Movies about Witches: Best Films
This curated selection of witch movies spans from Mario Bava's gothic horror classic Black Sunday to Robert Eggers' folk horror triumph The Witch (in our opinion the best witch movie of all time), capturing the genre's most accomplished works.
These films represent peak artistry in their respective approaches: Argento's giallo brilliance in Suspiria, the revolutionary found footage of The Blair Witch Project, the definitive teen witch drama of The Craft, and Osgood Perkins' masterclass in atmosphere Gretel & Hansel. You can't go wrong with any of these - and if you still long for more, check out our Essential Films selection.
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Black Sunday
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
Suspiria
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
The Craft
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
The Blair Witch Project
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
The Witch
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
Gretel & Hansel
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
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