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Season of the Witch (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

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Condition
New
Format
Blu-ray March 13, 2018
Dimensions
0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 in; 2.61 oz
Language
English
Runtime
1 hour and 30 minutes
Director
George A. Romero
Media Format
Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen

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Perhaps the most unclassifiable of filmmaker George A. Romero’s works, 1972’s Season of the Witch sees the Night of the Living Dead filmmaker returning to the realm of the supernatural for this bewitching tale of a housewife driven to an interest in the dark arts.On the surface, Joan Mitchell has it all – family, friends, and a beautiful home equipped with all the latest appliances. But when a neighbour educates her on the practice of witchcraft, Joan believes she’s discovered the perfect antidote to her monotonous suburban existence, and embarks upon a dark path that will lead to a shocking conclusion.Filmed as Jack’s Wife and subsequently cut down and retitled Hungry Wives for its theatrical release in an attempt to market it as a sexploitation film, Season of the Witch is arguably one of Romero’s most overlooked films – an intimate and thought-provoking character study that serves as the perfect companion piece to his later Martin.SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:Brand new 4K restoration of the original theatrical version from the camera negative [90 mins] Alternate extended version [104 mins] High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original Uncompressed PCM Mono Audio English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary by Travis Crawford When Romero Met Del Toro – filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro in conversation with George Romero The Secret Life of Jack’s Wife – archive interview with actress Jan White Alternate Opening Titles Location Gallery with audio commentary by Romero historian Lawrence DeVincentz Memorabilia Gallery TrailersReversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx

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Format Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen
Contributor Ann Muffly, George A. Romero, Jan White, Raymond Laine
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 30 minutes
Number Of Discs 1
Product Dimensions 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.61 ounces
Director George A. Romero
Media Format Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen

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An extremely underrated George A. Romero movie...
This movie is a curiosity. It's only a horror movie by-proxy. There are definitely horror elements in it, but most of it is not tangible in a way that you see in that genre. This is most notably a pro-feminist movie. The main female protagonist in this film is taking charge of her life, but she doesn't sacrifice her femininity and it not trying to become a man or even try to put down men. She is simply independent, but she is also vulnerable. It's very interesting. You can tell that this movie had a budget of about $1.98, but none of that matters because it's what the movie is doing with that it has that makes it outstanding. SPOILER: You can definitely tell that there is more that could have been in this movie to make it more complete, but as you'll see in the interviews and such, it was cut to ribbons by the studio and mis-marketed. Thankfully we do get some of the original footage intercut into the film in an alternate cutting, but I would love to just one day see the raw 4+ hours that was the original film (as noted in the behind the scenes interview). I recommend this movie and I recommend seeing it once, sitting on it and watching it again. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2021 by Dominic T. Sedillo
The best release of this movie to date.
I first saw this movie back in the mid 1990's. It was a shocking surprise to find a VHS tape of another George Romero film I had never heard of, at the local Blockbuster (franchise) store! It was an old tape released by Thorn EMI, and the title was "Season of the Witch." I watched the old, poorly telecined, dark yet color faded, soft, fuzzy, copy with bad sound, and loved the movie. Unfortunately, many people tend to associate all of those negatives I just mentioned with low budget filmmaking, which is not the case. A little later on, Anchor Bay released it on VHS, which I bought. The Anchor Bay VHS was another surprise. This time, the movie started out with the original intro graphics. Starting with a bumper indicating the movie was produced by The Latent Image and ending with a graphic of original title "Jacks Wife." This copy was much, much, cleaner than the copy I had seen years previous AND, there were several extra scenes! Enter this Blu-Ray. This time, the movie opens with the graphic for "Hungry Wives." but THIS is what the movie is / was supposed to look like! The best way of re-releasing any movie is by making a copy of the original negative. Unfortunately, (and especially) in the case of low budget, independent films, the original camera negatives are lost. This then leaves people who want to restore and re-release old and obscure titles to use actual prints. Using actual prints is problematic because they were used (projected), many times not stored correctly, and just do not age well. Back in the 80's and 90's, distributors were doing very little, if anything, in terms of restoration. They got a banged up, faded print of a film with bad audio, and did the lowest, bargain basement, telecine transfer available. It should also be mentioned that older telecine methods, at their best, were nowhere near as good as the frame-by-frame digital captures that are being used today. What the distributor of this Blu-Ray did with the print they procured of this movie is nothing short of AMAZING! Everything is sharp and crystal clear, the colors are amazing, the lighting is perfect, there is pretty much zero grain, and the audio is excellent. If I did not know any better, I would easily think the movie was filmed on 35mm. If you have seen this movie before and liked it, prior to the release of this Blu-Ray, you will be shocked to see what a proper restoration of a better than average print can look like. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2022 by Nixie 78
To the devil with what people say...
Alright, so the acting is often amateurish and it isn't approved by Wiccans and the lot. They can go play with their chalices and swords -- it's a brilliant little movie. Romero looks at sexual frustration, the sexual revolution (California-style), and the relationship of these things to what would become known as "New Age spirituality" with a critical, curious, searching eye, making his most reflective and unusual film. Donovan's song is nicely used, and there are some almost Cassavetes-like moments where the characters push each other into revealing deep-seated frustrations and fears... Also some interesting considerations of the relationship between religious beliefs and sexual needs which, really, just aren't TREATED that often in cinema. The film seems to seriously want to explore everything that Romero thinks might be healthy about witchcraft, without being afraid to also criticize it, as well. I'd almost be willing to call it a feminist film, in that Romero earnestly tries to frame 70's west-coasty let's-pretend/ let's-get-nekkid occultism in the context of VERY REAL female struggles at the time. His cynicism ultimately wins out, however; though the movie remains ultimately a little ambiguous, the last scene seems pretty mocking, to my eyes... In any event -- it is worth watching and thinking about. And yes, Satanism and Wicca are different things, and YES, Romero takes some liberties with his depiction of "The Craft," but Cripes, guys, what, do you just watch THE WICKER MAN over and over and over and over and over and over and over? Lighten up! (And please don't put any curses on me). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2000 by Allan MacInnis
Very interesting Romero
This one goes way back to when he used to direct, write, shoot, and edit the films. It certainly has its flaws and drags in places, but this is from the time when he was making some of the most original, entertaining movies around. It's fairly certain you'll never see another film quite like this -- although his own MARTIN has much of the same feel. Rather introspective. Be warned, the budget constraints can be felt when viewing this film. On the other hand, Romero consistently proved during this period that large budgets do not make the movie. Oh yeah... it has a very effective climax, as well. SEASON doesn't have the same visceral shocks of MARTIN, but I'd say go watch the latter film first. If you like it, chances are good you'll really enjoy this one as well. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 1998 by Rey Diablo
1 movie three names
Well I think George Romero is a genius (If you don't think so thats good for you). This was romeros 3rd movie,and it seemed to have the same fate as the movie romero made before it and after it. reason #1: Georges' second movie shot in 1969 was first titled "Theres Always Vanilla", it was then re-released as "The Affair", and then once more re-named "At play with the Angels", then, it unfortunatly fell off the face of the earth without a trace. Then in 1972 Romero shot "Jacks wife" the movie bombed at the box office (mainly because people didn't get it or didn't want to try) The production house that financed the film (unknown to Romero)actually usually financed x-rated films. So the film was re-released under its new name "Hungry Wives" and was trying to be sold as "soft porn", poor George was so wizzed (and embarassed) that he called it a loss. The film remained forgotten until 1979 right after "Dawn of the Dead" was released. The new distribution company who bought the rights to it cut about a half hour out of it and re-released it as "Season of the Witch". Hoping that the movie would ride on the coatails of "Dawn". Then Romeros' next film "The Crazies" was originally released as "Code Name:Trixie" in 1973. As for "Season of the Witch", its really a great movie. Its just that most people just dont want to have to try to figure things out, if the entire plot, all of the questions and answers in it arent presented to people right under their noses, they "don't understand it" or "get bored" with it because they have the attention span of 3rd graders. The plot is very original, the acting isn't bad it reflects the charaters emotional states (Romeros' charecters never act mellow dramatic just very natural)Once again probably the most overlooked stong points of the movie is romeros cinematography and editing, romero has honed a style of camera work and editing that is very prominent in all of his work, its genius but unappreciated. And for all those who whine about the movies "low budget". Ok, the movie was shot in 1972 on 16mm film, yes thats right 16mm film. "NOTLD" was shot on 35mm B&W, "Season of the Witch" was shot on 16mm color, So WHat?? I personally like seeing movies that were shot on 16mm. Just because a film wasn't shot on "state of the art" equipment does that make it a bad movie?? I would of liked it even if it was shot on super 8! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2001 by "paulkristi"
One of my Favorites
This movie has been a favorite of mine for many many years. Origionaly released under the title of "Jacks Wife" this movie continues to be great after all this time. This movie, though slow to get to the topic, is based on traditional witchcraft (NOT WICCA) but witchcraft as presented in Paul Huson's 70's Book, Mastering Witchcraft. Each ritual in this bok is taken almost word for word from Mastering Witchcraft. I would highly reccomend this movie for those people who are interested in a true classic and not just some modern wicca based nonsense full of special effects and silly fluffy bunny wannabes. If your a Romero fan this is for you. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2005 by Inner Spiral
A zombie rendition of the Witches Of Eastwick
I admire director George Romero's work and I know he makes a ghastly statement here, but this is not a great film. I consider this a zombie rendition of the later film The Witches of Eastwick (Keepcase), deliberately lacking its charm and humor. Joan and her social circle are not bad people; they merely are insensitive and socially inept. And I cannot credit a feminist perspective, because it's not clear that Joan will relate better to the female witches coven members than to her original social circle. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2018 by Richard Ballard
Poor at best period.
Saw this movie on 1st release at a theatre long ago, forgot it for the most part. Drawn to the subject particularly at that time + being of that time. Love the song+title, both versions i know by Donovan the author +Terry Reid which he made his own, witch i cannot get enough of to this day. I believe Joan Jett later covered it also though i only heard it once recently in a car. I digress only to get to my point Great song! Great performance! The movie not so much! Available on cd +other formats. Speaking of formats love dvd's but happy i bought this on video tape (fair condition) for 9 bucks vs 26 dvd. Acting wise the wife was pretty good and her woman friend as well , the rest of the cast?able! The direction of the story line too tied up in attempted weirdness much of the time which never became convincing in any way leading to a weak ending anti-climatic no witchcraft necessary. Otherwise that was a great play Mrs. Lincoln! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2023 by william m.
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