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Witch Hunt

  • TV Movie
  • 1999
  • Unrated
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
332
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Witch Hunt (1999)
True CrimeCrimeDrama

In the Australian state of Victoria, young Hannah disappears. The police investigates, digging into the family's nasty past. The mother, Linda Thomas, was completely dominated by the materna... Read allIn the Australian state of Victoria, young Hannah disappears. The police investigates, digging into the family's nasty past. The mother, Linda Thomas, was completely dominated by the maternal grandmother Barbara Thomas, an occult author, who turned her and her brothers Craig and ... Read allIn the Australian state of Victoria, young Hannah disappears. The police investigates, digging into the family's nasty past. The mother, Linda Thomas, was completely dominated by the maternal grandmother Barbara Thomas, an occult author, who turned her and her brothers Craig and Ray, who she told Hannah was abused, against the father, David Overton, and after Linda's ... Read all

  • Director
    • Scott Hartford-Davis
  • Writer
    • Shane Brennan
  • Stars
    • Jacqueline Bisset
    • Cameron Daddo
    • Jerome Ehlers
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    332
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Scott Hartford-Davis
    • Writer
      • Shane Brennan
    • Stars
      • Jacqueline Bisset
      • Cameron Daddo
      • Jerome Ehlers
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Jacqueline Bisset
    Jacqueline Bisset
    • Barbara Thomas
    Cameron Daddo
    Cameron Daddo
    • David Overton
    Jerome Ehlers
    Jerome Ehlers
    • Detective Jack Maitland
    Suzi Dougherty
    Suzi Dougherty
    • Jenny Page
    William Gluth
    • Ray Thomas
    Alexandra Schepisi
    Alexandra Schepisi
    • Linda Thomas
    Sullivan Stapleton
    Sullivan Stapleton
    • Craig Thomas
    Grant Piro
    Grant Piro
    • Conlon
    Nikki Risteski
    • Hannah 8 Yrs
    Richael Tanner
    • Hannah 4 Yrs
    Shania Finnigan
    • Hannah Toddler
    Rhen Sandner
    • Hannah Baby
    Catherine Hill
    • Libby Gleeson
    Louis Dingemans
    • Peter Laroy
    Gerald Lepkowski
    Gerald Lepkowski
    • Kosgo
    John Murphy
    John Murphy
    • Bill Young
    John Arnold
    • Colin Pierce
    Jane Hall
    • Reporter No 1
    • Director
      • Scott Hartford-Davis
    • Writer
      • Shane Brennan
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    7geonolis

    Excellent music, fine plot

    A well filmed movie, with excellent background music.

    Some interesting stuff about witchcraft added mystery to the crime-drama-family film. Notice the drawing of little Hana with the clocks, her father and a symbol looking like m9. It appears two or three times in the film and it foretells the end of the story. It is a sign of the witchcraft that has passed from Barbara (the grandmother) to Hana.

    The plot was fine without lose ends.

    Actually, I didn't expect a tv-movie to be so good.
    8sol-kay

    Witch is Witch?

    ****Spoiler Alert**** Much better movie then you would expect from a made for TV film about a little girl missing in the Australian countryside and the search for her amid accusations between her grandparents and father on who's responsible for her disappearance.

    Hannah Overton, Niki Risteski, disappeared just as her father was coming to take her home from her grandparents with whom she was staying over the weekend. David Overton, Cameron Daddo, was divorced from his wife Linda, Alexandra Schepisi, for some eight years but it wasn't until she died four years ago that he got custody of his daughter Hannah. This to the strong objections of his wife's parents Barbara and Ray Thomas, Jackie Bisset and William Gluth, in that David was a threat to her.

    The police felt the same way at first and grilled David at the local police station about his whereabouts at the time of Hannah's disappearance. David tells the police that it's Hannah's grandparents that they should question since he was the one who had custody of his daughter and they didn't so why should he be a suspect? David also tells the police that Hannah's grandmother Barbara is a practitioner of the black arts in general and witchcraft in particular and wants to turn her granddaughter into a witch like herself.

    Unbelievable at first the police go to the Thomas home and when they ask Babara if she can explain David's accusations about her she becomes very defensive and seems to be hiding something from them. The police also interview people who know David and they tell them that he's very violent and has a habit of getting drunk and picking fights with anyone who would as much as look cross-eyed at him. They also tell the police that the death of David's wife Linda was also not what people think that it was and hint that he may have had something to do with it, Linda tried to commit suicide when she was still married to David, thus the grandparents fear and resentment of him.

    The police uncover a number of facts that hint that something is not right between the two parties who are accusing each other of little Hannah's disappearance and think that something is what they both are trying to hide. Good solid movie about a subject that you would rather not talk about with strangers in fear that they may think that your a little bit off the reservation when it comes to your mental faculties but the subject is all to real to ignore.

    Based on a true story about the dark side of nature with an ending that doesn't really end the movie and has you saying to yourself: Can it all be real or is it just my imagination?

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Boszorkányüldözés
    • Filming locations
      • Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Columbia TriStar Television
      • Golden Square Pictures
      • Network Ten
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      • A$3,300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
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