Season of the Witch (1972)

Original title

Hungry Wives

Directed by

George A. Romero

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

R

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A suburban housewife gets involved with witchcraft after meeting a local witch. The story follows her personal transformation and the changes in her life.

slow-burnpsychologically tensemelancholicdreamlikeunsettlingbleakcerebralvisually sparsequietly eerie

What happens

Season of the Witch (originally released as Hungry Wives) is a 1972 American drama film written and directed by George A. Romero, and starring Jan White, Raymond Laine, and Anne Muffly. The film follows a housewife in suburban Pittsburgh who becomes involved in witchcraft after meeting a local witch. Described by Romero himself as a "feminist film," Season of the Witch was originally made under the title Jack's Wife, with a small crew, giving Romero the duties of an editor, cinematographer and screenwriter. The film's distributor cut major parts of the film and changed its title to Hungry Wives, marketing it as a softcore pornography film. The film failed to find an audience on its initial release and was re-released years later under the title Season of the Witch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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