The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)

Director:

Matt Cimber

Writer:

Robert Thom (written by)

Release Date:

February 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Molly really knows how to cut men down to size!!

Plot:

A disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree. |

Plot Keywords:

Abuse | Memory | Murder | Aggression | Sexual Attraction

Cast

Millie Perkins	...	Molly
Lonny Chapman	...	Long John
Vanessa Brown	...	Cathy
Peggy Feury	...	Doris
Jean Pierre Camps	...	Tadd
Mark Livingston	...	Tripoli
Rick Jason	...	Billy Batt
Stafford Morgan	...	Alexander McPeak
Richard Kennedy	...	Detective Beardsley
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Detective Stone
Roberta Collins	...	Clarissa
Stan Ross	...	Jack Dracula
Lynne Guthrie	...	Carol
Barry Cooper	...	Newcomer
Gene Rutherford	...	Sam Walters
Jim Sims	...	Austin Slade
Sam Chu Lin	...	Newscaster
Anita Franklin	...	T.V. Commercial Girl
John F. Goff	...	Molly's Father (as John Goff)
Verkina Flower	...	Young Molly (as Verkina)

Directed by
Matt Cimber

Writing credits
Robert Thom		(written by)

Produced by
Matt Cimber	....	producer
Jefferson Richard	....	line producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Herschel Burke Gilbert

Cinematography by
Ken Gibb		(director of photography)
Dean Cundey		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Bud Warner

Casting by
George 'Buck' Flower

Makeup Department
Gale Peterson	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jefferson Richard	....	production supervisor (as Jef Richard)
William Swenning	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Tull	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Robert Florio	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Kaufman	....	assistant sound
John Vincent	....	sound mixer
Colin Waddy	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
James Andrien	....	best boy (as Jim Andrien)
Mark Buckalew	....	second assistant camera
Bill Coker	....	gaffer
Don Coufal	....	grip
Dean Cundey	....	associate director of photography
Bill Drake	....	grip
Tom La Monaco	....	grip
Jim Salazar	....	key grip
Raymond Stella	....	assistant camera (as Ray Stella)
Gil Valle	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Caroline Davis	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Jan Wesley	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Herschel Burke Gilbert	....	music director

Other crew
Dean Cundey	....	technical supervisor (as Dean Cundy)
Robert Lubin	....	gopher
Norma Rosenberg	....	production coordinator
Lynne Twentyman	....	script supervisor (as Lynn Ward)
James Yousling	....	title designer

Distributors

• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Cinema Epoch (2014) (USA) (all media)
• Moonstone Entertainment (USA)
• Subversive Cinema (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Tiberia Pictures (2005) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound Company  re-recording (as Glen Glenn Sound Co.)
• Praxis Film Works  opticals (as Praxis)

Runtime:

83 min | UK:88 min (uncut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:R | UK:18

Trivia:

Screenwriter Robert Thom patterned the character of Molly after his onetime wife Millie Perkins. For example, Perkins' real-life father was a sea captain just like her dad is in the movie.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000) (TV)

Odd and not in a good way unfortunately.

This movie is a real oddity! It's original but please don't mistake it for a good movie as well.

I like '70's exploitation movies but you can't really call this movie a typical exploitation flick at all. Even though it basically features all of the ingredients of an exploitation flick in it, it has a totally different style, which makes this movie less of an exploitation flick and more of an oddity to watch.

The movie has some real serious pacing issues. It's far too long and scenes are often needlessly stretched out. It's not like it makes the movie boring but it does make it a very little exciting or involving one. I do admit though that it slows pace works out well for some of the sequences, that have some form of tension in them. But really, that's about the only thing this movie did right, in my opinion.

I seriously do believe that this movie could had been a decent one, had it been done in a more traditional way. It had a pretty good concept and some good ideas and characters in it. Besides, Millie Perkins played a pretty deranged character, that at the same time was also still being likable enough to care for.

And no, the movie is really not all that graphic too watch. It actually is being more graphic with its nudity and with some sexual implications, that also involve incest, which really is the foremost reason why this movie is still somewhat notorious for and also the reason why it became one of the video nasty's, that were banned in the UK, for a long time.

It's odd and original but I wish that I could also say it was good and recommendable.

4/10

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