The Love Witch (2016)

A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her.

Director:

Anna Biller

Writer:

Anna Biller

Stars:

Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Samantha Robinson	...	Elaine
Gian Keys	...	Griff
Laura Waddell	...	Trish
Jeffrey Vincent Parise	...	Wayne
Jared Sanford	...	Gahan
Robert Seeley	...	Richard
Jennifer Ingrum	...	Barbara
Randy Evans	...	Steve
Clive Ashborn	...	Professor King
Lily Holleman	...	Miss Curtis
Jennifer Couch	...	Wendy
Stephen Wozniak	...	Jerry
Giselle DaMier	...	Harpist
April Showers	...	April Showers
Elle Evans	...	Star

Storyline

Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s, THE LOVE WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | magic | love | witch | title directed by female | 

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Taglines:

She Loved Men... To Death.

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Genres:

Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Page Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 2017 (UK)

Also Known As:

A Feiticeira do Amor

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$160,747, 3 January 2016

Gross USA:

$228,894, 7 April 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anna Biller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Much of the set decorations and costumes were hand made by the director.

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Goofs

When the Police pulled Elaine over in her car. He said her tail lights were out. The only way he could have known her tail lights were out was if she had her headlights on, which she didn't because it was the daytime.

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Quotes

Elaine: According to the experts, men are very fragile. They can get crushed down if you assert yourself in any way.

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Connections

Referenced in Frightfest 2016: In Conversation With (2016)

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Soundtracks

Punte d'Ago
Written and performed by Ennio Morricone

User Reviews

a delight for lovers of sixties, early seventies horror

This is a difficult one to review because it isn't really a horror. There's nothing scary about it and I can understand that a lot of geeks out there rejected this throwback to the sixties early seventies.

If you watch it in that perspective then you will like this a lot because the way the cinematography was done is clearly an ode to those days. In fact, the score, the editing, the lighting, the colour grading the way of acting and speaking, it's all done in a sixties style. Maybe for some clocking in at two hours is way too long for some and I can understand that because it's all talking and talking. But it do offers some 'magick' when the witches arrive. It's so beautifully done and it all looks like a real coven. The nudity, the rituals, everything.

So if you are into witchcraft then this is one to pick up. If you are into very old horrors with talking and talking it's your stuff. If you think you are going to see gore or even red stuff, forget it.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 1,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5