It could be argued this movie has absolutely nothing to do with witches. And it says "witches" right in the title! I thought, Scream Factory and witches, there's a winning combo. Boy was I wrong.
This movie does nothing but grow more and more ridiculous with every scene, starting around midway, until it's a crescendo of ridiculousness. Everybody who leaves the vehicle wanders into the woods. Ridiculous. Two deaths by ski pole. Ridiculous. Can we have one horror movie set in the woods, NOT have a bear trap? This movie's from 2019, for crying out loud. Ridiculous.
I was mystified as to why these people were together on a trip. All kinds of relationship drama, PLUS a subplot where one of the girls was gang raped, possibly involving people in the same vehicle! Typical of modern horror, no attention to detail. And talk about a lame, nothing of an ending. They didn't even try.
I will begrudgingly give Witches in the Woods a few minor things, because I want to stay positive, right? It looks genuinely cold, and our college bickerers are freezing to death (Ontario substituting for western Massachusetts). There is one scene where you can see a face outside the frozen SUV window. That was creepy (and it lasts about 5 seconds). There's a cool establishing shot inside the car, at the beginning of the film, where we're introduced to the characters, done in one long take. Does not amount to much, unfortunately. Two stars.
This movie does nothing but grow more and more ridiculous with every scene, starting around midway, until it's a crescendo of ridiculousness. Everybody who leaves the vehicle wanders into the woods. Ridiculous. Two deaths by ski pole. Ridiculous. Can we have one horror movie set in the woods, NOT have a bear trap? This movie's from 2019, for crying out loud. Ridiculous.
I was mystified as to why these people were together on a trip. All kinds of relationship drama, PLUS a subplot where one of the girls was gang raped, possibly involving people in the same vehicle! Typical of modern horror, no attention to detail. And talk about a lame, nothing of an ending. They didn't even try.
I will begrudgingly give Witches in the Woods a few minor things, because I want to stay positive, right? It looks genuinely cold, and our college bickerers are freezing to death (Ontario substituting for western Massachusetts). There is one scene where you can see a face outside the frozen SUV window. That was creepy (and it lasts about 5 seconds). There's a cool establishing shot inside the car, at the beginning of the film, where we're introduced to the characters, done in one long take. Does not amount to much, unfortunately. Two stars.