From Black Sunday’s vengeful Princess Asa Vajda, seeking retribution against the descendants of her treacherous brother to the ill-fated family in Hereditary, whose souls were already promised to a demon, witches come in many forms. Some are good, some are bad, and some are just really really angry.
There’s no order to today’s list, these witches are hangry, vengeful, spiteful, or all of the above! I loved the witches in every one of these movies. Many titles show up on previous horror movie lists I’ve made, but I have to point out two new film faves.
The first is Weapons and Amy Madigan’s Oscar winning role of Gladys, pure nightmare fuel, such brilliance. After the shock of realizing who the real villain in the story was, I was terrified every minute the red wigged clown face was on screen. I look forward to seeing more of her in upcoming Gladys sequel.
The other new movie is The Witch: Revenge, a low-budget indie horror from Ukraine, released in 2024 and set at the start of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine just two years prior, filmmakers actually collected uniforms of real Russian invaders and used them as costumes for their cast. While the bad guys are wildly over the top and their dialogue is on the nose, it’s not a stretch to believe the Russian army is mindlessly raping and killing innocent civilians. It’s a moody, atmospheric witch movie, and while not exactly a rousing crowd pleaser, these guys all deserved what was coming to them. This is a good little witch flick and it deserves more eyeballs.
13 witchy films you need to see right now!
Black Sunday (1960)
Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
The Conjuring (2013)
Gretel & Hansel (2020)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
The Witch: Revenge (2024)
Hellbender (2021)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Suspiria (2023)
Hereditary (2018)
VVitch (2015)
Weapons (2025)
Remember, there’s no going back once you cross a vengeful witch. Madness, mayhem, death and destruction are coming your way.
Happy viewing! Stay safe out there!
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