Movies about witches and witchcraft are perennially
popular, but that’s mostly because they are the same story, often played for
laughs, as these women with magical powers help the men in their lives either
thwart evil or perpetrate it, by degrees. It’s peculiar to me how many
witchcraft movies are some iteration of that basic premise. Lots of things
happen in schools, by the way. I’m sure there’s a message in there, somewhere.
When movies about witchcraft are scary, they are
pretty terrifying. The alternative is something usually between Bewitched and the Witches of Eastwick. Fun movies, by the way, and certainly, witches
usually come down on the Most Fun Classic Monster side of the aisle. However, I
like my witches mysterious and weird and scary and Not Right. These are my top
5 favorite Witch movies in that specific vein.
