Season of the Witch (Hungary Wives, Jack’s Wife). George A. Romero, 1972.
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Edition screened: Included in Arrow Blu-ray box set George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn, released 2017. English language. Runtime approximately 104 minutes.
Summary: No depictions of violence or harm to animals.
An excellent film, hampered only by a few cheesy decisions during the dream-sequence introduction that unfortunately tilt the movie’s reputation toward that of “B” movie or drive-in fodder. While the introduction contains some badly-produced special effects and wincey inclusions, it also is compelling and interesting in the vein of Don’t Look Now’s superb opening. After this intro and the main character’s short but dopey visit to her psychiatrist’s office, Season of the Witch is 90 minutes of excellence: acting, costuming, dialogue, tone, sets, pacing, all are superb. Even the representations of witchcraft are not too idiotically pandering.
