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Witch Story
Directed byAlessandro Capone
Screenplay by
  • Rosario Galli
  • Alessandro Capone[1]
Story byAlessandro Capone[1]
Produced by
  • Alessandro Capone
  • Mauro Morigi
  • Giuseppe Pedersoli [1]
Starring
CinematographyRoberto Girometti[1]
Edited byFranca Silvi[1]
Music byCarlo Maria Cordio[1]
Production
companies
  • United Entertainment Corporation
  • Numero Uno International[1]
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 26 May 1989 (1989-05-26) (Italy)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]

Witch Story (Italian: Streghe (Witch Story)) is a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Alessandro Capone.

Production

Witch Story was the directorial debut of Alessandro Capone.[1] Capone had previously worked as a screenwriter since the mid-1970s including a few horror films such as Body Count.[2] Capone stated that he was a fan of horror films and wanted his debut to be a horror film.[2] He had the international distributor Manolo Bolognini to give him a new guaranteed minimum to help start the project.[2] The film was shot partially in Rome but predominantly in Florida.[2][3]

Release

Witch Story was distributed in Italy by Titanus on 26 May 1989.[1] The film was released in the United Kingdom as Witch Story, in other English territories as Superstion 2 due its similarities to the film Superstition.[1][4] In Germany the film was released as a sequel to Larry Cohen's Wicked Stepmother which was titled Tanz der Hexen with Witch Story being titled Tanz der Hexen Teil 2.[1][4]

Reception

In Italy, Leonardo Autera of Corriere della Sera gave the film a negative review noting "slapdash editing, full of inconsistencies", "coarse special effects" and an "amateur cast" outside Ian Bannen who the reviewer noted looked bored in the film.[5]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Curti 2019, p. 185.
  2. ^ a b c d Curti 2019, p. 186.
  3. ^ Grassi, Giovanna (November 18, 1988). "Cinema e gente". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  4. ^ a b Curti 2019, p. 187.
  5. ^ Autera, Leonardo (May 26, 1989). "La casa disabitata nella radura". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).

Sources

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