Review of The Love Witch (2016) by Harry W — 20 Aug 2017
Anna Biller's stirring homage to the 60's riles up a poignant debate over sex and witchcraft in modern feminism. The mise-en-scène of The Love Witch is beautiful and candy-coloured in a serenely avid attempt to both seduce and unsettle the audience.
I did find it a little uneasy in places, but I wouldn't go as far as to call it a horror film, as I feel it takes more than a witch and a couple of deaths here and there to be classed as a horror film.
Nonetheless, the film poses some good ideas and is one of the most unique efforts of horror film making I've seen since Ti West's 2009 vintage flick The House of the Devil or the 2012 Rob Zombie film Lords of Salem, that both managed to recapture that 60's witchy, satanic panic vibe.
This review of The Love Witch (2016) was written by Harry W on 20 Aug 2017.
The Love Witch has generally received positive reviews.
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