Witching Time

'Witching Hour' was the first episode of the sole 1980 series of 'Hammer House of Horror' one of the last gasps of that venerable studio and one that was fully intended to cash in on the popularity of the regular television screenings of their phenomenal back catalogue.  It's reputation allowed it to attract some well known faces from British film television to populate it's episodes including Peter Cushing (of course), Denholm Elliott, Gareth Thomas, Paul Darrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Diana Dors, Barbara Kellerman, Brian Cox and Pierce Brosnan.

There's an amazing Wyrd Britain cast here as Hammer alumni Jon Finch (The Vampire Lovers & The Horror of Frankenstein) plays David Winter a film composer left alone in his remote farmhouse whilst by his actress wife (Kinvig's Prunella Gee) has an affair with the Doctor (Survivors' 'Greg', Ian McCulloch) who finds a time travelling 17th century witch named Lucinda Jessop (The Rocky Horror Picture Show's 'Magenta', Patricia Quinn) with a nice line in period insults, "You must get rid of that strumpet whore" who decides to make herself at home.

It's a fabulous bit of folk horror schlock populated by a perfect B-movie cast full of great scenery chewing performances by everyone except Billy the dog that makes great use of its 50 minute runtime with a frenetic storyline and a fiery ending.

Buy it here - UK /  US - or watch it below.



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