La casa delle streghe

I don't expect much from films of this genre. I just hope to come away with some enjoyment. I'd say that Ariauna Albright's Lilith is the main attraction. The script is wordy and sometimes borders on literary competence. Certainly some lines made me smile at the wit. Others jarred.

The introductory sequence is rather grating. Dementia is attractive but she spoils things when she speaks.

The Blair Witch references don't generally work to the film's advantage. I thought the interview collage with the town's people was embarrassing rather than funny. However the camcorder sequence in the Witch House is effective.

Lilith's cohorts are very unconvincing in their movements. The conflict scenes are under par. The acting varies from unconvincing to adequate. The film's tone lurches in various directions. However the story does keep you guessing. Some pro-Lilith adherents will be disappointed with the denouement.

Another movie shot on video and film looked to fool us into thinking it was SHOT on film. Dammit!! I sure hope this little fad fades away. This movie would still have been no good had it been shot on film... bad acting, camera, you name it. Avoid it.

I enjoy all three of the Witchouse movies, but "Blood Coven" has to be my favorite for several reasons. For one, i thought the story was much more developed than the first film. Another reason, i was completely fooled by something in this movie...which is later revealed towards the end of the film. I won't reveal it, since it's such a great moment for first time viewers. There are scarce few films i can say truly fooled me in that way.

The DVD "Lunar Edition" from Tempe/Full Moon is one of the best DVD's a low budget movie could ever hope for. There are more special features than most major movie DVD releases.

I'm not saying Witchouse 2 is a perfect movie, it has it's faults as almost any low-budget film obviously does. But for a horror movie, it can hold it's own quite well.

This is a sequel, but it has not much in common with the first movie. You can watch the movies (there are three of them alltogether)) in any order - or only one of them. Or none of them to be fair.

That being said, this is slightly better than the original. It still won't ever make it to any top horror movie list. Too little of everything (or anything) to make it - this rather breaks it (no pun intended). Quality is mixed - suspension of disbelief alone might not work either.

Another Witchouse (this one, Blood Coven), another Romanian shoot. The film, like the first, is set in Covington county, MA, but was shot in and around Full Moon's Castel Studios in Bucharest. The "haunted house" exteriors is a local crematorium.

Best Quote: Soderquist: "If Clark could only use the power in his nasal passages for good instead of evil..." The only thing (or, I should say, person) keeping Blood Coven's head above water is the casting of Andrew Prine (of Grizzly fame!) in a dual role. While he's not given much to work with in an uninspired script, there's something about him that is eminently watchable.

You'll notice a bunch of "home movie" footage, I guess, cashing in on the Blair Witch craze the year prior (although director Bookwalter says it's an homage to his old movies directed in Cleveland...please...). The townspeople interviews shot in video were the only compelling thing in the flick, to be honest.

The build-up is OK. But the last fifteen minutes are some of the poorest creature v. human battles I've seen. Maybe worse than the Power Rangers. The special effects are so poor, and the action so dull, you'll be amazed that Band had this Bookwalter guy direct more crapfests for Full Moon.

Save your money.