The Hammer of Witches: The Screech Owl

Good attempt at what appears to be a smidge above a student made film. The acting was not horrible, but also not good. Perhaps the wooden dialogue tripped the actors up. I felt like the sound of the film threw me off. It seemed like the actors were all talking into a microphone in a totally controlled environment and made it seem dubbed without much of the environment included. Once they finally got to the antagonist portion of the movie the camera work attempted to make up for the lack of costuming or special effects. That was distracting and not effective, lots of shaking, weird coloring and darkness to create a scary effect I assume. Would not recommend to any friends, but I did finish it. However that felt like a feat even with the short run time. The idea of the story seemed interesting but it was not brought to screen well. Maybe it was too low budget, but even with that I felt like it could have been adapted better.

Hammer of Witches: The Screech Owl was an interesting story! I loved the concept along with the cinematography and suspenseful music! I particularly loved the music with the woman vocalizing towards the end of the more tense scenes! It was visually interesting to watch! I wasn't familiar with any of the actors but I felt they told this story well! I originally purchased it on Amazon Prime as I was interested in the short description of the movie. I've now watched it several times! It will be a great addition to my Fall movie lineup! I hope to see more from this production team with sequels to this one!