A good movie about the witches: a list

Are there witches in fact? Many people believe that they have existed since ancient times, but they are able to masterfully disguise themselves. Meeting with them brings only misfortune and can end tragically. Cinema about witches and sorcerers attracts spectators of different ages. We offer readers a selection of the most interesting and scary pictures, the main characters of which are evil witches, witches and witches.

The Witches of Eastwick

This picture with a great cast has long become a classic of world cinema and belongs to that rare category of films that can be reviewed more than once. The main roles in the film were played by Jack Nicholson, Sher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon.

Sookie, Jane and Alexandra are friends who live in the small town of Eastwick. They are united by a deep dissatisfaction with life and dreams of the ideal companion of life. And he is once declared in the city. Someone buys the house of Lennox, which has a bad name, but the name of the buyer strangely disappears from all of the memory. The stranger alternately acquaints with three friends and appears as Daryl Van Horn. Meeting with him awakens their hidden magical abilities. Soon they realize that their ideal man is the devil himself, and decide to get rid of him.

The Brothers Grimm

A good movie about a witch does not have to be scary. Fantasy with elements of the thriller "The Brothers Grimm" will tell an alternative story of the famous German collectors of folklore Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

The film takes the audience to Germany in the XIX century, captured by the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Brothers Grimm are talented scammers who play on the fear of uneducated peasants in front of supernatural forces. They pretend to be hunters for evil spirits and with the help of mechanical devices deftly deceive the audience. But once they encountered the manifestation of this evil - in the village lost in the outskirts of the ancient forest, small girls began to disappear. Residents believe that this is the work of a witch-queen, hundreds of years living in a high tower in the most frequent forest.

"Seventh Son"

Directed by Sergei Bodrov, Sr. is known for many strong works in film. In 2014, the screens went to a fantasy film, shot by our compatriot, but in an unusual for him mystical genre. According to the plot of the picture, the witcher Gregory, the knight of the order fighting evil, imprisoned in his dungeon high in the mountains his former beloved - the queen of witches Malkin. After many years, she manages to break free. She wants vengeance and begins to gather around herself an army of minions. Gregory understands that alone he can not beat Malkin, and goes in search of the seventh son - only he, according to legend, has great strength and the ability to defeat evil.

"Witches of Sugar-Murdi"

The Spanish comedy horror film is a perfect example of a good movie about witches. He was positively received by critics and received a large number of awards, in particular, was awarded eight awards "Goya".

According to the plot of the picture, friends Antonio and Jose make a pawnshop robbery and try to hide in France. Together with them the son of Jose Sergio happens to be in the car accidentally. They are pursued by two policemen and ex-wife Jose. Once in the town of Sugarramurdi, the whole company falls into the center of a giant coven of bacchus witches.

"The Last Witch Hunter"

Fantasy 2015 with Vin Diesel in the title role. Corder - a hunter of evil, who received immortality during a duel in the XIII century with the Queen of Witches. Today he catches sorcerers and witches who violate the treaty on the use of black magic. When his chronicler dies, Corder begins an investigation and learns that some forces are trying to revive the queen of witches, defeated by him 800 years ago.

Cinema about witches - the list of the most terrible pictures

There are among the pictures about evil sorcerers and sorcerers such frightening tapes that their viewing causes genuine fear and horror fans.

"The Witch of Blair: Courser from the Other World"

This is a unique film that entered the history of cinematography as an example of the fact that a low budget picture can not only become commercially successful, but also give rise to a whole trend in filmmaking. After the premiere of this film, a craze for filming films in the genre of pseudo-realism began. But to achieve such a deafening success, as the picture "The Witch of Blair", failed to anyone.

The plot of horror is extremely simple and unpretentious. Three students decide to make a documentary about the witch from Blair. After asking local residents about it, they go in search of the Grave Rock - the place where the witch's victims were found. Lost in the woods, they begin to meet strange symbols, laid out of stones and branches. Later, students hear scary sounds of crying and someone's footsteps.

"Take me to hell"

In 2010, this picture was recognized as the best horror film. Kristin Brown, a bank employee, refuses to extend the pledge to the house of an old gypsy woman, and she curses her. The frightened girl turns to the medium and finds out that she will be pursued by the witch for three days, and then she will be dragged to hell forever. Christine should use the remaining time to get rid of the terrible curse.

Cinema about witches for teenagers and children

The younger generation of spectators love movies in the genre of mysticism and fantasy even more than adults. But in recent years, interesting pictures for children and adolescents do not produce much.

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

Nicolas Cage in this film appears in a rather unusual role - he plays the ancient sorcerer Balthazar, one of the disciples of the great magician Merlin. In the confrontation with the wicked witch, people close to him and the teacher die. Merlin sends Balthasar his ring and asks for a successor. For centuries, the sorcerer sought a worthy disciple and protected from the forces of evil the artifact, in which the soul of his beloved is imprisoned, holding the evil sorceress. Finally, today he meets young Dave Stutler, and Merlin's ring chooses him as a magician's disciples.

"The further into the forest"

A screen version of the musical "In the Forest". The film received high praise from critics, but the audience was met quite cool, despite the magnificent cast.

According to the plot of the picture, the evil witch cast a curse on childlessness on the wife of a baker. But one day she needed their help, and she offered a deal. The baker and his wife go into the woods and bring the things necessary for the witch, and she removes the spell of childlessness.

"Snow White and the Hunter"

It's dangerous to be a young and charming girl when your father died, and your stepmother is an evil, immortal witch. Rovena, who maintains her beauty and youth with the help of the vitality of young girls, decides to kill her stepdaughter Snow White. The magic mirror tells her that the beauty girl has surpassed her stepmother. According to the prediction, Rovennu can only be killed by the one that is more beautiful than her. Murder of the stepdaughter queen-witch instructs the hunter Eric. But the sorceress could not foresee that the beauty of Snow White would affect him, and the hunter would fall in love with the girl.

Domestic tapes about witches and sorcerers

Russian cinema about the witch is represented by such pictures as "Dark World", "Night Watch" and "Dark World: Balance". Separately it is worth noting Timur Bekmambetov's film "Night Watch". First, this is an example of a very successful adaptation of a popular literary work. Secondly, thanks to this picture Bekmambetov became known as a great director, shooting spectacular blockbusters. Thirdly, in the film "Night Watch" the main role was played by Konstantin Khabensky - one of the best actors of contemporary Russian cinema.