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Witch Hunt

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Magic and murder connect an actress (Penelope Ann Miller), a private eye (Dennis Hopper), a senator (Eric Bogosian) and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.

Critics Reviews

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Mitchell Beaupre Paste Magazine 06/24/2024
4.5/10
Witch Hunt is light on its feet, though it ends up feeling ill-defined when all is said and done. Go to Full Review
Howard Waldstein CBR 07/18/2023
It’s an interesting work-for-hire project, worth a watch for its matter-of-fact blending of the fantastical and the mundane. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 02/22/2008
2/5
Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium 05/13/2007
2/5
A demonstrably inferior sequel to the wonderful Cast A Deadly Spell Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/23/2005
2/5
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews 05/15/2003
4/10
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Audience Reviews

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Max L Aug 18 A pale follow up to Cast a Deadly spell See more Ben W Jun 4 No option to delete my review. Put the stars in the middle. sorry. Today was Saturday 14th June 2025ce. See more Jeff N 04/21/2024 L.A. Confidential meets Harry Potter. A smart tightly woven noir detective story set amidst a back drop that's a satire of the 50's Hollywood and the McCarthy era red scare. The score it got on here is because it was ahead of it's time. This is definitely a time when RT got it wrong. Sad. See more Jithin K 10/31/2023 A bizarre movie that for the most part wasn't very impressive but the things it got right were so good for me. It plays out like a film noir set in an alternative 1950s Hollywood filled with magic, paving the way to an old-fashioned Witch Hunt instead of the McCarthy-led one that happened in real life. Being a noir with all these things going on just feels like a parody that is not really funny for most of the runtime. But more than simply being funny it does manage to criticize a lot of the American way of stuff even though it's very very obvious anyway. But the movie made it believable that if the world was like that, the events in this movie could very well occur. Along with that, a lot of very weird choices that really don't lead to anything in the film actually kept my interest throughout the film even though the central plot itself was kind of boring to me. So, in a contrived way, they did manage to engage me and convey some messages, even with all the intentional weirdness and the noir parody tone and acting of the movie. See more 08/09/2013 Loads of fun-great performances--Witch Hunt Casts a Deadly Spell!! See more 03/28/2013 My favorite Dennis Hopper movie. I love everything about this movie the subject matter the styles from the '50's . See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Magic and murder connect an actress (Penelope Ann Miller), a private eye (Dennis Hopper), a senator (Eric Bogosian) and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.
Director
Paul Schrader
Rating
R, TV-MA
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Dec 10, 1994
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo