Remember the evil witches from the Soviet counterpart, "The Wizard of Oz"? Gingham accidentally crushed Ellie with her "flying house", and Bastinda simply melted from a volley of a bucket of water poured onto her.
Flights in a coffin and not only
Ah, if all the witch films were so optimistic, and the creatures of Darkness and Evil could be so easily dealt with! The first domestic horror film is considered to be the adaptation of Gogol's "Wii". Well, the poor hero Leonid Kuravlyov, the bursak of Khoma from the infernal Pannochka, has suffered! This was the brilliant role of Natalia Varley, which is worth her sparkling evil grin when she flew in the coffin. Until now, even though the film has been more than 4 decades old, it remains one of the best in the list of “films about witches” and looks with interest. You can not say about her remake, shot already in 2006 by Oleg Fesenko. There, a modern journalist, playboy Ivan, went to the American outback to write killer material about the paranormal events taking place in the town. Valery Nikolaev is a good actor, Evgenia Kryukova is also not without talent, but this film production did not make the proper impression. The only thing that caught on was the ominous Ita Ever as the old witch (it was very difficult to recognize the sweet old maid Marple from the Secret of the Blackbirds in the actress). The film “Witch” turned out to be a failure! 2013 brought another couple of films to the list of sorceress tapes. This is “Witch Hunters” with an uninteresting script (and why only Renner and Arterton starred in it?). The impression was that the child was shown a beautiful candy wrapper without candy inside. Unless the witch’s flights were impressive. And also - the Indian thriller "Witch". This is already a gift to those who are crazy about the Bollywood film industry, which suddenly made a 180-degree turn and shot an almost horror movie instead of the usual melodrama.
Sorceresses: Spanish and Russian
The greatest success in 2013 was achieved by the Spanish creators of The Witches of Sugarramurdi. Choosing the scene of the action, a real city where, during the reign of the Inquisition, there were high-profile trials of those who were suspected of being connected with the Devil, inventing in some places an absurd, sometimes frightening scenario, the authors made the candy that everyone expected from the advertised Witch Hunters . With the current technical capabilities, it is possible to achieve such special effects that the famous storyteller Alexander Rowe did not even dream about, many times inviting the unforgettable sweetheart George Millar to the main negative role. But it was acting talent and charm that saved them, and not how the hut on chicken legs moved. These are also classic films about witches, about the main Russian folk fairy-tale witch!
Next to us
But
Nicolas Cage once again far from pleased fans in 2010. It was a gloomy "costume" film "Time of the Witches." We were shown the Middle Ages, the triumph of ignorance, the revelry of a terrible epidemic of plague. And a small motorcade accompanying the supposedly witch (a young girl with innocent eyes) to the place of trial over her. Not convinced! The plot is so-so, the knight Baiman performed by Oscar-winning Nicholas is pale and is not remembered by anything. Ron Perlman - well, he really doesn’t need to play anything, his appearance is very expressive. But who wants to say special thanks is Christopher Lee for his episode. How many roles he has behind him, including in horror films - not to count! He is 91, and he still stars in Jackson's role as Saruman. Here is respect so respect to the actor! In general, it’s good that films about witches are no, no, and they flash among the new movie distribution. This intrigues and tickles the nerves, because I really want to believe that the supernatural world still exists in parallel with ours!