
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s, THE LOVE WITCH ... (Full plot summary below)
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Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s, THE LOVE WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.
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| The SkinnyRachel BowlesNothing less than a tour de force of 21st century queer, feminist film. |
| NerdistScott WeinbergI think it's one of the most interesting, captivating movies I've seen in years, and I look forward to dissecting its lovely, twisted, romantic genius in future viewings. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Love Witch is an expertly executed homage that works brilliantly on its own original terms. |
| Time OutJoshua Rothkopf[Russ] Meyer could never make a psychodrama as sophisticated as Biller has now. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawLA film-maker Anna Biller achieves an ecstasy of artificiality in this amazing retro fantasy horror, delivered with absolute conviction. |
| Caution SpoilersSarah CartlandAnna Biller is writer, director, producer, editor and costume designer of this highly stylised, witty horror, and this single-minded vision means we get a depth of richness I've rarely seen elsewhere. |
| Globe and MailBarry HertzThe Love Witch handily achieves its goals, employing Biller’s strong sense of retro style and Robinson’s wink-wink performance to deliver a subversive homage to a host of out-of-fashion genres. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlAnna Biller's ripe, vibrant The Love Witch is an act of reclamation — and love. |
| IndiewireDavid EhrlichBiller spins an archly funny — but also hyper-sincere — story about the true price of the patriarchy. There hasn’t been anything quite like it in decades. |
| MTV NewsAmy NicholsonThe Love Witch, by writer/director Anna Biller, is a feminist film about a character who thinks feminism is bad news. It's delightful. |