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January 2014

January 24, 2014

New trailer for WGN’s “Salem”

A new trailer debuted today for the new series about Salem witches to be broadcast...

January 17, 2014

Winners of the Stevie Selfies contest!

Thanks for your patience, everyone! We'd hoped the mysterious lady in a top hat would...

January 10, 2014

Announcing soon: WINNERS of the Stevie Selfies contest!

We received some lovely entries for our Stevie Selfies contest! Click through to see some...

January 08, 2014

New show on WGN “Salem” is a love story, with witch hunters…

Is AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN to blame for this latest media craze, just as the...

January 04, 2014

Countdown to Stevie Nicks! THIS WEDNESDAY!

We here at The Media Witch's magical headquarters, opium den and Dionysian Emporium have been...

January 02, 2014

2013: The Year of the Witch?

What fictional witches did you like this past year? Do you prefer the sappy Hallmark...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Yuletide Movies? Maybe not, but…

Here are some holiday films I'd recommend that you may not have seen before, or...

December 18, 2013

2013’s Top Ten Movies for Pagans

In no particular order, I present the year's ten best movies for you witchy, tree-hugging,...

December 11, 2013

Aaaaand it’s ANOTHER TV series about witches on the way!

Jenji Kohan, creator of the popular Showtimes series WEEDS and the red-hot Netflix series ORANGE...

December 02, 2013

The Stevie Selfies Contest…now with prizes!

We are pleased to announce some of the prizes for the Stevie Selfies contest! That's...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Neil Gaiman interviewed on NPR about his new comic series “The Sandman: Overture”

The undisputed master of darkness and light in American letters is ready to share his...

November 15, 2013

Coming Soon: “Stevie Selfies” Contest! Channel your inner Stevie Nicks…

Since Lilith Dorsey (of the excellent blog Voodoo Universe) and I had so much fun...

November 14, 2013

Tonight: COVEN Chat (“The Axeman Cometh”) at 9 pm EST (Stevie Nicks night)

Lilith Dorsey and I (she of Patheos' VOODOO UNIVERSE) will be chatting once again this...

November 12, 2013

Drop Everything But Your Pants! STEVIE NICKS is coming to AHS: COVEN

Jezebel posted the news today, grabbed from Ryan Murphy's Twitterfeed: The grande dame of music,...

November 01, 2013

American Horror Story COVEN, live chat, Hallowe’en edition~! (with costumes)

This week's episode, "Fearful Pranks Ensue," was one of the liveliest yet, (and also takes...

November 01, 2013

Witch Cinema: My favorite scary movies

I've always loved horror films, and these are scary in more ways than one! (Over...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Live Chat on AHS COVEN “The Replacements”

Topics for this week's chat include voodoo fertility rituals, alligators, incest, bestiality, over-sexualization, and of...

October 27, 2013

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

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

October 26, 2013

This just in: CHARMED retread coming to CBS

Well, I guess television has found witches to be hot properties once again (in case...

October 25, 2013

Samhain, Hallowe’en…are both worth celebrating?

Despite wanting to observe Samhain as a solemn festival that remembers our dearly departed and...

October 23, 2013

American Horror Story: COVEN Reinvents the Witch Archetype

I know, as a media critic and practicing witch and activist, that I am supposed...

October 18, 2013

Live Video Discussion! AHS COVEN Episode 2, “Boy Parts”

Last night Lilith Dorsey (of Voodoo Universe), Tehron Gillis, Jason Mankey (of Raise the Horns)...

October 17, 2013

Live Google On Air chat about AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN

From here on, we will be using Google Plus Hang Outs On Air, which broadcasts...

October 09, 2013

COVEN and BITCHCRAFT CHAT!

My friend and fellow Patheos blogger Lilith Dorsey, a New York-based voodoo priestess who has...

October 06, 2013

EW sez: AHS COVEN is accessible and…funny?

So, some lucky critics got to see a preview of AMERICA HORROR STORY: COVEN recently,...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

THE WICKER MAN: once thought to be “rubbish” and “undistributable”

Are you ready for The Wicker Man: Final Cut? It's out this Friday!!! To get...

September 22, 2013

Coming this Fall: Daniel Knauf’s DRACULA

Yes, THAT Daniel Knauf, the one who created HBO's Carnivale. This new series, starring Jonathan...

September 14, 2013

COVEN: American Horror Story’s witchy new season

The third season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY is subtitled COVEN and will be set in...

September 10, 2013

DEVIL’S KNOT: Reviews coming in from Toronto Film Festival

Devil's Knot, the feature narrative film about the West Memphis Three, is beginning to receive...

September 10, 2013

Ashes to Ashes: Cremation Arose from Occult Practices?

The first public cremation performed in the United States was described as a "genuine pagan...