Episode 04: Witches Video Vortex Podcast

Continuing our October season of the strange and spooky, our triumvirate coven take a stroll through the woods with a variety of witches from all walks of cinema. An incredibly diverse figure both in fiction and history, we consider some of the socio-cultural implications of this evolving archetype and discuss our favourite witchy films for Old Hallow's Eve!
Please note: We swapped the episode order to do a full month of Halloween themes, hence the reference to discussing Häxan in a previous episode. Our first November episode will be on documentaries and will feature more Häxan talk!
 
Vortex Rewind Recommendation:
The 1983 regional American tale of witchcraft, EYES OF FIRE.
Transformations, in 1972 a collective of women from Vermont create an experimental short depicting a coven in daily life.
 
Recommended Sources:
Dig Podcast - Witches Series
Witch Wave Podcast
Brother Ben's Letterboxd List of Witches in Film
Gazing At The Witches: From Women On The Verge Of A Breakdown To Reclaiming The Eco Witch In 1960s-1970s Film
Film School Rejects: Witches on Screen
Criterion: Häxan The Real Unreal
 
Music created by Fadge @McNandos & remixed by Ben Volchok.
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