Lifehacker has collected very popular and undeservedly forgotten paintings from all over the world, old and new, funny and terrible.
13. Witch of love
The Love Witch
- USA, 2016.
- Comedy, horrors, melodrama.
- Duration: 120 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.2.
The young widow moves to another city, where she dreams of meeting her true love. To bewitch local handsome men, the girl uses witchcraft and magic potions. The only trouble is that many cavaliers die with her after meetings.
Director Anna Biller (she also acts as an operator, composer, artist and installer) builds a strange world stylized for films of the 60s. This is an inverted America, in which the forces of evil are hidden behind the attractive facade. The author deliberately tolerates the action of the picture 50 years ago and shows a short period of time when naive US citizens believed in the accessibility of a happy and cloudless life. The Second World and Korean War behind, you can finally love, rejoice and build family life. But the young sorcerer quickly realizes that one blind faith in a bright future is not enough. Her disappointments are accompanied by a mass of comic situations.
12. Witches from Sugarramurdi
Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi
- Spain, France, 2013.
- Adventure, comedy, fantasy.
- Duration: 112 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.4.
Nowadays, three unlucky thieves find themselves in the village of Sugarramurdi. At the beginning of the XVII century, several residents of the town were burned at the fire for witchcraft. According to rumors, witches to this day live in these parts. If so, it will be extremely difficult for adventurers to get out of here intact and safety.
Films of the Spaniard Alex de la Iglesia are always full of bright colors and black humor. Witches in such carnival decorations look extremely organic. Not at all scary, but fervently and fun.
Watch on itunes →
11. ITUSKY Witches
The Witches of Eastwick
- USA, 1987.
- Comedy, fantasy, horrors.
- Duration: 118 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.5.
Frame from the movie “Istuksky Witches”
Three single middle -aged women yearn for male attention and warmth. Everything changes when a fabulously rich mysterious stranger enters the largest house of the city. Outwardly, women are completely unlike each other: one blonde, the other is a brunette, the third is red. But all of them in parallel are raising an affair with the same man.
The film was shot based on the novel of the same name by John Apdike. The devilish charming Jack Nicholson and damn attractive Cher, Michelle Pfaiffer and Susan Sarandon play a sweet and cozy comedy, measured by their witchcraft forces.
10. Blair Witch: Coursework from the other world
The Blair Witch Project
- USA, 1999.
- Horrors, mysticism.
- Duration: 81 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.9.
Three student students go to the forests of Maryland to create a documentary about the famous witch from Blair. Young people are disappearing, but a year later the material they have taken is located. Maybe he will shed light on the mysterious disappearance and debunk the myth of the sorceress.
“Witch from Blair” is the most important film for the horror genre, showing directors around the world the possibility of mockmentarians (imitation of documentary). Features of shooting allow the viewer to live the events of the tape along with the characters. Horror never before have been so interactive. The audience seems to remain at a safe distance from evil, but the effect of involvement in action is so strong that the picture is really scared.
Watch on itunes →
9. Bell, book and candle
Bell Book and Candle
- USA, 1958.
- Comedy, fantasy, melodrama.
- Duration: 106 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.9.
Frame from the movie “Bell, Book and Candle”
Witch Gillian is beautiful, Yuna, but lonely. Life is brightened up by only a faithful Siamese cat and all kinds of intrigues. So, somehow the girl tried to bewitch the groom of the neighbor. But a real feeling is born from witchcraft games.
Richard Kuain’s painting was shot in the best traditions of classical Hollywood. Kim Novak playing the witch became a celebrity just in 1958. At about the same time, the melodramatic noir of Alfred Hitchcock “Dizziness” came out with the fantasy comedy “Bell, Book”. In both paintings, the on -screen pair was a newly aging James Stuart.
8. Witch
The vvitch: a new –england folktale
- USA, 2015.
- Drama, horrors, mysticism.
- Duration: 92 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.9.
At the beginning of the XVII century, the family of colonists who recently arrived on the American continent decides to settle in a dense forest so as not to be seduced by the benefits of civilization. Their guide in this world is a Protestant faith. And everything would be fine, but the measured course of life is violated by the tragedy. After the baby disappeared, parents begin to suspect that evil has settled in their house.
The spectacular and authentic horror director of Robert Eggers immediately attracted the attention of both spectators and critics. The American used in the work on the film documents from the Salem process of witches. Eggers generally carefully approaches his paintings, trying to carefully convey the chosen era as much as possible.
7. I married a witch
I Married a Witch
- USA, 1942.
- Comedy, fantasy, melodrama.
- Duration: 77 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.1.
Frame from the film: “I got married at the witch”
The sorcerers of Jennifer and her father Daniel returned to America of the 40s of the XX century burned at the stake in time immemorial to annoy the descendant of those who sent them to the other world.
In the romantic comedy Rene Clear Witch and Witcher do not look frightening. These are funny shortcomings, which everything is not according to plan. Witchcraft is the surroundings for a touching and funny love line.
6. Witch of war
Rebelle
- Canada, 2012.
- Drama, military.
- Duration: 90 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.1.
In one of the African countries there is an endless civil war. Twelve -year -old Komon is forced to shoot parents. And after that she begins to see ghosts. The leader of the rebels considers this a good sign and makes the girl a tribal witch.
Canadian Kim Nguyen manages to tell the story of growing up in exotic circumstances. The eyes of a teenage girl show the life and traditions of the distant and incomprehensible African world, an important component of which shamans and witches remain.
5. November
NOVEMBER
- Estonia, 2017.
- Fantasy, melodrama, drama, comedy.
- Duration: 116 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.2.
Frame from the movie “November”
The end of the XIX century. Residents of the poor Estonian village are used to solving problems with the help of evil spirits. They sell their souls to Satan so that he revives for them the golemes -domesters, helping the poor in the household. And the peasant girl Lina goes to the witch so that she would help in love affairs.
Director Rainer Sarnet gathered folk legends and shot a wonderful comedy horror in the spirit of Ukrainian stories by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. Estonian landscapes, so similar to Russian, add a special charm to the film.
4. Satan mask
La Maschera del Demonio
- Italy, 1960.
- Horrors.
- Duration: 87 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.2.
Frame from the movie “Satan Mask”
Inquisitors recognize the young princess with a witch and put on her a mask of Satan – an instrument of torture with spikes inside, forever leaving traces on the face. The girl dies, but after a couple of centuries he returns to this light.
This film is one of the early works of Mario Bava, classic Jallo. The genre combines amazingly bright colors, eroticism and murder. “Satan Mask” is his wonderful and very terrible sample. Rarely when the blood in the frame spils so beautifully.
3. Wii
- USSR, 1967.
- Horrors, fantasy, drama.
- Duration: 77 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.4.
Frame from the movie “Wii”
Filosof student Homa Brutum kills an old woman flying on a broomstick. And the next morning she turns into a beautiful panel. Now the young man is forced to read prayers around her coffin for three nights. The girl comes to life on the first night, and this is only the beginning.
The classic adaptation of Gogol’s mystical story today looks like a funny fairy tale with a barely terrible evil spirits. But in 1967, special effects were a breakthrough. First of all, because Alexander Ptushko, who worked on Sadko, Alya Sails and Ilya Muromets, was responsible for the appearance and movement of monsters.
2. Suspiria
Suspiria
- Italy, 1977.
- Horrors.
- Duration: 99 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.4.
Young American Suzya comes to study at a German ballet school. On the first night, mysterious events begin to take place in the old Gothic building. The girl suspects that she got to the real witch Schabash.
Classical horror Dario Argento passed the test of time. Helped both bright costumes, workshop operator work and thought -out decorations, and the other -sided soundtrack of the Goblin group forever settled in memory.
In 2018, the Italian Luka Guadaninino could not stand it and removed his own version of the “Suspiria” with Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton in the main roles. The story of the Sabbath in the ballet school continues.
1. Done with ghosts
Sen to Chihiro No Kamikakushi
- Japan, 2001.
- Fantasy, adventure.
- Duration: 125 minutes.
- IMDB: 8.6.
Girl Tikhiro and her parents move to a new house. The forest road leads them to an abandoned, enchanted city. They are ruled by the evil sorceress of Yubaba. Mom and Papa Tikhiro turn into pigs, and the girl needs to save them from the spell, having passed a series of trials.
One of the main masterpieces of the great Japanese storyteller Hayao Miyazaki amazes the unique and complex magical world, as well as virtuoso animation technique. Traditional legends and beliefs here are harmoniously combined with urgent problems of ecology and economics.
13. Witch of love
The Love Witch
- USA, 2016.
- Comedy, horrors, melodrama.
- Duration: 120 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.2.
The young widow moves to another city, where she dreams of meeting her true love. To bewitch local handsome men, the girl uses witchcraft and magic potions. The only trouble is that many cavaliers die with her after meetings.
Director Anna Biller (she also acts as an operator, composer, artist and installer) builds a strange world stylized for films of the 60s. This is an inverted America, in which the forces of evil are hidden behind the attractive facade. The author deliberately tolerates the action of the picture 50 years ago and shows a short period of time when naive US citizens believed in the accessibility of a happy and cloudless life. The Second World and Korean War behind, you can finally love, rejoice and build family life. But the young sorcerer quickly realizes that one blind faith in a bright future is not enough. Her disappointments are accompanied by a mass of comic situations.
12. Witches from Sugarramurdi
Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi
- Spain, France, 2013.
- Adventure, comedy, fantasy.
- Duration: 112 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.4.
Nowadays, three unlucky thieves find themselves in the village of Sugarramurdi. At the beginning of the XVII century, several residents of the town were burned at the fire for witchcraft. According to rumors, witches to this day live in these parts. If so, it will be extremely difficult for adventurers to get out of here intact and safety.
Films of the Spaniard Alex de la Iglesia are always full of bright colors and black humor. Witches in such carnival decorations look extremely organic. Not at all scary, but fervently and fun.
Watch on itunes →
11. ITUSKY Witches
The Witches of Eastwick
- USA, 1987.
- Comedy, fantasy, horrors.
- Duration: 118 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.5.
Frame from the movie “Istuksky Witches”
Three single middle -aged women yearn for male attention and warmth. Everything changes when a fabulously rich mysterious stranger enters the largest house of the city. Outwardly, women are completely unlike each other: one blonde, the other is a brunette, the third is red. But all of them in parallel are raising an affair with the same man.
The film was shot based on the novel of the same name by John Apdike. The devilish charming Jack Nicholson and damn attractive Cher, Michelle Pfaiffer and Susan Sarandon play a sweet and cozy comedy, measured by their witchcraft forces.
10. Blair Witch: Coursework from the other world
The Blair Witch Project
- USA, 1999.
- Horrors, mysticism.
- Duration: 81 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.9.
Three student students go to the forests of Maryland to create a documentary about the famous witch from Blair. Young people are disappearing, but a year later the material they have taken is located. Maybe he will shed light on the mysterious disappearance and debunk the myth of the sorceress.
“Witch from Blair” is the most important film for the horror genre, showing directors around the world the possibility of mockmentarians (imitation of documentary). Features of shooting allow the viewer to live the events of the tape along with the characters. Horror never before have been so interactive. The audience seems to remain at a safe distance from evil, but the effect of involvement in action is so strong that the picture is really scared.
Watch on itunes →
9. Bell, book and candle
Bell Book and Candle
- USA, 1958.
- Comedy, fantasy, melodrama.
- Duration: 106 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.9.
Frame from the movie “Bell, Book and Candle”
Witch Gillian is beautiful, Yuna, but lonely. Life is brightened up by only a faithful Siamese cat and all kinds of intrigues. So, somehow the girl tried to bewitch the groom of the neighbor. But a real feeling is born from witchcraft games.
Richard Kuain’s painting was shot in the best traditions of classical Hollywood. Kim Novak playing the witch became a celebrity just in 1958. At about the same time, the melodramatic noir of Alfred Hitchcock “Dizziness” came out with the fantasy comedy “Bell, Book”. In both paintings, the on -screen pair was a newly aging James Stuart.
8. Witch
The vvitch: a new –england folktale
- USA, 2015.
- Drama, horrors, mysticism.
- Duration: 92 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.9.
At the beginning of the XVII century, the family of colonists who recently arrived on the American continent decides to settle in a dense forest so as not to be seduced by the benefits of civilization. Their guide in this world is a Protestant faith. And everything would be fine, but the measured course of life is violated by the tragedy. After the baby disappeared, parents begin to suspect that evil has settled in their house.
The spectacular and authentic horror director of Robert Eggers immediately attracted the attention of both spectators and critics. The American used in the work on the film documents from the Salem process of witches. Eggers generally carefully approaches his paintings, trying to carefully convey the chosen era as much as possible.
7. I married a witch
I Married a Witch
- USA, 1942.
- Comedy, fantasy, melodrama.
- Duration: 77 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.1.
Frame from the film: “I got married at the witch”
The sorcerers of Jennifer and her father Daniel returned to America of the 40s of the XX century burned at the stake in time immemorial to annoy the descendant of those who sent them to the other world.
In the romantic comedy Rene Clear Witch and Witcher do not look frightening. These are funny shortcomings, which everything is not according to plan. Witchcraft is the surroundings for a touching and funny love line.
6. Witch of war
Rebelle
- Canada, 2012.
- Drama, military.
- Duration: 90 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.1.
In one of the African countries there is an endless civil war. Twelve -year -old Komon is forced to shoot parents. And after that she begins to see ghosts. The leader of the rebels considers this a good sign and makes the girl a tribal witch.
Canadian Kim Nguyen manages to tell the story of growing up in exotic circumstances. The eyes of a teenage girl show the life and traditions of the distant and incomprehensible African world, an important component of which shamans and witches remain.
5. November
NOVEMBER
- Estonia, 2017.
- Fantasy, melodrama, drama, comedy.
- Duration: 116 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.2.
Frame from the movie “November”
The end of the XIX century. Residents of the poor Estonian village are used to solving problems with the help of evil spirits. They sell their souls to Satan so that he revives for them the golemes -domesters, helping the poor in the household. And the peasant girl Lina goes to the witch so that she would help in love affairs.
Director Rainer Sarnet gathered folk legends and shot a wonderful comedy horror in the spirit of Ukrainian stories by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. Estonian landscapes, so similar to Russian, add a special charm to the film.
4. Satan mask
La Maschera del Demonio
- Italy, 1960.
- Horrors.
- Duration: 87 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.2.
Frame from the movie “Satan Mask”
Inquisitors recognize the young princess with a witch and put on her a mask of Satan – an instrument of torture with spikes inside, forever leaving traces on the face. The girl dies, but after a couple of centuries he returns to this light.
This film is one of the early works of Mario Bava, classic Jallo. The genre combines amazingly bright colors, eroticism and murder. “Satan Mask” is his wonderful and very terrible sample. Rarely when the blood in the frame spils so beautifully.
3. Wii
- USSR, 1967.
- Horrors, fantasy, drama.
- Duration: 77 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.4.
Frame from the movie “Wii”
Filosof student Homa Brutum kills an old woman flying on a broomstick. And the next morning she turns into a beautiful panel. Now the young man is forced to read prayers around her coffin for three nights. The girl comes to life on the first night, and this is only the beginning.
The classic adaptation of Gogol’s mystical story today looks like a funny fairy tale with a barely terrible evil spirits. But in 1967, special effects were a breakthrough. First of all, because Alexander Ptushko, who worked on Sadko, Alya Sails and Ilya Muromets, was responsible for the appearance and movement of monsters.
2. Suspiria
Suspiria
- Italy, 1977.
- Horrors.
- Duration: 99 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.4.
Young American Suzya comes to study at a German ballet school. On the first night, mysterious events begin to take place in the old Gothic building. The girl suspects that she got to the real witch Schabash.
Classical horror Dario Argento passed the test of time. Helped both bright costumes, workshop operator work and thought -out decorations, and the other -sided soundtrack of the Goblin group forever settled in memory.
In 2018, the Italian Luka Guadaninino could not stand it and removed his own version of the “Suspiria” with Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton in the main roles. The story of the Sabbath in the ballet school continues.
1. Done with ghosts
Sen to Chihiro No Kamikakushi
- Japan, 2001.
- Fantasy, adventure.
- Duration: 125 minutes.
- IMDB: 8.6.
Girl Tikhiro and her parents move to a new house. The forest road leads them to an abandoned, enchanted city. They are ruled by the evil sorceress of Yubaba. Mom and Papa Tikhiro turn into pigs, and the girl needs to save them from the spell, having passed a series of trials.
One of the main masterpieces of the great Japanese storyteller Hayao Miyazaki amazes the unique and complex magical world, as well as virtuoso animation technique. Traditional legends and beliefs here are harmoniously combined with urgent problems of ecology and economics.