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Hammer House of Horror - Witching Time
episode 1
UK 1980
produced by Roy Skeggs, Brian Lawrence (executive), David Reid (executive) for Chips Productions, Cinema Arts International, Hammer/ITC
directed by Don Leaver
starring Jon Finch, Patricia Quinn, Prunella Gee, Ian McCulloch, Lennard Pearce, Margaret Anderson
written by Anthony Read, music by James Bernard, musical supervision by Philip Martell
TV-series Hammer House of Horror
review by Mike Haberfelner
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While his actress wife Mary (Prunella Gee) is out cheating on him -
with his psychiatrist Dr Henderson (Ian McCulloch) no less - overworked
and heavily medicated musician David (Jon Finch) spends his time at his
isolated farm trying to compose a filmscore ... but instead he finds
Lucinda (Patricia Quinn), a witch from the 17th century, who wants to make
him hers. More than a little puzzled, David seeks advice from Dr
Henderson, but he of course has no real intentions of helping him and
medicates him even more heavily. Mary on the other hand breaks up with
Henderson and tries to help David over what she thinks is a mental
breakdown - only to discover her husband is actually battling a
witch! David tries to burn Lucinda on a stake, but fire is her friend, and
she instead tries to burn him - but Mary uses Lucinda's own witchcraft
against her by using a voodoo doll to, well, pin her down, then she fights
fire with ... water, actually, and in water, the witch who has just
claimed to be of fire, dissolves. Less than special first
episode of Hammer House of Horror, nothing but a silly and
at the same time overconvoluted tale of witchcraft that never really takes
off and often uses itself in unnecessary subplots. Plus, the basic plot
lacks urgency and actual character motivation and is one of these stories
that could have done with a bit more explanations and narative background
on top of just saying there's a time-traveling witch who wants this man. There's
quite a bit of nudity in this one though ...
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