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The Witching Hour

About Peg Aloi

I'm a freelance writer, film critic, media studies scholar and teacher, baker, gardener, singer and animal lover. Oh, and witch.

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Live video chat AHS: COVEN, Samhain Edition!

It is the true cross quarter of Samhain tonight, and so Lilith... read more


Witch Cinema: My Top Ten Movies with Witches...

The portrayal of witches in films as evil, seductive, greedy for power,... read more


American Horror Story COVEN, live chat, Hallowe'en edition~!...

This week's episode, "Fearful Pranks Ensue," was one of the liveliest yet,... read more


Witch Cinema: My favorite scary movies

I've always loved horror films, and these are scary in more ways... read more


Live Chat on AHS COVEN "The Replacements"

Topics for this week's chat include voodoo fertility rituals, alligators, incest, bestiality,... read more


Oh, look! Witches are media darlings. AGAIN. (SIGH)

Remember the late 1990s? THE CRAFT? Then CHARMED? Then BUFFY THE VAMPIRE... read more


This just in: CHARMED retread coming to CBS

Well, I guess television has found witches to be hot properties once... read more


Samhain, Hallowe'en...are both worth celebrating?

Despite wanting to observe Samhain as a solemn festival that remembers our... read more


American Horror Story: COVEN Reinvents the Witch Archetype

I know, as a media critic and practicing witch and activist, that... read more



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