I know I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating I love horror anthologies. I also love Halloween themed films (even more than I love Christmas themed movies) so the fact that this is a Halloween themed anthology film is right in my wheelhouse. So, let’s dive in and see what The Witching Season has to offer. I was happy to discover that this film was basically made by a bunch of friends. The anthology originally was a web series and was made with a low budget but who cares; good is good and bad is bad. Regardless of how much cash is spent on a film it doesn’t mean it’s going to be good. I cite The Marvels as a perfect example of money alone not being able to make a good movie. Oh, I went and got my soap box out to give a lecture. Let me put it away and actually review a movie.
James Morris did the writing duties and helped out with the directing. Morris also directed He Never Left Us and wrote They Live Inside Us. Michael Baliff directed and he usually teams up with Morris as he also directed He Never Left Us and he also directed one of the stories in 10/31 Part 3. Morris also stars in all five shorts that make up The Witching Season and Baliff is in two of them. The other folks appearing here (most of them can also be seen in Morris and Baliff films that I already mentioned) also star in more than one of the five stories. The list of names include Jordan Swenson (who is also a producer), Samuel Morris, Hailey Nebeker, and sisters Emily and Karlee Broschinsky.
Something I will say about The Witching Season is it is heavy on the Halloween nostalgia which to me is always welcome. Just about every scene in every short is loaded with Halloween imagery. I will also point out that the opening credits are reminiscent to the opening credits of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. I’m not going to take points off for it either, I’m going with the idea that it is an homage instead of a rip off which is what many people go with these days. Now the question is this better, about the same, or worse than Halloween 4? I have to say it’s very close. There’s about as many bad reviews out there as there are glowing ones. I’m leaning more towards the glowing ones and I give this three Count Spookula’s out of five which is also what I gave Halloween 4. I will also end this post with a poem that appears in the movie. I liked the poem that much and I hope you will like it as well.
On All Hallows Eve,
She Comes with the Wind.
As darkness descends,
She’ll find a way in.
Those who have seen her,
They go to the black.
For once you have seen her,
You never come back.
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