Three women use witchcraft to aid their professor husbands' careers. When a promotion opens, they turn against each other. Satirical horror about academic ambition and jealousy.Three women use witchcraft to aid their professor husbands' careers. When a promotion opens, they turn against each other. Satirical horror about academic ambition and jealousy.Three women use witchcraft to aid their professor husbands' careers. When a promotion opens, they turn against each other. Satirical horror about academic ambition and jealousy.
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James Winkler
- Linus Cross
- (as James R. Winker, James Winker)
Barbara Minkus
- Saleswoman
- (as Barbara Minkus-Barron)
Angus Scrimm
- Carl Groton
- (as Lawrence Guy)
Corky Behrle
- Meter Officer #2
- (as Charles 'Corky' Behrle)
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"Joshua Lightman" (Richard Benjamin) is a college professor who seems to have everything going for him which includes an attractive and loving wife named "Margaret" (Teri Garr) and an extremely rewarding career in which all kinds of good things just happen to come his way. What he doesn't fully realize is that the reason for much of this is because his wife dabbles in witchcraft and has placed multiple spells upon him which ensures his good luck at every opportunity. Unfortunately, during the course of one of these spells, he and Margaret have a disagreement and because of that she decides to revoke all of them to teach him a lesson. This, in turn, creates all kinds of trouble for him which even Margaret did not foresee. To matter matters even worse, because of his recent success, one of Margaret's friends by the name of "Susan Carey" (Kathryn Leigh Scott) becomes so concerned that Joshua's upward mobility will impact her own husband's career that she puts a curse on him to slow his progress down as well. But as bad as that is it is nothing compared to what a woman named "Vivian Cross" (Lana Turner) has in mind for the two of them. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a pretty good low-budget film which benefitted from the presence of two attractive actresses like Teri Garr and Kathryn Leigh Scott. That being said, however, it still suffered somewhat from its rather limited financial resources and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
WITCHES BREW was hyped in the early 80's by the same horror fanzines that hyped SATURDAY THE 14th. OK, so I can't help it. This is a pretty lame flick.
And Teri Garr is in it. Granted, she is all right in small doses. Overbearing, yes. Annoying, yes. But she was good in last year's DICK. I can't really pick on her too much (Dave Letterman takes care of that for me).
This film has a few effects around the silly housewife hijinks, and those said effects are of the Q variety. At least the gargoyle's supposed to be made of clay.
Still, I haven't seen this picture in years, mostly by choice. It is an unmemorable, and thoroughly draining, viewing experience.
And Teri Garr is in it. Granted, she is all right in small doses. Overbearing, yes. Annoying, yes. But she was good in last year's DICK. I can't really pick on her too much (Dave Letterman takes care of that for me).
This film has a few effects around the silly housewife hijinks, and those said effects are of the Q variety. At least the gargoyle's supposed to be made of clay.
Still, I haven't seen this picture in years, mostly by choice. It is an unmemorable, and thoroughly draining, viewing experience.
The only reasons I watched "Witches' Brew" is that it is Lana Turner's last film and it was free to watch on YouTube. It turned out to be a strange but watchable movie...but a really weird film for Turner (who is 59, though she appears to be about 70).
A group of women have a strange 'hobby'. They've been practicing witchcraft in order to help their husbands' careers at the nearby university. One of them learns about this and it's not surprising that Professor Lightman (Richard Benjamin) is upset at his wife's behaviors...especially since he's a psychology professor. So, his wife (Teri Garr) wants to teach him a lesson and she removes all her charms on him...and soon his life starts falling apart. But the problem is MUCH worse than either anticipate, as the leader of this coven (Turner) is intent on doing something very evil. What? Watch the film.
This is a decent time-passer, though I wish they'd either chosen to make it much more serious or more of a comedy. Instead, it's a bit of both and could have been better. The ending is also really, really cheesy. Still, it's a one of a kind sort of movie and if you're looking for something different, it is very, very different.
A group of women have a strange 'hobby'. They've been practicing witchcraft in order to help their husbands' careers at the nearby university. One of them learns about this and it's not surprising that Professor Lightman (Richard Benjamin) is upset at his wife's behaviors...especially since he's a psychology professor. So, his wife (Teri Garr) wants to teach him a lesson and she removes all her charms on him...and soon his life starts falling apart. But the problem is MUCH worse than either anticipate, as the leader of this coven (Turner) is intent on doing something very evil. What? Watch the film.
This is a decent time-passer, though I wish they'd either chosen to make it much more serious or more of a comedy. Instead, it's a bit of both and could have been better. The ending is also really, really cheesy. Still, it's a one of a kind sort of movie and if you're looking for something different, it is very, very different.
This was a successful scary but funny flick for kids between 8 and 14 years of age. Teri Garr is an excellent actress. If there was ever a Bewitched character to replace Montgomery, Garr would have been perfect. This film is something to remember, is funny, and in its time, it was fun to watch. Today's movies, sure, somebody rents it and of course it's cheesy. Check out Rocky 1. Check out Star Wars 1. Great movies then, but today, they play like a radio on while you focus on fixing the car out in the garage or cutting the lawn. This movie is fun and I give it 6 out of 10. It is a classic to slapstick horror. The other characters in the movie are interesting.
I stumbled across this movie on cable and watched for a while, thinking with Benjamin and Garr it wouldn't be a complete waste of time. Wrong! To compound the disappointment of wooden performances, I eventually realized the plot was lifted right out of Fritz Leiber's "Conjure Wife" -- a wonderful horror tale set in academia. If you go for horror and/or "weird tales", find the book (and read Leiber's "Our Lady of Darkness" while you're at it -- it's better). But forget this movie. Closest video approximation to the tone of Leiber's work is the Night Gallery episode, "The Dead Man". A student of Lovecraft, Leiber is one of the true greats in weird fiction.
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- TriviaFinal theatrical film role of Lana Turner.
- SoundtracksWitches' Brew
Sung by Joyce Vincent Wilson
Lyrics by Lennie Bleecher
Music by John Carl Parker (as John Parker)
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- Southern California, California, USA(Location)
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- $700,000 (estimated)
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