Rent Witchcraft (1988)
2.4 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 33min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- When pregnant Jane (Linda Blair) and her family visit a secluded island to check out a proposed real estate deal, things start to go wrong when they come across two trespassers, supernatural expert Leslie (Leslie Cumming) and her boyfriend Gary (David Hasselhoff). Forced to spend the night in a dilapidated house, the group are soon plunged into a nightmare of death and destruction at the hands of the powerful and mysterious Lady in Black (Hildegard Knef). 'Witchcraft' is a carnage fuelled splatter fest, a rabid romp incorporating hauntings, possession and unexpected twists and turns.
- Actors:
- David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland, Annie Ross, Hildegard Knef, Leslie Cumming, Robert Champagne, Rick Farnsworth, Michael Manchester, Frank Cammarata, Victoria Biggers, Ely Coughlin, Kara Lynch, Jamie Hanes, Richard Ladenburg, George Stevens
- Directors:
- Fabrizio Laurenti
- Producers:
- Joe D'Amato
- Writers:
- Harry Spalding, Daniele Stroppa
- Aka:
- Witchery / La casa 4 (Witchcraft) / Ghosthouse 2 / Evil Encounters
- Studio:
- Stax
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/06/2020
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Lighting Witchcraft - An Interview with Cinematographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia
- The Music of Witches - An Interview with Composer Carlo Maria Cordio
- The Witch's Mirage - An Interview with Acclaimed Film Director Luigi Cozzi
- Mirages and Witchcrafts - An Interview with Director Fabrizio Laurenti
- The Sound of Witchcraft - An Interview with Sound Technician Piero Parisi
- Return to Witchcraft: Before and After - Locations then and now filmed by Fabrizio Laurenti
- The Immigrant - A Short Film by Director Fabrizio Laurenti
- Original Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Witchcraft
Camp so-bad-it's-silly entertainment - Witchcraft review by BG
Oh dear.
Leslie Cumming and her sleazy boyfriend Gary (Hasselhoff, playing sexually impatient macho man with gusto) sneak onto an unattractive island where a hotel with suspiciously modern fixtures was the scene of a witch hunt that now leaves a curse lingering over the vacant property.
With great foresight and business sense, a family of hard-headed investors firmly say they won't part with a dime before seeing it and then show up on the island have just bought it (it's that kind of script), having made the savvy decision to bring a heavily pregnant Linda Blair on a choppy boat trip to look around a dilapidated island hotel. (Their hotel's gonna be REAL big on health & safety!)
Leslie drifts around being dreamily intrigued and having the plot explained to her by a tatty notebook, while a mysterious and glamorous woman in black occasionally flashes jewellery at people and and random selection of them die in absurd and unintentionally hilarious ways.
There's bad writing, bad acting, bad editing (it's night! It's day! It's night again!) and it's pretty poor in general, but the entertainment factor is high as long as you don't mind a lack of actual scares.
It's not a classic by any means, but it is entertaining to watch.
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