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October 2016

October 22, 2016

Connecticut School Cancels Hallowe’en, Citing “Respect for Religious Beliefs”

An elementary school in Niantic, CT has canceled its Hallowe'en festivities citing a number of...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

THE WITCH: The Media Witch’s Review

It's always really interesting for me to review witchy and pagan films, because I'm coming at...

February 17, 2016

A Cinema of Evil: Hollywood’s Love Affair with Witchcraft & the Occult

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square. This month we're asking:...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

MALEFICENT: Full of pagan imagery

You gotta love when a fairy tale actually has lots of fairies in it. That's...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

Welcome to the Twenty-First Century Satanic Panic

Satanic Ritual Abuse. Hey, didn't we figure out more than a few years ago what...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Some interesting stuff coming in 2014…

Films coming in 2014: JUNE, MALEFICENT, ALTAR, and more!

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 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 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,...

November 2013

November 04, 2013

Witch Cinema: My Top Ten Movies with Witches in ‘Em

The portrayal of witches in films as evil, seductive, greedy for power, bloodthirsty, cruel --...

October 2013

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...