Movie Name/Year: Witches of Blackwood (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Length: 78 minutes
Rating: Unrated
Director: Kate Whitbread
Writer: Darren Markey
Actors: Cassandra Magrath, Kevin Hofbauer, Lee Mason, John Voce,
Nicholas Denton, Susan Vasiljevic, Francesca Waters, Nikola Dubois, Maddy
Vasiljevic, Gigi Vasiljevic
Blurb from IMDb: A supernatural thriller
with a witchy theme, starring Cassandra Magrath
Selina’s Point of View:
Staying awake
during
Witches of Blackwood was one of the most difficult things I’ve
ever had to do for this blog.
By a half hour
in, nothing had happened. The story was so slow that I still hadn’t been made
to care. In fact, the first scene that mattered to me, even a little, happened
around the 40-minute mark. Worse than that, the scene was only about 3-minutes
long.
Even near the
end, when the climax should have picked everything up… it was so predictable
that it just didn’t work. I remained underwhelmed.
The company that
promoted this movie worked really hard to connect it to
Wolf Creek
(2005). In every advertisement it was stressed that
Wolf Creek’s Cassandra
Magrath (
Ali’s Wedding, The Dustwalker, 36 Questions) was in this flick.
The cult classic’s title even came before the name of this flick in the fliers.
I get it. That was a great way to gain attention for
Witches of Blackwood…
but I think it hurt the film’s chances.
By advertising
that way, it caused me to view
Witches of Blackwood and
Wolf Creek
as part of the same category, and they couldn’t be further apart.
The way a movie
is promoted matters. I’m not saying I would have suddenly fallen in love with
it if it had been served to me differently, but I would have gone into it with
different expectations that might have been easier to meet.
I was really
looking forward to
Witches of Blackwood, and I’m beyond disappointed.
I wouldn’t re-watch
this film, but who knows? Maybe it’s just not for me. Maybe there’s someone out
there who would appreciate this kind of super-slow mild thriller. If you think
it might be for you,
Witches of Blackwood will be available on DVD, and
digitally, September 7.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – None
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – None
Metascore – None
Metacritic User Score – None
IMDB Score – None
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 1.5/5
Trust-the-Dice’s
Parental Advisory Rating:
R
Movie Trailer:
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