For people growing up in a household anytime after the mid-90s, odds were good you saw the Disney Channel during Halloween, and odds are good you saw this movie. If you raised kids, there is a good chance this movie was one that you could put on for your your kid over and over. At least, you could claim it was for the kids…
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October Countdown: Season of the Witch (1972)
When I look over my shoulder (what happens then?)
What do you think I see?—Donovan
That’s the more recent Lana Del Rey version embedded above. In fact, when I look over my shoulder, I see FOUR films entitled Season of the Witch, and we’re reviewing all of them this bountiful weekend as a part of our Halloween Countdown.
The first and best of the lot was filmed by George A. Romero in 1971 and… more about its tortured release history appears below, along with a review.
October Countdown: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
The Halloween franchise set aside Mike Myers for its third film, a bizarre supernatural/SF mystery thriller that underwent numerous rewrites. I find it not as bad as its initial mainstream critical reception—but nowhere near as good as its eventual cult following claims.
It’s Halloween in the 1980s and it’s most definitely the Season of the Witch.
October Countdown: Season of the Witch (2009)
Our next Season of the Witch was made earlier in this century, but it appears to take place in the 1970s.
If you decided to sell, say, all of your clothing, you would probably have the budget to finance a film of similar quality.
October Countdown: Season of the Witch (2011)
Our final Season of the Witch is the most recent (though I believe a documentary by this title also exists). Its budget dwarfs that of all previous Seasons combined.
Alas, money alone does not a good film make.
October Countdown: Abigail (2023)
You’ve got to pick up every stitch
Oh no, must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch!
–Donovan’s much-covered 1966 song.
The time has come and the clocks count down. Fantastic folklore fills the airwaves and the population lives in dread and suspense and fear. So, in order to detract you from the U.S. Election and other world events, we’re hosting our annual Halloween Countdown!
This October, the Bureau bleeds out thirteen seasonal film reviews (including four that share a title with Donovan’s song). We’re starting this weekend with a pair of unearthly Abigails, released a year apart.
Click below for a review, followed close by a sinister list of Halloween reviews for 2024.
October Countdown: Abigail (2024)
“I for one would like to revisit the ‘cut and run’ idea.”
–Rickles, Abigail.
In a spooky coincidence, 2023 and 2024 saw horror films about females with daddy issues females with daddy issues, with both titular characters bearing the name, Abigail.
The 2024 Abigail is better-known than her 2023 counterpart–
1985 – Out of Africa
1984 – Amadeus
D23 Trailer Roundup
A lot is going on here. I’ll try to get it all in one place.
In addition to the trailers below, Disney announced:
- Andor, Season 2
- Avatar: Fire & Ash
- Dream Productions (Inside Out spin-off)
- Elio (Pixar)
- Freaky Friday 2
- Frozen 3
- Hoppers (Pixar)
- Incredibles 3
- Mandalorian & Grogu
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Season 2
- Toy Story 5
- Tron: Ares
- Zootopia 2