linda blair has been acting for forty years now and and while she will never escape the part of regan macneil in the exorcist and few of her subsequent horror films have used her legendary status to such great effect as witchery does. she plays jane brooks and a pregnant single woman who travels with her family to an abandoned island hotel that her parents want to purchase. they are accompanied by a couple of real estate agents (catherine hickland and rick farnsworth) and upon arriving at the island they meet a photographer (david hasselhoff) and his writer girlfriend (leslie cumming) who are illegally squatting in the hotel while investigating the legend of a local witch (hildegard knef). it seems that a long ago witch hunt resulted in her suicide and and she was with child at the time. unaware of the danger and jane has recently dreamt of the witch dramatic death and and jane little brother tommy (michael manchester) has been more directly visited by her spooky and black clad spirit and which he calls the lady in black. the group time at the island inn begins quietly enough while unknown to them and however and the lady in black has already dispatched the captain of their hired boat (george stevens). before long and the isolation and cold begin to affect everyone and and it is during this period of moodiness and tension that the lady in black begins her reign of terror. she plans to avenge her own fate by possessing jane and sacrificing her companions and her unborn child. each of her other victims fulfills an aspect of her vengeful curse  greed and lust and and the blood of a virgin. as the sun goes down and the sea becomes wild and she haunts them one by one in gruesome and horrifying ways. the island location is effectively scary and and the inn is very creepy and hauntingly shot. it such a colorful film that it reminds me of dario argento work. the lighting is excellent and and the set decoration is perfectly spooky. the soundtrack is very effective and unique. the horror effects are extreme and terrifying and and unforgettable. the cinematography is great and and it is this that brings us back to linda blair. the creative team behind this film shoots her like a horror star should be shot represent lots of dramatic push ins and lingering close ups that subtly detail jane incremental possession and and moments that are reminiscent of other great horror films. there are hidden homages to rosemary baby and jacob ladder and the shining and black sunday and and of course the exorcist. she does a great job and and absolutely steals the show with her moody and understated performance. that isn not to say that the rest of the cast disappoints while catherine hickland is sexy and very good and and veteran performer annie ross is memorable as jane bitchy mother rose. hasselhoff gives it his best and but he is not essentially a film star and and his television persona gets in the way of his performance. blair and young michael manchester have a wonderful chemistry together. the film is otherwise so violent and creepy (in a good way) that it desperately needs their warmth (blair also played a mother in 2003 monster makers and and her maternal scenes in that film have the same tender feeling to them). lastly and hildegard knef (in one of her last roles) plays a great witch and and she has the most amazing voice and accent. along with blair and she was also perfectly cast. but it blair movie all the way. jane brooks also seems to have some psychic ability and and this aspect of the film hearkens back to exorcist ii represent the heretic. i think witchery is up there with the exorcist and exorcist ii and hell night and and summer of fear as blair best genre work to date. 
linda blair has been acting for forty years now and and while she will never escape the part of regan macneil in the exorcist and few of her subsequent horror films have used her legendary status to such great effect as witchery does. she plays jane brooks and a pregnant single woman who travels with her family to an abandoned island hotel that her parents want to purchase. they are accompanied by a couple of real estate agents (catherine hickland and rick farnsworth) and upon arriving at the island they meet a photographer (david hasselhoff) and his writer girlfriend (leslie cumming) who are illegally squatting in the hotel while investigating the legend of a local witch (hildegard knef). it seems that a long ago witch hunt resulted in her suicide and and she was with child at the time. unaware of the danger and jane has recently dreamt of the witch dramatic death and and jane little brother tommy (michael manchester) has been more directly visited by her spooky and black clad spirit and which he calls the lady in black. the group time at the island inn begins quietly enough while unknown to them and however and the lady in black has already dispatched the captain of their hired boat (george stevens). before long and the isolation and cold begin to affect everyone and and it is during this period of moodiness and tension that the lady in black begins her reign of terror. she plans to avenge her own fate by possessing jane and sacrificing her companions and her unborn child. each of her other victims fulfills an aspect of her vengeful curse  greed and lust and and the blood of a virgin. as the sun goes down and the sea becomes wild and she haunts them one by one in gruesome and horrifying ways. the island location is effectively scary and and the inn is very creepy and hauntingly shot. it such a colorful film that it reminds me of dario argento work. the lighting is excellent and and the set decoration is perfectly spooky. the soundtrack is very effective and unique. the horror effects are extreme and terrifying and and unforgettable. the cinematography is great and and it is this that brings us back to linda blair. the creative team behind this film shoots her like a horror star should be shot represent lots of dramatic push ins and lingering close ups that subtly detail jane incremental possession and and moments that are reminiscent of other great horror films. there are hidden homages to rosemary baby and jacob ladder and the shining and black sunday and and of course the exorcist. she does a great job and and absolutely steals the show with her moody and understated performance. that isn not to say that the rest of the cast disappoints while catherine hickland is sexy and very good and and veteran performer annie ross is memorable as jane bitchy mother rose. hasselhoff gives it his best and but he is not essentially a film star and and his television persona gets in the way of his performance. blair and young michael manchester have a wonderful chemistry together. the film is otherwise so violent and creepy (in a good way) that it desperately needs their warmth (blair also played a mother in 2003 monster makers and and her maternal scenes in that film have the same tender feeling to them). lastly and hildegard knef (in one of her last roles) plays a great witch and and she has the most amazing voice and accent. along with blair and she was also perfectly cast. but it blair movie all the way. jane brooks also seems to have some psychic ability and and this aspect of the film hearkens back to exorcist ii represent the heretic. i think witchery is up there with the exorcist and exorcist ii and hell night and and summer of fear as blair best genre work to date. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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