Watch The Witches (1966) Free Online

Release Date: 1966

Cast: Alec McCowen, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Joan Fontaine, Ann Bell, Kay Walsh

Categories: Movies, Horror, Psycho-biddy, Supernatural

The Witches (US: The Devil's Own) is a 1966 British horror film made by Hammer Films. It was adapted by Nigel Kneale from the novel The Devil's Own by Norah Lofts, under the pseudonym Peter Curtis. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and starred Joan Fontaine, Alec McCowen, Kay Walsh, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting and Gwen Ffrangcon Davies. A schoolteacher (Fontaine) has a nervous breakdown after being exposed to witchcraft during a rebellion led by witch-doctors while teaching as a missionary in Africa. In an effort to recover, on her return to England, she is hired by a wealthy brother and... MORE

The Witches (US: The Devil's Own) is a 1966 British horror film made by Hammer Films. It was adapted by Nigel Kneale from the novel The Devil's Own by Norah Lofts, under the pseudonym Peter Curtis. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and starred Joan Fontaine, Alec McCowen, Kay Walsh, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting and Gwen Ffrangcon Davies. A schoolteacher (Fontaine) has a nervous breakdown after being exposed to witchcraft during a rebellion led by witch-doctors while teaching as a missionary in Africa. In an effort to recover, on her return to England, she is hired by a wealthy brother and sister (McCowan and Walsh) to become head teacher of their small private school in a rural village. Gwen soon detects a sinister undercurrent beneath the pleasantries of the village life, starting with Alan admitting to Gwen that he is not really a priest. Soon more suspicious events start to occur, such as the disappearance and reappearance of a doll - found headless. There she also becomes suspicious of the way the villagers are treating a 14-year-old girl (Boulting); her investigations point to witchcraft. The village of Hambleden, Buckinghamshire was the filming location for the fictional village LESS