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In seventeenth century England, during a time of civil war, plague, and rampant superstition, a less than successful witchfinder, Gideon Bannister (Tim Key), must transport accused witch Thomasine Gooch (Daisy May Cooper) to a trial he hopes will impress the witchfinder general and change his fortunes, but he runs into various hindrances along the way, not the least of them being Thomasine's inconvenient habit of questioning the business practices of the witchfinding system.
posted by orange swan on Mar 21, 2024 - 2 comments

Wracked with grief over a death, Rowan is out of control and unfit to perform surgeries. In New Orleans, Deirdre and her mysterious companion work together to draw Rowan home. [more inside]
posted by corb on Jan 20, 2023 - 3 comments

Neurosurgeon Rowan Fielding has a problem - when she gets mad, she kills with her mind. Her search for answers sends her toward her secretive biological family. In New Orleans, Deirdre Mayfair is desperate to escape from her aunt's oppressive house. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Jan 16, 2023 - 14 comments

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 7, 2022 - 2 comments

A lonely teen discovers her family's ties to witchcraft. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 24, 2022 - 10 comments

While being burned at the stake in 1646 Cartagena, Carmen -- a witch and slave -- time travels to the future to save both herself and the man she loves. (Netflix Original) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Feb 5, 2019 - 4 comments