As Grace Churchill is having her baby, disturbing visions flash in her mind that show two witches being burned at the stake. It is later learned that these two people are John and Elizabeth Stockwell, who were burned in the year 1687. The visions seem to stop once her baby, whom she names William, is born. Things get worse when she, her husband, and the baby temporarily move into her mother-in-law’s creepy old house. It’s here that the visions start returning, and all sorts of spooky events start happening around her, including a priest hanging himself in their backyard. Grace discovers that the two witches she saw burned at the stake are her husband and mother-in-law, and they claim William as theirs. As the two try to kill Grace in a Satanic ritual, they are killed by their mute butler, leaving Grace to save William.
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Anat Topol as Grace Churchill
Gary Sloan as John Stockton / John Stockwell
Mary Shelley as Elizabeth Stockton / Elizabeth Stockwell
Although Witchcraft was unsuccessful in theaters, it became the first in the successful Witchcraft series of direct-to-video films.[3] In reviewing the entire series, The A.V. Club called the film a ripoff of Rosemary's Baby, but also called it the best film in the entire series.[4] John Stanley in his Creature Feature book gave the movie two out of five stars.[5]
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The film was released on video in 1988, and re-released October 15, 1997, on DVD.
^Clarke Fountain (2014). . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14.
^Alvarez, Max J. (1994-12-30). "Big Names Look For Bright Lights In Videoland". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
^Rife, Katie (October 30, 2015). "We dutifully sat through all 13 entries in horror's longest-running franchise". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
witchcraft, 1988, film, witchcraft, also, known, witch, warlock, 1988, american, supernatural, horror, film, directed, spera, starring, anat, topol, gary, sloan, mary, shelley, elizabeth, stocton, deborah, scott, alexander, kirkwood, kissman, ross, newton, scr. Witchcraft also known as Witch and Warlock is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by Rob Spera and starring Anat Topol Gary Sloan Mary Shelley Elizabeth Stocton Deborah Scott Alexander Kirkwood Lee Kissman and Ross Newton 1 The screenplay was written by Jody Savin 1 It is the first film in the Witchcraft series 2 followed by Witchcraft II The Temptress WitchcraftDVD coverDirected byRob SperaWritten byJody SavinProduced byJerry FeiferYoram BarzilaiStarringAnat TopolGary SloanMary ShelleyCinematographyJens SturupEdited byTony MillerMusic byRandy MillerDistributed bySimitar Entertainment USA DVD Release datesNovember 1988 1988 11 United Kingdom March 2 1989 1989 03 02 United States Running time86 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Home media 5 References 6 External linksPlot editAs Grace Churchill is having her baby disturbing visions flash in her mind that show two witches being burned at the stake It is later learned that these two people are John and Elizabeth Stockwell who were burned in the year 1687 The visions seem to stop once her baby whom she names William is born Things get worse when she her husband and the baby temporarily move into her mother in law s creepy old house It s here that the visions start returning and all sorts of spooky events start happening around her including a priest hanging himself in their backyard Grace discovers that the two witches she saw burned at the stake are her husband and mother in law and they claim William as theirs As the two try to kill Grace in a Satanic ritual they are killed by their mute butler leaving Grace to save William Cast editAnat Topol as Grace Churchill Gary Sloan as John Stockton John Stockwell Mary Shelley as Elizabeth Stockton Elizabeth Stockwell Deborah Scott as Linda Alexander Kirkwood as Priest Lee Kissman as Ellsworth Ross Newton as WilliamReception editAlthough Witchcraft was unsuccessful in theaters it became the first in the successful Witchcraft series of direct to video films 3 In reviewing the entire series The A V Club called the film a ripoff of Rosemary s Baby but also called it the best film in the entire series 4 John Stanley in his Creature Feature book gave the movie two out of five stars 5 Home media editThe film was released on video in 1988 and re released October 15 1997 on DVD References edit a b Witchcraft Cast Credits amp Awards Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times 17 August 2023 dead link Clarke Fountain 2014 Witchcraft Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Archived from the original on 2014 08 14 Alvarez Max J 1994 12 30 Big Names Look For Bright Lights In Videoland Chicago Tribune Retrieved 2018 07 22 Rife Katie October 30 2015 We dutifully sat through all 13 entries in horror s longest running franchise The A V Club Retrieved June 30 2017 Stanley John 2000 2nd Edition Creature Feature Berkley BoulevardExternal links editWitchcraft at IMDb nbsp Witchcraft at AllMovie nbsp This article about a 1980s horror film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to an American film of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Witchcraft 1988 film amp oldid 1222105639, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
