Heir of the Witch

This has to be the absolute worst and dumbest movie I've ever tried to watch. The main character is self absorbed, has zero social skills, makes everyone around her feel awkward by just staying silent and feeling sorry for herself, and spends the entire movie moping around wondering why she can't relate to anything or anyone.

I've only rated a handful of movies but this one made me angrier and angrier the more I watched to the point that I had to jump on here and write a review just to warn anyone who sees the review to not waste their time. Seriously.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen a lot of bad movies that I just felt "meh, okay" about and moved on. But this pity party is just painful to watch and I sincerely hope the director/actress finds the help in real life that she truly and obviously needs.

Trying to get ahead in her career, a woman tries to acclimate herself to the demands of the new job she finds herself in, but the more she finds herself in this situation the more a family curse involving a witch's legacy lording over her causes her life to unravel and forces her to stop it.

This was an incredibly fun and enjoyable genre effort. One of the finer points with the film is the stellar background here which brings about the highly inventive setup of the witch and the backstory that goes into play here. With the initial background involving the special witch and the creation which all ties into the particular setup involving the domineering familial curse lingering over her where she has the opportunity to focus on her career so that the implications won't affect her. With the visions and dreams on display involving the previous family members who became involved with the curse and what will happen to her if she follows the guidelines of the particular curse while not letting her work life get interrupted by the idea all give the film a great overall starting setup. Once this gets brought into play, there's quite a lot to enjoy here with the curse coming to fruition in the form of the strange woman who starts to integrate herself into the friend group. After getting the reveal of this early on with the attack on the sleazy friend, the idea of the witch coming to take her out as she tries to continue her burgeoning relationship with her bosses that has been propelling things along rather nicely around these other storylines. With the more she hangs around them and the figure's presence becomes far more frequent, the horrific visions and taunts of the witch become that much more prominent with the curse trying to bring out her true legacy like the other members of her family as that turns into the highly enjoyable and effective finale. Fully aware of the witch's plans and how that's going to play out as the incidents start to become more violent, this all comes together into a brutal and somewhat shocking resolution with quite a lot to like here. There isn't much holding this one back, but it does have some slight drawbacks. Among its few flaws is the decided lack of actual witchcraft here as this is brought up only rarely in the first half of the film. It has a massive effect throughout the film influencing a lot of what transpires here, from her actions and treatment of others, but that doesn't translate to actual scenes with the figure on display. Only a few scenes really feature the witch until the end as the majority of the film instead focuses on a questionable romance angle between her and a married man that's never believable and highlights the other issue here in a scattered plot that whips around quite frequently to the point it's possible to lose track of what's happening. Overall, these are the factors that bring the film down as a whole.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity, and violence-against-children.

Heir of the Witch is a horror thriller following a young woman that finds the family curse coming back to haunt her. She finds her quiet life turned upside down by temptation as her nightmares from her past increase.

This is a horror that dives into the idea of coming from a family that was branded a witch, generations before. It shows the increased burden placed on them in modern life. The story gets to play it out in a mix of soap opera drama and nightmares haunting the descendant. This gets to create good scares and ones that have a lasting scare factor in the nightmares experienced.

The movie has strong performances throughout the cast with writer, director and star Victoria U Bell's performance shining through. If you want a nightmare fuelled story, you will get one here.

Left a bit to be desired. Many transitions in the film were misplaced. The story structure of the movie is not apparent to the audience. The film lacks any direction. The movie is more about a mistress that lacks mental stability than it is a horror film. The performances come off as over exaggerated in a film that is not nearly serious or coherent enough as a film to be treated as such. As somebody who was at the first screaming I was remised to find audience members laughing at various beats of the movie. The film makers deserve credit for their hard work but the final product was below par.

There is a reason the director is the lead actor. It's hard to find anyone who wants to star in someone's ego driven movie that's ultimately a flop and hard to watch. We didn't even finish the movie. Can we get a refund please? Some people need to understand just because you have money for a movie, doesn't mean you know what you are doing. Save yourself your time and money and watch something with meaning. This movie is a typical low budget indie film that based on folk lore that's slow, drawn out and never really comes together. Read the professional movie critics reviews as well, and don't bother with the paid for friend reviews because they feel bad for the director.