What do the 'Devils Own' do after dark?
The Witches represented all the things I was looking for in a Hammer production - horror, tension and slightly hammy acting although not all were performed to the highest quality. Joan Fontaine whom I'd admired many years before in Hitchcock's tantalising movie 'Rebecca' seemed a tad overcast here, opting for manic and over the top performing to the camera which didn't do her justice to the subtle beauty she once was. The fact this was her last screen movie probably answers that. The story itself had far too many holes in it to make sense to me, concerning a woman who moves to a new village and takes a role of a teacher, hoping to make new friends. What she finds however is completely horrific in te form of a group of women who profess to voodoo dolls and black magic... Hmm, you can hardly see that happening down your local post office and although of course Hammer is not meant to be believable, there are films concerning witches that do appear more realistic than this. Overhyped acting makes for a surprisingly slow and gritty movie, with not enough heart to allow the audience to empathise fully with any of the characters.
Rating 2.5/5
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