Seven might be a little generous, but this film represents the end of the line for quality black and white British horror of it's time, a sub genre for "witch" I have great affection. From "Curse Of The Demon" to "City Of The Dead" and "Night Of The Eagle" it's brought me much pleasure- even "The Haunting" (which had a small role for "Witchcraft's Diane Clare) was shot if not set in England.
Something of a rarity, "Witchcraft" never turned up much on TV and I don't think was ever on video, the "Midnight Movie" DVD series has rescued many titles this way. I doubt Lon Chaney Jr, (who's drinking problem gave them a very hard time on the set) was the first choice for American Star worked in to give the film overseas distribution potential. His performance is not great but get's the job done and offers some distraction from the too talky plot.
What makes the film well worth seeing is some of the visual touches director Don Sharp applies in place of expensive special effects. Indeed, these work better than the big fire at the end of the films rather clumsy climax. All in all, if you enjoy this sort of thing, you are likely to like it.
Something of a rarity, "Witchcraft" never turned up much on TV and I don't think was ever on video, the "Midnight Movie" DVD series has rescued many titles this way. I doubt Lon Chaney Jr, (who's drinking problem gave them a very hard time on the set) was the first choice for American Star worked in to give the film overseas distribution potential. His performance is not great but get's the job done and offers some distraction from the too talky plot.
What makes the film well worth seeing is some of the visual touches director Don Sharp applies in place of expensive special effects. Indeed, these work better than the big fire at the end of the films rather clumsy climax. All in all, if you enjoy this sort of thing, you are likely to like it.