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The Spell (2009)

The Spell poster
Directed by
Owen Carey Jones
Genre
horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
2.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman starts experimenting with witchcraft and quickly loses control. The story is loosely based on a real person's experience.

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What happens

The Spell is a 2009 British horror film directed by Owen Carey Jones. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2009 and stars Rebecca Pitkin as a young woman that begins to dabble in witchcraft but soon gets in over her head. The film is loosely based on the true story of Emma Whale, who contacted Carey Jones with the intent to turn her experience into a film. The Spell was shot entirely in Leeds. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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