Wake the Witch

Production quality aside, which was very basic but not awful, definitely not good, the story is very scattered and nonsensical. The first 45 minutes of the film are completely boring and appear to just be filler to make this a feature length film. Oddly, the film attempts to set up a mythology of the witch at the beginning but it quickly loses that thread and once something does actually happen, it is completely unrelated to the original premise. This is not the worst movie I've ever seen, not by far. But it is pointless and there is no reason to watch it. It isn't even bad enough to where you can watch it and make fun of it or enjoy the camp on an ironic level which would at least be entertaining. This film provides no entertainment value on any level. Do not waste your time.

Wake The Witch is one of those indie horrors easily viewable on Youtube and I gave it ago expecting the worst.

I immediately was drawn in, the characters were good, it looked the part and the musical score was deeply creepy.

The trouble is this didn't last, the plot makes very little sense and this becomes evident before the half way mark.

Again to it's credit the score is great, but sadly it's repeated throughout the film and becomes a bit much.

The lead was excellent, she made the film bearable but this is her only movie credit which is a shame.

The ending is dreadful and really is the cherry ontop of this mess.

The Good:

Memorable haunting score

Excellent lead

The Bad:

Memorable haunting score gets very repetitive

Loses steam early

Plot makes no sense

Wake the Witch is a carefully crafted pile of crap, fabricated in my home town of Lincoln, Nebraska. I went to the first screening of Wake the Witch, expecting to see a sincerely and locally made, low budget, horror film. What I got, was an honest to God obligation to channel Tom Servo, Crow, Mike and Joel to make the film even the least bit tolerable.

As even a devout Troma fan, I can say that I can, at the very least, appreciate a bad film. This goes beyond anything ever seen before. Characters that DEFY you to like them, a plot that changes when ever it was on the verge of being coherent, and music that lacks any sort of atmosphere. I truly believe that if Ed Wood were with us today, he would tell these people to stop making movies all together.

I will sum up my Wake the Witch experience with this anecdote. Within minutes, I realized what garbage this movie was, and loudly berated it with the people sitting around me as we sat in the front row. After our unrelenting assault on this film, and the lights went up, I saw the lead "actress" and her parents behind me, all three well aware of what I had been doing, and not only did I truly feel no remorse, I expected an apology from them for what I was just subjected to.

In summation, it is worth a rental. The best case scenario for Wake the Witch is that in 20 years it gets the treatment that Troll 2 gets now.

In short this is one of the worst indie films I have ever seen if not THE worst. The above review was actually written by one of the films crew members. So, with that said, the fact they had to trump up a "glowing" review will tell you how sad this "horror" film really is. Slow, boring, and filled with painfully bad actors, confusing shots, and a wretched score. This "movie" is more like a visit to the dentist for a root canal than a clever stylized horror film. Gaudy, stupid, and just plain irritating. Don't waste your time. Get the perfect popcorn, turn out the lights, but watch something else. Figure skating will have you more on your seat than this piece of crap.

By far the worst movie that I have encountered in my life, wake the witch lacked even the humorous awfulness that Assualt of the Sasquatch possessed. The fact that this was shot in Lincoln is not only embarrassing to the university, but to me personally. This movie had absolutely no plot and 95% of the scenes could have been cut. You are in no way informed of what the movie is even about of where it is heading until the last minute, and even then it is confusing and not really explained. Luckily for the viewer, this movie is 114 minutes long, yep, thats right, close to two hours of absolutely worthless cinema. The scenes that they set up to be scary with the music, lighting, and camera angles, are all cut short before anything even happens. Its like the first few scenes of a paranormal activity movie, without the suspense. The acting is terrible and the cast is not what I would call ....competent The special effects were non existent, and the zombies, for 200 years old, sure were well dressed in their Aeropostal hooded sweatshirts. Its good to see that all of the money for costume and design went to the purchase of fake spider webs at hobby lobby. Which despite popular belief, do not really make movies scarier, just trashier. Overall, this is by far the worst movie I have ever seen. Save yourself 2 hours of distress and watch Frozen instead, at least that has wolf attacks.