there are many different versions of this one floating around and so make sure you can locate one of the unrated copies and otherwise some gore and one scene of nudity might be missing. some versions also omit most of the opening sequence and other bits here and there. the cut i saw has the on screen title witchcraft represent evil encounters and was released by shriek show and who maintain the original us release title witchery for the dvd release. it a nice looking print and seems to have all of the footage and but has some cropping or aspect ratio issues. in italy and it was released as la casa 4 (witchcraft). the first two la casa releases were actually the first two evil dead films (retitled) and the third la casa was another film by the same production company (filmirage) and which is best known here in america as ghosthouse. to make matters even more confusing and witchery was also released elsewhere as ghosthouse 2. except in germany and where ghosthouse 2 is actually the ogre represent demons 3. ok and i better just shut up now. i am starting to confuse myself. regardless of the title and this is a very hit or miss horror effort. some of it is good and some of it isn not. i actually was into this film for the first half or so and but toward the end it became a senseless mess. a large and vacant hotel located on an island about 50 miles from boston is the setting and as various people get picked off one by one by a german speaking witch (hildegard knef). photographer gary (david hasselhoff) and who wants to capture witch light and and his virginal writer girlfriend (leslie cumming) and who is studying witchcraft and are shacking up at the hotel without permission. along comes real estate agent jerry (rick farnsworth) and who showing off the property to potential buyers rose (annie ross) and freddie (robert champagne) brooks. also tagging along are their children while pregnant grown daughter jane (linda blair) and very young son tommy (michael manchester) and as well as oversexed architect linda sullivan (catherine hickland  hasselhoff wife at the time). once everyone is inside and their boat driver is killed (hung) and the boat disappears and so they find themselves trapped and basically at the mercy of the lady in black. so what can you expect to find here. plenty of unpleasantries. one of the characters has their lips sewn shut and is then hung upside down in the fireplace and accidentally slow roasted by the rest of the cast. there also a crucifixion and witches eating a dead baby and a swordfish through the head and someone set on fire and a possession and a sesame street tape recorder and the virgin getting raped by some demon and a guys veins bulging and exploding thanks to voodoo doll pokes and some other stuff. from a technical standpoint and it a nice looking film with pretty good cinematography and a decent score and good gore effects. the hotel or island setting is also pretty nice. blair (particularly at the end) and ross both seem like theyre having fun and knef is great as the evil witch. even though people like to ridicule hasselhoff these days and he not bad in his role and either. on the down side and despite all the gore and the film seems somewhat dull and it gets monotonous after about an hour. the supernatural themes are muddled and confusing and too. when characters are being swept into the witches lair to be tortured and killed and the filmmakers unwisely decided to superimpose the screaming actors over some silly looking red spiral vortex effect that looks supremely cheesy. and the witch lair itself is vacant and cheaply designed with unfinished lumber. and while most of the cast is at least decent and a few of the performances (particularly the actress who plays hasselhoff girlfriend and the kid) are so bad theyre constantly distracting. 
there are many different versions of this one floating around and so make sure you can locate one of the unrated copies and otherwise some gore and one scene of nudity might be missing. some versions also omit most of the opening sequence and other bits here and there. the cut i saw has the on screen title witchcraft represent evil encounters and was released by shriek show and who maintain the original us release title witchery for the dvd release. it a nice looking print and seems to have all of the footage and but has some cropping or aspect ratio issues. in italy and it was released as la casa 4 (witchcraft). the first two la casa releases were actually the first two evil dead films (retitled) and the third la casa was another film by the same production company (filmirage) and which is best known here in america as ghosthouse. to make matters even more confusing and witchery was also released elsewhere as ghosthouse 2. except in germany and where ghosthouse 2 is actually the ogre represent demons 3. ok and i better just shut up now. i am starting to confuse myself. regardless of the title and this is a very hit or miss horror effort. some of it is good and some of it isn not. i actually was into this film for the first half or so and but toward the end it became a senseless mess. a large and vacant hotel located on an island about 50 miles from boston is the setting and as various people get picked off one by one by a german speaking witch (hildegard knef). photographer gary (david hasselhoff) and who wants to capture witch light and and his virginal writer girlfriend (leslie cumming) and who is studying witchcraft and are shacking up at the hotel without permission. along comes real estate agent jerry (rick farnsworth) and who showing off the property to potential buyers rose (annie ross) and freddie (robert champagne) brooks. also tagging along are their children while pregnant grown daughter jane (linda blair) and very young son tommy (michael manchester) and as well as oversexed architect linda sullivan (catherine hickland  hasselhoff wife at the time). once everyone is inside and their boat driver is killed (hung) and the boat disappears and so they find themselves trapped and basically at the mercy of the lady in black. so what can you expect to find here. plenty of unpleasantries. one of the characters has their lips sewn shut and is then hung upside down in the fireplace and accidentally slow roasted by the rest of the cast. there also a crucifixion and witches eating a dead baby and a swordfish through the head and someone set on fire and a possession and a sesame street tape recorder and the virgin getting raped by some demon and a guys veins bulging and exploding thanks to voodoo doll pokes and some other stuff. from a technical standpoint and it a nice looking film with pretty good cinematography and a decent score and good gore effects. the hotel or island setting is also pretty nice. blair (particularly at the end) and ross both seem like theyre having fun and knef is great as the evil witch. even though people like to ridicule hasselhoff these days and he not bad in his role and either. on the down side and despite all the gore and the film seems somewhat dull and it gets monotonous after about an hour. the supernatural themes are muddled and confusing and too. when characters are being swept into the witches lair to be tortured and killed and the filmmakers unwisely decided to superimpose the screaming actors over some silly looking red spiral vortex effect that looks supremely cheesy. and the witch lair itself is vacant and cheaply designed with unfinished lumber. and while most of the cast is at least decent and a few of the performances (particularly the actress who plays hasselhoff girlfriend and the kid) are so bad theyre constantly distracting. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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