The Witches

The Witches

classified 12A

part of Curses, Cults & Covens: The Birth of British Folk Horror

Film

Please note: This was screened in May 2024

Director
Cyril Frankel
Cast
Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen
Details
90 mins, 1966, UK
Primary language
English

A forerunner to the wave of folk horror to follow, this underrated Hammer horror stars Joan Fontaine.

Fontaine plays a young school teacher who takes up a post in the sleepy English village of Heddaby.

The idyllic facade of country life is slowly stripped back as she uncovers a secretive occult group bent on making a sacrificial offering.

Part of our Curses, Cults & Covens: The Birth of British Folk Horror season, screening throughout May.

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