, Richard Armitage. Directed by Gregory Doran.
Maangamizi: The Ancient One (Tanzania/US, 2001), with BarbaraO, Amandina Lihamba, Samahani Kejeri, Waigwa Wachira. Directed by Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill.
The Mists of Avalon (US television movie, 2001), with Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Michael Byrne, Edward Atterton. Directed by Uli Edel. Based on the novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
The Monkey King (US television miniseries, 2001), with Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Ric Young. Directed by Peter MacDonald. Western scholar Gibson unites with the Monkey King (Wong), goddess Quan Yin (Bing), and other characters from Chinese folklore and legend to battle demons’ attempt to destroy one of the great classics of Chinese literature.
The Mummy Returns (US, 2001), with Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo. Directed by Stephen Sommers.
Night of a Thousand Screams (US, 2001), with Michelle Bowes, Alice Fluge, Robin García, Kimberly Hillman. Directed by Shawnee McCormack.
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
Scares and Dares (US television, 2001), with Cassandra Peterson, Darcy Donovan. Directed by Rob Hampton.
Scary Movie 2 (US, 2001), with Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Shrek (US, animated, 2001), with voices of Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow. Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson.
Snow White (US television, 2001), with Miranda Richardson, Kristin Kreuk, Karin Konoval, Tom Irwin. Directed by Caroline Thompson.
Spirited Away (Japan/US, animated, 2001), with voices of Davigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette, Michael Chikilis. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Summoning (US, 2001), with Keeira Lyn Ford, Christopher Curry, Veralyn Jones, Kevin Michael Richardson. Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes.
Superstition (US, 2001), with Mark Strong, Sienna Guillory, David Warner, Charlotte Rampling. Directed by Kenneth Hope.
Thir13en Ghosts (US, 2001), with Tony Shalhoub, F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth. Directed by Steve Beck.
Water Witch (Canada, 2001), with Mary Delver. Directed by Mary Delver, Brian Johnson.
Weirdsister College (UK television series, 2001), with Georgina Sherrington, Felicity Jones, Abeille Gélinas, Bobby Barry. Directed by Alex Kirby, Stefan Pleszczynski.
Witchbabe: The Erotic Witch Project 3 (US, 2001), with Laurie Wallace, Misty Mundae, Darian Caine, Debbie Rochon. Directed by Terry West.
Witchouse 3: Demon Fire (US, 2001), with Debbie Rochon, Tanya Dempsey, Tina Krause, Brinke Stevens. Direected by J.R. Bookwalter.
Witches of the North (Streghe verso nord, Italy, 2001), with Teo Mammuccari, Paul Sorvino, Emmanuelle Seigner, Daniele Liotti. Directed by Giovanni Veronesi.
Zu Warriors (aka The Legend of Zu, Hong Kong/ China, 2001), with Erik Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, Patrick Tam. Directed by Toui Hark. Flying heroes battle a demon.
Apasianados (Argentina, 2002), with Pablo Echarri, Nancy Dupláa, Héctor Alterio, Pablo Rago. Directed by Juan José Jusid.
Bedazzled (US, 2002), with Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O’Connor, Miriam Shor. Directed by Harold Ramis.
Bibi Blocksberg (Germany, 2002), with Sidonie von Krosigk, Maximilian Befort, Katja Riemann, Corinna Harfouch. Directed by Hermine Huntgeburth.
Bible Black Origins (Japan, animated, 2002), with voices of Fred Arons, Josephine Clemens, Patty Comeau, Mickie Cruise. Directed by Sho Hanebu.
The Blair Thumb (US, 2002), with Megan Cavanagh, Jim Jackman, Paul Greenberg, Steve Oedekerk. Directed by Todd Portugal.
The Blair Witch Moutain Project (US, 2002), with Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, Hope Levy, Brad Savage. Directed by Ike Eisenmann.
Bloody Mallory (France, 2002), with Olivia Bonamy, Adria Collado, Jeffrey Ribier. Directed by Julien Magnat. Buffy-style demon fighter must protest the Pope, assisted by a mute telepath and a inja drag queen.
City of God (Cidade de Deus, Brazil, 2002), with Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva. Life in the Brazilian ghettoes, with elements of Candomble in the background.
The Collingswood Story (US, 2002), with Stephanie Dees, Johnny Burton, Vera Madeline, Grant Edmonds. Directed by Michael Costanza.
Dead & Rotting (US, 2002), with Stephen O'Mahoney, Tom Hoover, Debbie Rochon, Trent Haaga. Directed by David P. Barton.
Hansel and Gretel (US, 2002), with Jacob Smith, Taylor Momsen, Lynn Redgrave, Howie Mandel. Directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (US/UK, 2002), with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh. Directed by Chris Columbus.
House of Mouse: “Halloween with Hades” (US animated television series episode, October 31, 2002), with voices of Wayne Allwine, James Woods, Tony Jay, Robbie Benson. Directed by Rick Schneider.
I Was a Teenage Faust (US television movie, 2002), with Daniel Zuckerman, Robert Townsend, Morgan Fairchild, Noel Fisher. Directed by Thom Eberhardt.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (US/UK, 2002), with Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Sean Astin. Directed by Peter Jackson.
Macbeth (US, 2002), with J Bretton Truett, Fara Hope Zimmerman, Patrick Vest, Brian Stanton. Directed by J Bretton Truett.
Makdee (India, 2002), with Shabana Azmi, Makrand Deshpande, Shweta Prasad, Alaap Mazganokar. Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj.
No Such Thing (US/Iceland/Germany, 2002), with Robert John Burke, Julie Christie, Sarah Polley, Helen Mirren. Directed by Hal Hartley.
Pinocchio (Italy, 2002), with Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Mino Bellei, Carlo Giuffre. Directed by Roberto Benigni.
Queen of the Damned (Australia/US, 2002), with Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez. Directed by Michael Rymer. Though not specifically named in the movie, one of the novel’s characters, Mael, a 2000 year old vampire who was originally a Druid, appears in the film. A vague reference is made to rumored connections between a vampire bar and 17th century witchcraft.
Return to Never Land (US, animated, 2002), with voices of Harriet Owen, Blayne Weaver, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett. Directed by Robin Budd.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch in Friends Forever (US animated film, 2002), with the voices of Britt McKillip, Tina Bush, Jay Brazeau, Louis Chirillo. Directed by Scott Heming.
Scooby Doo (US, 2002), with Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini. Directed by Raja Gosnell.
The Scorpion King (US, 2002), with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kelly Hu, Steven Brand, Micael Clarke Duncan. Directed by Chuck Russell.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror (US, 2002), with Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows, Monica Keena. Directed by Michael Cohn.
Sorcerers and Wizards: Real Magic (aka Real Magick, DVD documentary, UK, 2002). Directed by Luke Campbell.
The Source (US, 2002), with Mathew Scollon, Melissa Reneé Martin, Edward DeRuiter, Alice Frank. Directed by Steve Taylor.
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (US, 2002), with Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid. Directed by George Lucas.
Tuck Everlasting (US, 2002), with Alexis Bledel, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, Jonathan Jackson. Directed by Jay Russell.
Wicca: jóvenes brujos (Colombia television documentary, 2002). Directed by Ricardo Correal.
Wild West (UK television series, 2002-2004), with Dawn French, Catherine Tate, Robin Weaver, Bill Bailey. Directed by Jonathan Gershfield, Juliet May.
Witch Hunter Robin (Japan/ US, animated television series, 2002-2003), with voices of Akeno Watanabe, Steve Blum, Takuma Takewaka, Jun Fukuyama. Directed by Shuko Murase.
Witch Hunters Extraordinaire (US televison, 2002 - 2003), with Chris Burns, Karla Droege, Cheri Christian, Timothy Scott. Directed by Dave R. Watkins.
The Witches (UK animated short, 2002), with voice of Colin McLaren. Directed by Elizabeth Hobbs.
Zap (2002)
Big Fish (US, 2003), with Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Helena Bonham Carter, Billy Crudup. Directed by Tim Burton.
Chrono Crusade (2003 TV series)
House of 1000 Corpses (US, 2003), with Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black. Directed by Rob Zombie.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (US, 2003), with Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Ciriam Hinds. Directed by Jan De Bont.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (US, 2003), with Sean Connery, Shane West, Stuart Townsend, Naseeruddin Shah. Directed by Stephen Norrington.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (US/UK, 2003), with Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin. Directed by Peter Jackson.
Macbeth (US, 2003), with Peter B Brown, Moira Stone, Yuri Lowenthal, Bob Brader. Directed by Bryan Enk.
The Medallion (Hong Kong/ US, 2003), with Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands. Directed by Gordon Chan.
Mind Forest (US, 2003), with Lauren Maher, Jeff Marchelletta, Helen Yeoman, Kami Knake. Directed by James R. Prince.
Monster Man (US, 2003), with Eric Jungmann, Justin Urich, Aimee Brooks, Michael Bailey Smith. Directed by Michael Davis.
Night of a Thousand Screams 2 (US, 2003), with Kimberly Hillman, Marie Wilson, Reuben Rox, Norma Sherwood. Directed by Shawnee McCormack.
The Order (US, 2003), with Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Peter Weller. Directed by Brian Helgeland.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003 TV series documentary)
Episode: Ouija Boards/Near Death Experiences
Peter Pan (US/Australia, 2003), with Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Richard Briers. Directed by P.J. Hogan.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (US, 2003), with Johnn Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
The Real Blair Witch (UK, 2003). Directed by Simon Egan. Documentary of the 2002 kidnapping of a young girl by a group of teenagers in Flint, Michigan who videotaped their crime and were arrested after the tape came into the hands of police. Not about witches, but the title is another example of how The Blair Witch has influenced film in general, in addition to influencing the cinematic portrayal of the witch.
Scary Movie 3 (US, 2003), with Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex, Leslie Nielsen. Directed by David Zucker.
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (US, animated, 2003), with voices of Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes. Directed by Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore.
Tweeny Witches (Mahô shôjo Tai Alys, Japan animated television series, 2003), with voices of Ryô Hirohashi, Ami Kawai, Ryoko Kinoyama, Sachiko Kojima. Directed by Yoshiharu Ashino, Keita Amemiya.
The Witch Affair (aka Cosa de brujas, Spain, 2003), with Jose Sancho, Manuela Arcuri, Antonio Hortelano, Alberto San Juan. Directed by Jose Miguel Juarez.
A Wrinkle in Time (US/Canada, 2003), with Katie Stuart, Gregory Smith, David Dorfman, Chris Potter. Directed by John Kent Harrison. Kate Nelligan, Allison Elliott, and Alfre Woodard play the witch-like trio of Mrs. Which, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Whatsit in this adaptation of the Madeline L’Engle novel.
Zombies (US, 2003), with
Bell Witch Haunting (US, 2004) with Doug Moore, Stephanie Love, Amber Bland, Hope Wade. Directed by Ric White.
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls (Bibi Blocksberg und das Geheimnis der blauen Eulen, Germany, 2004), with Sidonie von Krosigk, Marie-Louise Stahl, Corinna Harfouch, Katja Riemann. Directed by Franziska Buch.
Bodies of Water: Voodoo Identity and Transformation (US, 2004). Directed by Lilith Dorsey. Documentary look at Voodoo as practiced in New Orleans, emphasizing a spiritual connection to the Mississippi River and Lake Ponchartrain.
Building a Better Zombi (US/Italy, documentary, 2005), with Dardano Sacchetti, Elisa Briganti, Fabrizio De Angelis, Enzo Castellari. Directed by William Hellfire.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (US, 2004), with Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennnifer Love Hewitt, Dan Aykroyd. Directed by Alec Baldwin. Hewitt plays the Devil in this contemporary treatment of the classic story.
Earthsea (US television movie, 2004) , with Shawn Ashmore, Danny Glover, Isabella Rossellini, Kristin Kreuk, Alan Scarfe. Directed by Robert Lieberman. Based on novels by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Ella Enchanted (US, 2004), with Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Minnie Driver. Directed by Tommy O’Haver.
Exorcist: The Beginning (US, 2004), with Stellan Skarsgard, Izabella Scorupco, James D’Arcy. Directed by Renny Harlin.
Finding Neverland (US/UK, 2004), with Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Marc Forster.
Halloweentown High (US television, 2004), with Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman. Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (US/UK, 2004), with Daniel Radcliffe, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)
Hellboy (US, 2004), with Ron Pearlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans. Directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro; Japan, animated, 2004), with voices of Chieko Baisho/ Jean Simmons, Takuya Kimura/ Christian Bale, Akihiro Miwa/ Lauran Bacall, Tatsuya Gashuin/ Blythe Danner. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Rick Dempsey.
King Arthur (US/UK/Ireland, 2004), with Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan gruffudd, Stephen Dillane. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Lilly the Witch (Ireland/ Germany animated television series, 2004-2005), with voice of Liam O’Brien. Directed by Luba Medekova-Klein.
Macbeth (Sweden, 2004), with Toivo Lukkari, Anitta Suikkari, Per Henrik Bals, Elisabeth H Blind. Directed by Bo Landin, Alex Scherpf.
Monsterama: Witches Dungeon (US televison, 2004), with Cortlandt Hull. Directed by Daniel Roebuck.
Night Watch (Nochoy dozor, Russia, 2004), with Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshina. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov.
Nurse Witch Komugi (Japan/US animated television series, 2004), with voices of Brad Swaile, Lisa Ann Beley, Trevor Devall, Jocelyne Loewen. Directed by ?
'Salem's Lot (US television movie, 2004) , with Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer. Directed by Mikael Salomon.
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (US, 2004), with Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini. Directed by Raja Gosnell.
Seed of Chucky (US, 2004), with Jennifer Tilly, John Waters, voices of Billy Boyd and Brad Dourif. Directed by Bryan Forbes.
Shrek 2 (US, animated, 2004), with voices of Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews. Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon.
Smallville: "Spell" (US television series episode, 2004), with Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
Smallville: "Spell" (US television series episode, 2004), with Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
The Student of Prague (Czech Republic/US, 2004), with Filip Dyda, Michaela Sajlerova, Curtis Matthew, Jan Jena Onufer. Directed by Spencer Collins and Ian McAlpin.
True Horror: "Witches" (UK television series, December 8, 2004), with Anthony Stewart Head. Directed by ?
Witch Hunt (US, 2004), with Lauren Chamberlain, Sean Demers, Kyle Fortin, Anna Gilbert. Directed by Lisa Wolfinger.
Witches in Exile (US, 2004). Directed by Allison Berg.
Because of Winn-Dixie (US, 2005) , Anna Sophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews. Directed by Wayne Wang.
Bell Witch: The Movie (US, 2005) with Betsy Palmer, Cody Newton, John David Hart, Hope Banks. Friday the 13th's Betsy Palmer in the title role. Directed by Shane Marr.
Bewitched (US, 2005), with Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine. Directed by Nora Ephron.
Bones (2005 TV series)
Episode: The Headless Witch in the Woods
Boston Legal: “Witches of Mass Destruction" (US television series episode, November 1, 2005), with James Spader, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Mark Valley. Directed by James R. Bagdonas.
The Brothers Grimm (US/ Czech Republic, 2005), with Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Lena Hendley. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
Charmed: Life’s a Witch (UK television documentary, 2005), with Holly Marie Combs, Brendan Courtney, Rose McGowan. Directed by David Green.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (US/UK, 2005), with Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell. Tidla Swinton as the White Witch. Directed by Andrew Adamson.
Constantine (US, 2005), with Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LeBeouf, Tilda Swinton. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Djimon Hounsou as Voodoo priest who assists Reeves.
Dante’s Cove (US television series, 2005- ), with William Gregory Lee, Tracy Scoggins, Charlie David, Nadine Heiman. Directed by Sam Irvin. Dark Shadows re-engineered with a homoerotic twist, courtesy of the here!tv network. After witch Scoggins catches fiancé Lee having sex with his manservant, she curses him with vampiric immortality, then imprisons him in a subcellar. Cut to the present day where a new arrival to the Dante Hotel frees Lee, who now stalks the young gay men of Dante’s Cove.
Delwende (Burkina Faso, 2005), with Blandine Yaméogo, Claire Ilboudo, Célestin Zongo, Abdoulaye Komboudri. Directed by S. Pierre Yameogo.
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (US, 2005), with Stellan Skarsgard, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford. Directed by Paul Schrader.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (US, 2005), with Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Scott. Directed by Scott Derickson.
Fantastic Four (US, 2005), with Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis. Directed by Tim Story. Charmed’s Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom, who is noticeably lacking in the sorcerer’s skills the comic version possesses.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (US/UK, 2005), with Eric Sykes, David Tennant, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson. Directed by Mike Newell.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005 TV series)
Episode: The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell
King Kong (US, 2005), with Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrian Brody, Thomas Kretschman. Directed by Peter Jackson.
Lust in Space: The Erotic Witch Project IV (US, 2005), with Darian Caine, AJ Khan, Alexia Moore, Bethany Lott. Directed by John Bacchus.
Macbeth (UK television, 2005) , with James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes, Joseph Millson, Vincent Regan. Directed by Mark Brozel.
Mahou sentai Magirenjâ (Japan television series, 2005), with Atsushi Hashimoto, Asami Kai, Yuki Ito, Machiko Soga. Director unknown.
Mahou sentai Magirenjâ the Movie: Bride of Infershia (Japan, 2005), with Atsushi Hashimoto, Asami Kai, Yuki Ito, Machiko Soga. Director unknown.
Masters of Horror (2005 TV series)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (US television, 2005), with Ashanti, Jeffrey Tambor, David Alan Grier, Queen Latifah. Directed by Kirk R. Thatcher.
Murder in Suburbia: "Witches" (UK television series episode, May 28, 2005), with Lisa Faulkner, Jeremy Sheffield, Caroline Catz, Montserrat Lombard. Directed by Jonathan Fox Bassett.
Nanny McPhee (US, 2005), with Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Thomas Sangster. Directed by Kirk Jones.
The New Worst Witch (UK television series, 2005 - 2006), with Alice Connor, Dominique Jackson, Caroline O'Neill, Clare Coulter. Directed by Indra Bhose, Andrew Gunn.
New Year’s Fairy Tale (Deda Mraz u bacji, Yugoslavia, 2005), with Elena Tuksar, Mirjana Sesa, Bojan Stefanovic, Adela Turkone. Directed by Bojana Malkanovic Udicki.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (US television, 2005), with Joey Hrapkiewitz, Emily Bohne, Cyndi Hotopp, Kera O'Bryon. Directed by Steve Young.
The Queer Witch Project (US, 2005), with K.C. Hart, Will Clark, Kurt Young, Ethan Marke. Four hour compilation DVD of sex scenes from various gay pornographic movies, some of which happen to be set in the woods, with one apparently spoofing the "Scream" movies. Not really a send-up of "The Blair Witch Project" or having anything to do with witches at all, this is just the rather misleading use of a popular movie to sell porn.
Runt (US, 2005), with Michael Phillip Edwards, Carl Bradshaw, Nadege Auguste, Patrice Pitman Quinn. Directed by Michael Phillip Edwards.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (US, 2005), with Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively. Directed by Ken Kwapis.
The Skeleton Key (US, 2005), with Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard. Direted by Iain Softley. A young woman accepts a job as a hospice caretaker at a rambling Louisiana mansion and finds hoodoo being put to malevolent use, but not in the way she suspects. The DVD special features include a mini-documentary on voodoo and hoodoo, with an interview with Haitian voodoo priestess Mama Lola.
Son of the Mask (US, 2005), with Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Ben Stein. Directed by Laurence Guterman.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (US, 2005), with Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid. Directed by George Lucas.
Supernatural (US television series, 2005 - ), with Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jim Beaver.
To a Devil a Dog (US documentary, 2005), with Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, Jerome M. Zeitman. Directed by William Hellfire, Andrew Tammen.
Venom (US, 2005), with Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona. Directed by Jim Gillespie. Louisiana voodoo resurrects a dead man who then goes on a killing spree.
Waning Solstice (US, 2005), with Amy Berry, Chris Yost Bremen, Scott Brotherton, Joe Burttram. Directed by Shane Will.
The Witch from Melchet Street (Israel, 2005), with Rosina Kambus, Eyal Cohen, Benny Avni, Lupo Berkowitch. Directed by Dina Zvi-Riklis.
The Witches of Breastwick (US, 2005), with Matt Dalpiaz, Monique Parent, Jay Richardson, Stormy Daniels. Directed by Jim Wynorski.
The Witches of Breastwick 2 (US, 2005), with Tylene Buck, Frankie Cullen, Taimie Hannum, Lexi Lamour. Directed by Jim Wynorski.
Witches of the Caribbean (US, 2005), with Joanna Cassidy, Nicole Cavazos, Nicole Marie Monica, Kelli Giddish. Directed by David DeCoteau.
The Wood Witch (US, 2005), with Harrison Matthews, Clement the Frog, Karina Poyerd, Michael Springer. Directed by Jon Springer.
An American Haunting (US/UK, 2006), with Donald Sutherland, James D’Arcy, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood. Directed by Courtney Solomon. The legend of the Bell Witch is the subject of this film.
Apocalypse Oz (US, 2006), with Alexandra Gizela, M.C. Gainey, Tammy Garrett, Amy Lyndon. Directed by Ewan Tilford.
Beastly Boyz (US, 2006), Directed by David DeCoteau.
BeTwinked (US, 2006) , with Brandon Brooks, Constantine, Gabriel DuBois, Jayden Holloway. Gay pornographic send-up of the "Bewitched" television series, with a young gay wizard seducing a young gay mortal. The cover blurb nicely paraphrases the opening narration for the pilot episode of the TV series, while drag queen Auntie Mame does a turn as meddling mother-in-law, "Eudora."
Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank (US, 2006), with Heidi Brucker, Danilo Mancinelli, Mira Rayson, Danny Kitz. Directed by Kirk Bowman.
The Callow Witch (Acemi cadi, Turkey television mini-series, 2006), with Merve Bolugur, Simge Selçuk, Nergis Kumbasar, Celal Kadri Kinoglu. Directed by Feride Kaytan.
The Covenant (US, 2006), with Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch. Directed by Renny Harlin.
Dunwich (US, 2006), with Keith Anctil, Leo Lunser, Kathryn Morrison, Matty Marcinuk. Directed by Christian Matzke, Sarah Tarling.
Eragon (US, 2006), with Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle. Directed by Stefan Fangmeier.
The Girls Next Door: “Girls Will Be Ghouls” (US television series episode, October 15, 2006), with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Kevin Burns.
Happily N’Ever After (US/ Germany, animated, 2006), with voices of George Carlin, Andy Dick, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jon Polito. Directed by Paul J. Bolger and Yvette Kaplan. Stepdaughter must stop her wicked stepmother from taking over Fairy Tale Land.
Hogfather (UK/US, 2006), with David Jason, Marc Warren, Michelle Dockery, Ian Richardson. Directed by Vadim Jean. Based on the Terry Pratchett novel.
Lady in the Water (US, 2006), with Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. An apartment manager finds a water nymph living in his complex’s swimming pool and helps her return to her native world.
Macbeth (Australia, 2006), with Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Gary Sweet. Directed by Geoffrey Wright.
Merlin's Apprentice (US / Canada television mini-series, 2006), with Sam Neill, John Reardon, Tegan Moss, Miranda Richardson. Directed by David Wu.
Night Watch 2 (Dnevnoy dozor, Russia 2006), with Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov.
The Other Gods (US, animated short, 2006). Based on HP Lovecraft's short story.
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno, Spain, 2006), with Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Sergi Lopez. Directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (US, 2006), with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Naomie Harris. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
Power Rangers Mystic Force (US / Japan television series, 2006), with Firass Dirani, Nic Sampson, Peta Rutter, Antonia Prebble. Directed by Mark Beesley, Charlie Haskell, Andrew Merrifield, others.
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (US, 2006), with Doug Bradley, Douglas Roberts, Lisa McAllister, Tess Panzer. Directed by Jake West.
Return to Halloweentown (US television movie, 2006), with Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Kristy Wu. Directed by David Jackson.
Ritual (US, 2006), with Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Daniel Lopaine, Kristen Wilson. Directed by Avi Nesher. Remake of I Walked with a Zombie.
Silent Hill (US, 2006), with Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Alice Krige, Laurie Holden. Directed by Christopher Gans.
Scary Movie 4 (US, 2006), with Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Leslie Nielsen. Directed by David Zucker.
Stay Alive (US, 2006), with Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Sophia Bush. Directed by William Brent Bell. Elizabeth Bathory kills teenagers Freddy Krueger style as they play a cursed video game.
Susannah (US, 2006), with Rachel Haynes, Pierce Forsythe, Estefania Crespo, Elizabeth Dashiell. Directed by Sarah Michelle Abbott.
Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (US, 2006), with Jack Black, Kyle Gass, J.R. Reed, Ronnie James Dio. Directed by Liam Lynch.
Voodoo Lagoon (Australia, 2006), with Ashley Hamilton, John Noble, Lara Cox, Lincoln Lewis. Directed by Nick Cohen.
The Wicker Man (US, 2006), with Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conro. Directed by Neil LaBute. Remake of the 1973 film has Burstyn replacing Christopher Lee as leader of the local pagan cult, which has a matriarchal hold on the island. The analogy between the island and a colony of bees is interesting but not really fleshed out well, nor is Cage’s devotion to New Age-y self-help tapes. Rather than the puritanical Christian portrayed by Edward Woodward in the original, Cage’s character is simply a rude jerk. The original version remains superior.
The Witches Hammer (UK, 2006), with George Anton, Tina Barnes, Stephanie Beacham, Claudia Coulter. Directed by James Eaves.
Witchwise (US, 2006), with Amy Anzel, Spencer Daniels, Colby French, Mary Eileen O'Donnell. Directed by Joe Harris.
Bell Witch: The Movie (US, 2007), with Betsy Palmer, J.D. Hart, Hope Banks, Cody Newton. Directed by Shane Marr.
By Blood and By Water (UK, 2007), with Jennifer Belander, Montserrat Roig de Puig, Jonathan Hansler, Diana Hedley. Directed by Jennifer Belander.
Cthulhu (US, 2007), with Jason Cottle, Scott Green, Cara Buono, Tori Spelling. Directed by Dan Gildark.
Club Satan: The Witches’ Sabbath (US, 2007), with Cassandra Cruz, Dakota, Paris Gables, Scott Lyons. Directed by Shane Bugbee.
Doctor Who: “The Shakespeare Code” (UK television series episode, April 7, 2007), with David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Dean Lennox Kelly, Christina Cole. Directed by Charles Palmer.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (US, 2007), with Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis. Directed by Tim Story. Charmed’s Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom, who is noticeably lacking in the sorcerer’s skills the comic version possesses.
Ghost Rider (US, 2007), with Nicholas Cage, Eva Mundes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK/US, 2007), with Daniel Radcliffe, Ruper Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane. Directed by David Yates.
Macbeth (UK/ US, 2007), with Fergus March, Amelia Powers, Anthony Head, John Samuel Worsey. Directed by Matt Holt.
Mother of Tears (La terza madre, Italy, 2007), with Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias. Directed by Dario Argento.
Never Say Macbeth (US, 2007), with Joe Tyler Gold, Velvet Rhodes, Diane Hurley, Melodee Spevack. Directed by Christopher J. Prouty.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (US, 2007), with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Naomie Harris. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
Puffball (UK/Ireland/Canada, 2007), with Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Oscar Pearce. Directed by Nicolas Roeg.
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (US, 2007), with Amy Manson, Bradley Taylor, Claire Lams, Rob Freeman. Directed by Michael Hurst.
The Sarah Jane Adventures: “Eye of the Gorgon” (UK/Canada television series episode, 2007), with Elisabeth Sladen, Maria Jackson, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony. Directed by Alice Troughton.
The Search for the Next Elvira (US television series, 2007), with Cassandra Peterson, Christian Greenia, Patterson Lundquist, Cindy Sorenson.
Skin Crawl (US, 2007), with Julian Wells, Kevin G. Shinnick, Debbie Rochon, Armand Anthony. Directed by Justin Wingenfeld.
Sleeping Betty (2007 short)
Stardust (US, 2007), with Nathaniel Parker, Robert DeNiro, Ian McKellen, Peter OToole. Directed by Matthew Vaughn.
Tin Man (US television mini-series, 2007), with Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cummings, Neal McDonough, Richard Dreyfuss. Directed by
Torchwood: “Small Worlds” (UK television series episode, 2007), with John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori. Directed by Alice Troughton.
Torchwood: “End of Days” (UK television series episode, 2007), with John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori. Directed by Ashley Way.
Trick 'r Treat (US, 2007), with Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox. Dorected by Michael Dougherty.
Ugly Betty: “Something Wicked This Way Comes” (US television episode, 2007), with America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty. Directed by Victor Nelli Jr..
The Witch Hunter (El Cazador de la bruja, Japan animated television series, 2007), with voices of Aya Hisakawa, Shizuka Ito, Kenta Miyake, Ai Shimizu. Directed by Kôichi Mashimo.
Witches’ Night (US, 2007), with Gil McKinney, Jeff Christian, Wesley Walker, Kymberly Harris. Directed by Paul Traynor.
Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes (Canada, 2008), with Roddy Piper, Dalton Mugridge, Christopher Fazio, Jennifer Pearson. Directed by Mark McNabb.
Demon Resurrection (US, 2008), with Alexis Golightly, Damian Ladd, Laurie Miller, Bashir Solebo. Directed by William Hopkins.
The Good Witch (Canada television movie, 2008) , with Catherine Bell, Chris Potter, Catherine Disher, Peter MacNeill. Directed by Craig Pryce.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (US/UK, 2008), with Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Ruper Gint. Directed by David Yates.
Her Morbid Desires (US, 2008), with Erica P. Hanson, Ronn Moss, Molly Murphy, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Edward L. Plumb.
Jumper (US, 2008), with Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Doug Liman.
Legend of the Seeker (US television series, 2008-2010), with Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence, Craig Parker. Created by Sam Raimi, Terry Goodkind. Based on the The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.
The Mentalist: "Red Rum" (US television series episode, 2008), with Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman. Directed by Dean White.
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (US, 2008), with Simon Lloyd-Roberts, Dylan Jones, Jurgen Prochnow, Nia Ann. Directed by Mark Atkins.
The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens (Canada, 2008), with Roddy Piper, Dalton Mugridge, Christopher Fazio, Jennifer Pearson. Directed by Mark McNabb.
Rock Monster (US television movie, 2008), with Chad Collins, Natalie Denise Sperl, Alicia Lagano, David Figlioli. Directed by Declan O’Brien.
The Witch of the West Is Dead (Nishi no majo ga shinda, Japan, 2008), with Yuichi Kimura, Nao Omori, Sachi Parker, Ryô. Directed by Shunichi Nagasaki.
Witch House: The Legend of Petronel Haxley (UK, 2008), with Tamzin Aitken, Natalie Chapman, Alastair Chisholm, Lara Doree. Directed by Mike McCarthy.
Merlin and the Book of Beasts (Canada, 2009), with James Callis, Laura Harris, Jesse Moss, Patrick Sabongui. Directed by Warren Sonoda.
Midnight Chronicles (US, 2009), with Charles Hubbell, Matt Amendt, Steve Sweere, Dawn Brodey. Directed by Christian T. Peterson.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (UK/ US, 2010), with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by David Yates.
Witchville (US / China television movie, 2010), with Luke Goss, Sarah Douglas, Ed Speleers, MyAnna Burring. Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo.
Grimm (US television series, 2011), with David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell. Created by Stephen Carpenter, David Greenwalt.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (UK/ US, 2011), with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by David Yates.
Once Upon a Time (US television series, 2011), with Ginnifir Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas. Created by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz.
Thor (US, 2011), with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
The Avengers (US, 2012), with Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Tom Hiddleston. Directed by Joss Whedon.
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (UK/US, 2012), with Paulie Rojas, Billy Boyd, Eliza Swenson, Mia Sara. Directed by Leigh Scott.
Grimm's Snow White (US, 2012), with Eliza Bennett, Jane March, Jamie Thomas King, Otto Jankvich. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg.
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Canada/France, 2012), with Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Adelaide Clemens, Malcolm McDowell. Directed by Michael J. Bassett.
Snow White and the Huntsman (US, 2012), with Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin. Directed by Rupert Sanders.
American Horror Story: Coven (US television series, 2013), with Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson. Created by Ryan Murphy.
Merlin's Magic (US, 2013), with Oaken Whittaker, Cate Allen, D.L. Walker, Demitria Cline. Directed by Mayra Garcia.
Orange is the New Black (US television series, 2013- ), with Taylor Schilling, Laura Pepron, Uzo Aduba. Created by Jenji Kohan.
Oz the Great and Powerful (US, 2013), with James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Sleepy Hollow (US television series, 2013- ), with Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter. Created by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci.
Thor 2: The Dark World (US, 2013), with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christopher Eccleston, Tom Hiddleston. Directed by Alan Taylor.
Witches of East End (US television series, 2013- ), with Julia Ormond, Madchen Amick, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Rachel Boston. Developed by Maggie Friedman.
Dracula Untold (US/Ireland, 2014), with Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, William Houston, Dominic Cooper. Directed by Gary Shore.
Into Darkness (US, 2014), with Race Cooper, Seven Dixon, Boomer Banks, Shawn Wolfe. Directed by Steve Cruz.
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (Canada, 2014), with Lea Michele, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, Kelsey Grammer. Directed by Dan St. Pierre, Will Finn. Based on Dorothy of Oz, by Roger S. Baum.
Maleficent (US, 2014), with Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley. Directed by Robert Stromberg.
Penny Dreadful (US television series, 2014), with Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett, Eva Green, Harry Treadaway. Created by John Logan.
Salem (US television series, 2014), with Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe. Produced by Josh S. Barry.
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Mahou sentai Magirenjâ the Movie: Bride of Infershia (Japan, 2005), with Atsushi Hashimoto, Asami Kai, Yuki Ito, Machiko Soga. Director unknown.
Masters of Horror (2005 TV series)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (US television, 2005), with Ashanti, Jeffrey Tambor, David Alan Grier, Queen Latifah. Directed by Kirk R. Thatcher.
Murder in Suburbia: "Witches" (UK television series episode, May 28, 2005), with Lisa Faulkner, Jeremy Sheffield, Caroline Catz, Montserrat Lombard. Directed by Jonathan Fox Bassett.
Nanny McPhee (US, 2005), with Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Thomas Sangster. Directed by Kirk Jones.
The New Worst Witch (UK television series, 2005 - 2006), with Alice Connor, Dominique Jackson, Caroline O'Neill, Clare Coulter. Directed by Indra Bhose, Andrew Gunn.
New Year’s Fairy Tale (Deda Mraz u bacji, Yugoslavia, 2005), with Elena Tuksar, Mirjana Sesa, Bojan Stefanovic, Adela Turkone. Directed by Bojana Malkanovic Udicki.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (US television, 2005), with Joey Hrapkiewitz, Emily Bohne, Cyndi Hotopp, Kera O'Bryon. Directed by Steve Young.
The Queer Witch Project (US, 2005), with K.C. Hart, Will Clark, Kurt Young, Ethan Marke. Four hour compilation DVD of sex scenes from various gay pornographic movies, some of which happen to be set in the woods, with one apparently spoofing the "Scream" movies. Not really a send-up of "The Blair Witch Project" or having anything to do with witches at all, this is just the rather misleading use of a popular movie to sell porn.
Runt (US, 2005), with Michael Phillip Edwards, Carl Bradshaw, Nadege Auguste, Patrice Pitman Quinn. Directed by Michael Phillip Edwards.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (US, 2005), with Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively. Directed by Ken Kwapis.
The Skeleton Key (US, 2005), with Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard. Direted by Iain Softley. A young woman accepts a job as a hospice caretaker at a rambling Louisiana mansion and finds hoodoo being put to malevolent use, but not in the way she suspects. The DVD special features include a mini-documentary on voodoo and hoodoo, with an interview with Haitian voodoo priestess Mama Lola.
Son of the Mask (US, 2005), with Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Ben Stein. Directed by Laurence Guterman.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (US, 2005), with Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid. Directed by George Lucas.
Supernatural (US television series, 2005 - ), with Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jim Beaver.
To a Devil a Dog (US documentary, 2005), with Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, Jerome M. Zeitman. Directed by William Hellfire, Andrew Tammen.
Venom (US, 2005), with Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona. Directed by Jim Gillespie. Louisiana voodoo resurrects a dead man who then goes on a killing spree.
Waning Solstice (US, 2005), with Amy Berry, Chris Yost Bremen, Scott Brotherton, Joe Burttram. Directed by Shane Will.
The Witch from Melchet Street (Israel, 2005), with Rosina Kambus, Eyal Cohen, Benny Avni, Lupo Berkowitch. Directed by Dina Zvi-Riklis.
The Witches of Breastwick (US, 2005), with Matt Dalpiaz, Monique Parent, Jay Richardson, Stormy Daniels. Directed by Jim Wynorski.
The Witches of Breastwick 2 (US, 2005), with Tylene Buck, Frankie Cullen, Taimie Hannum, Lexi Lamour. Directed by Jim Wynorski.
Witches of the Caribbean (US, 2005), with Joanna Cassidy, Nicole Cavazos, Nicole Marie Monica, Kelli Giddish. Directed by David DeCoteau.
The Wood Witch (US, 2005), with Harrison Matthews, Clement the Frog, Karina Poyerd, Michael Springer. Directed by Jon Springer.
An American Haunting (US/UK, 2006), with Donald Sutherland, James D’Arcy, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood. Directed by Courtney Solomon. The legend of the Bell Witch is the subject of this film.
Apocalypse Oz (US, 2006), with Alexandra Gizela, M.C. Gainey, Tammy Garrett, Amy Lyndon. Directed by Ewan Tilford.
Beastly Boyz (US, 2006), Directed by David DeCoteau.
BeTwinked (US, 2006) , with Brandon Brooks, Constantine, Gabriel DuBois, Jayden Holloway. Gay pornographic send-up of the "Bewitched" television series, with a young gay wizard seducing a young gay mortal. The cover blurb nicely paraphrases the opening narration for the pilot episode of the TV series, while drag queen Auntie Mame does a turn as meddling mother-in-law, "Eudora."
Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank (US, 2006), with Heidi Brucker, Danilo Mancinelli, Mira Rayson, Danny Kitz. Directed by Kirk Bowman.
The Callow Witch (Acemi cadi, Turkey television mini-series, 2006), with Merve Bolugur, Simge Selçuk, Nergis Kumbasar, Celal Kadri Kinoglu. Directed by Feride Kaytan.
The Covenant (US, 2006), with Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch. Directed by Renny Harlin.
Dunwich (US, 2006), with Keith Anctil, Leo Lunser, Kathryn Morrison, Matty Marcinuk. Directed by Christian Matzke, Sarah Tarling.
Eragon (US, 2006), with Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle. Directed by Stefan Fangmeier.
The Girls Next Door: “Girls Will Be Ghouls” (US television series episode, October 15, 2006), with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Kevin Burns.
Happily N’Ever After (US/ Germany, animated, 2006), with voices of George Carlin, Andy Dick, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jon Polito. Directed by Paul J. Bolger and Yvette Kaplan. Stepdaughter must stop her wicked stepmother from taking over Fairy Tale Land.
Hogfather (UK/US, 2006), with David Jason, Marc Warren, Michelle Dockery, Ian Richardson. Directed by Vadim Jean. Based on the Terry Pratchett novel.
Lady in the Water (US, 2006), with Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. An apartment manager finds a water nymph living in his complex’s swimming pool and helps her return to her native world.
Macbeth (Australia, 2006), with Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Gary Sweet. Directed by Geoffrey Wright.
Merlin's Apprentice (US / Canada television mini-series, 2006), with Sam Neill, John Reardon, Tegan Moss, Miranda Richardson. Directed by David Wu.
Night Watch 2 (Dnevnoy dozor, Russia 2006), with Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov.
The Other Gods (US, animated short, 2006). Based on HP Lovecraft's short story.
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno, Spain, 2006), with Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Sergi Lopez. Directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (US, 2006), with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Naomie Harris. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
Power Rangers Mystic Force (US / Japan television series, 2006), with Firass Dirani, Nic Sampson, Peta Rutter, Antonia Prebble. Directed by Mark Beesley, Charlie Haskell, Andrew Merrifield, others.
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (US, 2006), with Doug Bradley, Douglas Roberts, Lisa McAllister, Tess Panzer. Directed by Jake West.
Return to Halloweentown (US television movie, 2006), with Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Kristy Wu. Directed by David Jackson.
Ritual (US, 2006), with Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Daniel Lopaine, Kristen Wilson. Directed by Avi Nesher. Remake of I Walked with a Zombie.
Silent Hill (US, 2006), with Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Alice Krige, Laurie Holden. Directed by Christopher Gans.
Scary Movie 4 (US, 2006), with Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Leslie Nielsen. Directed by David Zucker.
Stay Alive (US, 2006), with Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Sophia Bush. Directed by William Brent Bell. Elizabeth Bathory kills teenagers Freddy Krueger style as they play a cursed video game.
Susannah (US, 2006), with Rachel Haynes, Pierce Forsythe, Estefania Crespo, Elizabeth Dashiell. Directed by Sarah Michelle Abbott.
Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (US, 2006), with Jack Black, Kyle Gass, J.R. Reed, Ronnie James Dio. Directed by Liam Lynch.
Voodoo Lagoon (Australia, 2006), with Ashley Hamilton, John Noble, Lara Cox, Lincoln Lewis. Directed by Nick Cohen.
The Wicker Man (US, 2006), with Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conro. Directed by Neil LaBute. Remake of the 1973 film has Burstyn replacing Christopher Lee as leader of the local pagan cult, which has a matriarchal hold on the island. The analogy between the island and a colony of bees is interesting but not really fleshed out well, nor is Cage’s devotion to New Age-y self-help tapes. Rather than the puritanical Christian portrayed by Edward Woodward in the original, Cage’s character is simply a rude jerk. The original version remains superior.
The Witches Hammer (UK, 2006), with George Anton, Tina Barnes, Stephanie Beacham, Claudia Coulter. Directed by James Eaves.
Witchwise (US, 2006), with Amy Anzel, Spencer Daniels, Colby French, Mary Eileen O'Donnell. Directed by Joe Harris.
Bell Witch: The Movie (US, 2007), with Betsy Palmer, J.D. Hart, Hope Banks, Cody Newton. Directed by Shane Marr.
By Blood and By Water (UK, 2007), with Jennifer Belander, Montserrat Roig de Puig, Jonathan Hansler, Diana Hedley. Directed by Jennifer Belander.
Cthulhu (US, 2007), with Jason Cottle, Scott Green, Cara Buono, Tori Spelling. Directed by Dan Gildark.
Club Satan: The Witches’ Sabbath (US, 2007), with Cassandra Cruz, Dakota, Paris Gables, Scott Lyons. Directed by Shane Bugbee.
Doctor Who: “The Shakespeare Code” (UK television series episode, April 7, 2007), with David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Dean Lennox Kelly, Christina Cole. Directed by Charles Palmer.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (US, 2007), with Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis. Directed by Tim Story. Charmed’s Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom, who is noticeably lacking in the sorcerer’s skills the comic version possesses.
Ghost Rider (US, 2007), with Nicholas Cage, Eva Mundes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK/US, 2007), with Daniel Radcliffe, Ruper Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane. Directed by David Yates.
Macbeth (UK/ US, 2007), with Fergus March, Amelia Powers, Anthony Head, John Samuel Worsey. Directed by Matt Holt.
Mother of Tears (La terza madre, Italy, 2007), with Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias. Directed by Dario Argento.
Never Say Macbeth (US, 2007), with Joe Tyler Gold, Velvet Rhodes, Diane Hurley, Melodee Spevack. Directed by Christopher J. Prouty.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (US, 2007), with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Naomie Harris. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
Puffball (UK/Ireland/Canada, 2007), with Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Oscar Pearce. Directed by Nicolas Roeg.
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (US, 2007), with Amy Manson, Bradley Taylor, Claire Lams, Rob Freeman. Directed by Michael Hurst.
The Sarah Jane Adventures: “Eye of the Gorgon” (UK/Canada television series episode, 2007), with Elisabeth Sladen, Maria Jackson, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony. Directed by Alice Troughton.
The Search for the Next Elvira (US television series, 2007), with Cassandra Peterson, Christian Greenia, Patterson Lundquist, Cindy Sorenson.
Skin Crawl (US, 2007), with Julian Wells, Kevin G. Shinnick, Debbie Rochon, Armand Anthony. Directed by Justin Wingenfeld.
Sleeping Betty (2007 short)
Stardust (US, 2007), with Nathaniel Parker, Robert DeNiro, Ian McKellen, Peter OToole. Directed by Matthew Vaughn.
Tin Man (US television mini-series, 2007), with Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cummings, Neal McDonough, Richard Dreyfuss. Directed by
Torchwood: “Small Worlds” (UK television series episode, 2007), with John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori. Directed by Alice Troughton.
Torchwood: “End of Days” (UK television series episode, 2007), with John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori. Directed by Ashley Way.
Trick 'r Treat (US, 2007), with Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox. Dorected by Michael Dougherty.
Ugly Betty: “Something Wicked This Way Comes” (US television episode, 2007), with America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty. Directed by Victor Nelli Jr..
The Witch Hunter (El Cazador de la bruja, Japan animated television series, 2007), with voices of Aya Hisakawa, Shizuka Ito, Kenta Miyake, Ai Shimizu. Directed by Kôichi Mashimo.
Witches’ Night (US, 2007), with Gil McKinney, Jeff Christian, Wesley Walker, Kymberly Harris. Directed by Paul Traynor.
Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes (Canada, 2008), with Roddy Piper, Dalton Mugridge, Christopher Fazio, Jennifer Pearson. Directed by Mark McNabb.
Demon Resurrection (US, 2008), with Alexis Golightly, Damian Ladd, Laurie Miller, Bashir Solebo. Directed by William Hopkins.
The Good Witch (Canada television movie, 2008) , with Catherine Bell, Chris Potter, Catherine Disher, Peter MacNeill. Directed by Craig Pryce.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (US/UK, 2008), with Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Ruper Gint. Directed by David Yates.
Her Morbid Desires (US, 2008), with Erica P. Hanson, Ronn Moss, Molly Murphy, Cassandra Peterson. Directed by Edward L. Plumb.
Jumper (US, 2008), with Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Doug Liman.
Legend of the Seeker (US television series, 2008-2010), with Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence, Craig Parker. Created by Sam Raimi, Terry Goodkind. Based on the The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.
The Mentalist: "Red Rum" (US television series episode, 2008), with Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman. Directed by Dean White.
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (US, 2008), with Simon Lloyd-Roberts, Dylan Jones, Jurgen Prochnow, Nia Ann. Directed by Mark Atkins.
The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens (Canada, 2008), with Roddy Piper, Dalton Mugridge, Christopher Fazio, Jennifer Pearson. Directed by Mark McNabb.
Rock Monster (US television movie, 2008), with Chad Collins, Natalie Denise Sperl, Alicia Lagano, David Figlioli. Directed by Declan O’Brien.
The Witch of the West Is Dead (Nishi no majo ga shinda, Japan, 2008), with Yuichi Kimura, Nao Omori, Sachi Parker, Ryô. Directed by Shunichi Nagasaki.
Witch House: The Legend of Petronel Haxley (UK, 2008), with Tamzin Aitken, Natalie Chapman, Alastair Chisholm, Lara Doree. Directed by Mike McCarthy.
Merlin and the Book of Beasts (Canada, 2009), with James Callis, Laura Harris, Jesse Moss, Patrick Sabongui. Directed by Warren Sonoda.
Midnight Chronicles (US, 2009), with Charles Hubbell, Matt Amendt, Steve Sweere, Dawn Brodey. Directed by Christian T. Peterson.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (UK/ US, 2010), with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by David Yates.
Witchville (US / China television movie, 2010), with Luke Goss, Sarah Douglas, Ed Speleers, MyAnna Burring. Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo.
Grimm (US television series, 2011), with David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell. Created by Stephen Carpenter, David Greenwalt.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (UK/ US, 2011), with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by David Yates.
Once Upon a Time (US television series, 2011), with Ginnifir Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas. Created by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz.
Thor (US, 2011), with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
The Avengers (US, 2012), with Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Tom Hiddleston. Directed by Joss Whedon.
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (UK/US, 2012), with Paulie Rojas, Billy Boyd, Eliza Swenson, Mia Sara. Directed by Leigh Scott.
Grimm's Snow White (US, 2012), with Eliza Bennett, Jane March, Jamie Thomas King, Otto Jankvich. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg.
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Canada/France, 2012), with Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Adelaide Clemens, Malcolm McDowell. Directed by Michael J. Bassett.
Snow White and the Huntsman (US, 2012), with Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin. Directed by Rupert Sanders.
American Horror Story: Coven (US television series, 2013), with Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson. Created by Ryan Murphy.
Merlin's Magic (US, 2013), with Oaken Whittaker, Cate Allen, D.L. Walker, Demitria Cline. Directed by Mayra Garcia.
Orange is the New Black (US television series, 2013- ), with Taylor Schilling, Laura Pepron, Uzo Aduba. Created by Jenji Kohan.
Oz the Great and Powerful (US, 2013), with James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Sleepy Hollow (US television series, 2013- ), with Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter. Created by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci.
Thor 2: The Dark World (US, 2013), with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christopher Eccleston, Tom Hiddleston. Directed by Alan Taylor.
Witches of East End (US television series, 2013- ), with Julia Ormond, Madchen Amick, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Rachel Boston. Developed by Maggie Friedman.
Dracula Untold (US/Ireland, 2014), with Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, William Houston, Dominic Cooper. Directed by Gary Shore.
Into Darkness (US, 2014), with Race Cooper, Seven Dixon, Boomer Banks, Shawn Wolfe. Directed by Steve Cruz.
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (Canada, 2014), with Lea Michele, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, Kelsey Grammer. Directed by Dan St. Pierre, Will Finn. Based on Dorothy of Oz, by Roger S. Baum.
Maleficent (US, 2014), with Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley. Directed by Robert Stromberg.
Penny Dreadful (US television series, 2014), with Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett, Eva Green, Harry Treadaway. Created by John Logan.
Salem (US television series, 2014), with Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe. Produced by Josh S. Barry.
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