The Candy Witch

Good for a gorefest, if that's what you're after. The witch is damn ugly, effects state-of-the-art, and tortured suffering realistically acted, but the paranormal investigations are really just a tangential trendy touch and plot revelations long expected before they finally happen.

Decent, quiet, and slower paced, The Candy Witch is more about human failings than the supernatural (although it is there). Subtle approach keeps the trappings of a haunting ghost to a minimum, and that only makes the plot more the focus. Nothing new here, but a decent watch.

Where to start? The "English" folks that all sound 'Murican? - The painfully rigid dialogue, (that no one speaks like?) The "did I miss the plot" feeling?

Gave up after 40minutes.

Bad bad movie.

Story wise this film was pretty good and some and I mean some of the acting passable but the film had so much wooden acting and boring parts in between the scary scenes that it was as if you are watching two movies.

The mum who was getting haunted was the best actor in the whole film, some if the supporting actors were passable but my problem was with the main actor: Jon Callaway boy was he bad, his acting was so wooden I thought there was a staircase in the film, yes that's how wooden he was. Also what the heck was that hair he had, I thought it had it's own role in the movie.

Also has this man had botox or what, that look he had with his forehead always with the same creases in it, it never moved.

Being the main actor his scenes either made me laugh at how bad he was or I was so bored that by the time the scare scenes came I wasn't bothered anymore.

All in all a total let down.

Good scare scenes but a boring movie with a pointless story in between the horror. Also for a better movie next time, GET A BETTER MAIN ACTOR NOT SOMEONE FROM IKEA.

Don't bother.

Another decent effort from the gang at Proportion Productions. Many crew/actors appear from film to film. Think American Horror Story but instead with UK Horror movies and you've got the idea. As it's difficult to do something new in horror, it's all about effort, writing, quality, and holding our interest these days. Horror in particular, is a very personal genre, we all definitely don't love or hate the same movies.

The Candy Witch is your typical vengeful spirit/haunted house flick. While not the best,, I found it to be a lot of fun, certainly better than a lot of movies of it's type. The cast and crew, while not very experienced, did a good job making a nice little horror. The practical gore effects were well done. It held my interest, which many horrors today fail to do. My only issue with the film is that a couple of times the witch herself looked pretty lame. Too much light and she looked kinda bogus. Otherwise, no real complaints. With a few more films under their belts, Proportion Productions might become a player, sort of like Blumhouse Productions, whom I've seen them compared to.

The cast featured Jon Callaway, Kate Lush, and my new UK Scream Queen Crush, Abi Casson Thompson. Abi has only done a handful of films so far, but she gets better every outing, as do the rest of the cast and crew. Hopefully future films by these folks will show continued improvement with each effort.

In the end, I'm giving The Candy Witch a 6/10 rating. They didn't reinvent the wheel, but they made a better than average vengeful spirit/haunted house movie, and nowadays, that's enough for me.