The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)

Directed by

Matt Cimber

Genre

horror film, exploitation film, rape and revenge film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Molly takes a job at a seaside bar. She has deep emotional scars from her past and begins killing people. The film follows her violent spree and its connection to a painting of Venus.

tenseunsettlingpsychologically intenseslow-burntragicdisturbinggrittymelancholic

What happens

The Witch Who Came from the Sea is a 1976 American psychological horror film produced and directed by Matt Cimber and starring Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown, Peggy Feury, Rick Jason, George Buck Flower, and Roberta Collins. The film centers on Molly, an emotionally scarred woman who goes on a killing spree after taking a job as a waitress in a seaside bar. Its title refers to The Birth of Venus, which figures in the film. Dean Cundey served as associate photographer on the film. The Witch Who Came from the Sea was classified as a "video nasty" by the United Kingdom Department of Public Prosecutions and was considered prosecutable for violating obscenity laws, but the prosecution proved unsuccessful. Retrospective reviews of the film have been generally positive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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