Little Witches
Little Witches
R | 23 December 1996 (USA)
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Six misfit schoolgirls at an all-girl Catholic high school, left alone at the school for Easter week, get mixed up with the occult and witchcraft after an old Satanic temple is found underneath the church where they attend as well as an old book of black magic spells for conjuring up an ancient demon from the pits of Hell. Janie, the most characteristic and cruelest of the girls, takes charge of the group and plots to resurrect the demon using a series of black arts spells, while one innocent girl, Faith, has a change of heart and tries to stop them from completing their spell which also includes a human sacrifice.

Reviews
Cortechba Overrated
CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
GL84 Stuck together over the holiday season, a group of Catholic school girls find that the restoration of the neighboring church holds a sealed chamber used in witchcraft and begin formulating how to raise demons and devils without being caught.This one wasn't all that bad but really could've been a whole lot better. Most of what works here is centered around the copious nudity on display throughout here which comes off very nicely here as many of the performers are not only very worthy of doing this but it comes off much appreciated. This is quite nicely done through not only letting the girls strip down for just about any occasion possible but also in having very capable performers provide this abundance of nudity with incredibly attractive girls all throughout getting topless or even all the way naked which is quite a blessing here. That also manages to give several scenes here a lot more wiggle room than they otherwise would, as the opening attack in the middle of their sacrificial ceremony is quite enjoyable with the bizarre attack on the naked girls being far more impressive than it should be, and their later incantations in the room make for quite a nice visual in the Gothic chamber as the entire feeling is a lot more pronounced than it really should be, while at other times it tends to be quite nicely exploitative as in the scenes of them showing off for the guys or seducing people which makes this all the more fun. That makes up the other big part of this one as there's a rather fine air of Gothic dread and despair here with the promise of the school-girls in over their heads in regards to the appeal of the witchcraft and how it appeals to them with the dangerous games that they're playing. The main sequence of them using the incantations to actually go through with their plans is quite a nice overall showdown that makes for quite the fun finale as the race to use the one potion needed to keep them under control gets quite thrilling as the slowly- emerging demon hand is played off nicely as the fury-pitch to complete it in time gives this a nice set of enjoyment here that makes this quite fun. There's a few small flaws, though, mainly in the fact that there's just not a whole lot of actual witchcraft and spells on display for the majority of the film and it really takes some steam out of the film. Though the film isn't boring or tedious, it tends to showcase their troubled behavior at school in lieu of getting to the discovery of the witchcraft and their powers, making this seem to feature them getting into it by total accident after the book's discovery and then being full-on witches the next day when we get back to them after following up on the other plot-lines, and that suddenness comes off rather jerky here by contrast. There's not enough here to really give away the fact that the girls are truly into it as much as they should be considering the severity of the dark forces they're tampering with, and since there's no coercion by the main girl it all comes off pretty quickly and haphazard. The other issue here is the rather lame special effects that are just wholly unconvincing, with bland knifings that don't show any penetration, a puppet hand to simulate the demon claws rising from the mist and a whole host of similarly easily-spotted efforts employed to make this seem a lot more gruesome than it actually is, though there's just nothing about it that fools the audience. Otherwise, this one wasn't that bad.Rated R: Nudity, Graphic Violence, Language and mild drug use.
manicgecko One of these days someone is going to break away from the tired occult movie formula. Little Witches is not that attempt. This is just another attempt to get young flesh on the screen. The only originality in this movie is the choice for the virgin, everything else has been carbon copied from movies from the Craft to Poultreguist to the Exorcist. They could have spent a little more time working into the history, bit hey, most men who watch this are not into the plot anyway. Their reason is too brief and a little disturbing at times for even that census group to enjoy. If you haven't seen many of the occult formula this one will not disappoint. However for those of you that have there is really little new or improved to recommend.
Lacywhitus I loved this movie..... It had the right ammount of rage and teen angst in it. The whole freaky nun thing was silly, but none the less added to the entertainment value of "little witches" I would say, go rent it...it's a good laugh.
marc.melvin This movie is absolutely terrible. If you want to see a movie that deals with the same content (witchcraft) yet has a much better story line, see "The Craft." However, if you want to see a movie dealing with many many nude teenage witches, this is probably up your alley. Sorry, it was just terrible.