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Motherland: Fort Salem: Full Season  Season 1, Ep 0

Motherland: Fort Salem posits an alternative history where magic is real and witches sided with the early American colonists after the Salem witch trials. As a result, witches have become a central force in modern society, working alongside and within conventional culture. With magic as a weapon, young women are bound by law to serve in the armed forces, creating militarised matriarchal cultures. [more inside]
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul on May 22, 2020 - 11 comments

A Discovery of Witches: Episode 1  Season 1, Ep 1

In Oxford's library, American historian and reluctant witch Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up an ancient magical manuscript, and finds herself confronted by geneticist and vampire Matthew Claremont, who is determined to get his hands on the book. (BBC America/AMC US broadcast premiere) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Apr 8, 2019 - 13 comments

Movie: Cast a Deadly Spell

This stylish noir set in a world where everyone uses magic, Detective Lovecraft searches for the Necronomicon. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Feb 18, 2019 - 4 comments

Siempre Bruja: (Always A Witch): A Leap In Time  Season 1, Ep 1

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

Supernatural: Beat the Devil  Season 13, Ep 21

Sam, Dean, Castiel, and Gabriel must work together to bring Mary and Jack home; Rowena's encounter with Lucifer may change someone's life. [more inside]
posted by litera scripta manet on May 5, 2018 - 8 comments

Supernatural: Various & Sundry Villains  Season 13, Ep 12

Dean falls victim to a couple of witches, sisters Jamie and Jennie Plum who manage to steal a powerful book of spells from the Winchesters. When Dean and Sam go after the book, they get help from a powerful and surprising ally. [more inside]
posted by litera scripta manet on Feb 3, 2018 - 10 comments

Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE TOUCH OF SATAN  Season 9, Ep 8

"'The Touch of Satan' makes 'Rosemary's Baby' look like a Sunday school picnic!" - LA Free Press A guy falls in love with a weird gal who enchants him by telling him, of a lake, "This is where the fish lives!" Unfortuately, it turns out she's an actual enchantress, that is to say a witch, in turn to say Of The Devil, aka Gorgo and Mormo, and her gramma's both her sister and a murderer, or, as one character terms them, "fromakidal maniacs." Yet another movie not to expect a happy ending from. This is the episode where "Deadly" Beez McKeever babysits Observer (who she calls "Brian") and Bobo (who she thinks is a dog), in some particularly beloved host segments. YouTube (1h32m) Premiered July 11, 1998. 18 episodes left. Zaa! [more inside]
posted by JHarris on Jan 2, 2018 - 19 comments

Book: Practical Magic

Longing to escape the Massachusetts hometown that has always blamed their family for whatever goes wrong, Gillian and Sally respectively marry and run away but are drawn back by a seemingly magical force. Reprint. NYT. [more inside]
posted by TrishaU on Nov 30, 2017 - 1 comment

Book: All the Birds in the Sky

Hugo and Nebula Award short-listed novel about the end of the world―and the beginning of our future. A sort of coming of age novel, philosophical exploration of nature and technology, action/adventure/romance with some bittersweet humor on top. [more inside]
posted by latkes on May 1, 2017 - 7 comments

Supernatural: We Happy Few  Season 11, Ep 22

Sam and Dean gets a plan to defeat Amara. For it to work, they need to recruit some help. [more inside]
posted by numaner on May 19, 2016 - 11 comments

Book: The Shepherd's Crown

Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel, and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching... You've read it, you have feelings, let's talk! [more inside]
posted by latkes on Apr 19, 2016 - 14 comments

Podcast: Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: Episode 180: Nordic Tamborine Cult

Sneak up on us very carefully as Ask Ken and Robin responds to a Josh Kroger question regarding stealth systems in RPGs. [more inside]
posted by graymouser on Mar 4, 2016 - 2 comments

Movie: The Witch

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. A New England Folk Tale [more inside]
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. on Feb 23, 2016 - 37 comments

Movie: The Last Witch Hunter

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.
posted by kittensofthenight on Oct 25, 2015 - 2 comments

Supernatural: About a Boy  Season 10, Ep 12

The Winchesters investigate a case where people vanish into thin air, leaving only their clothes behind. Unfortunately, Dean becomes a victim himself. [more inside]
posted by brundlefly on Feb 5, 2015 - 9 comments

Supernatural: Girls, Girls, Girls  Season 10, Ep 7

After a couple of monster of the week episodes we seem to be returning to this season's arc. The Winchester boys aim to break up a demonic bordello but stumble across a powerful witch named Rowena instead. [more inside]
posted by brundlefly on Nov 27, 2014 - 5 comments

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