The Witch Who Came from the Sea

The Witch Who Came from the Sea
Directed by Matt Cimber
Produced by Matt Cimber
Written by Robert Thom
Starring Millie Perkins
Lonny Chapman
Vanessa Brown
Peggy Feury
Rick Jason
George Buck Flower
Roberta Collins
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert
Cinematography Dean Cundey
Edited by Bud Warner
Production
company
Saiko
Distributed by MCI
Release date
  • 1 March 1976 (1976-03-01) (United States)
Running time
 83 minutes
88 minutes (UK uncut version)
Country United States
Language English

The Witch Who Came From the Sea is a 1976 American horror film produced and directed by Matt Cimber and shot by cinematographer Dean Cundey. The film centers on an emotionally scarred woman who goes on a killing spree after taking a job as a waitress in a seaside bar.

Plot

The film concerns a dysfunctional and disturbed woman called Molly (Millie Perkins) who, after suffering repeated sexual abuse as a child at the hands of her seafaring father, embarks on a spree of gruesome sexual encounters with men who she meets during her job as a waitress in a seaside bar.

Cast

Censorship

In 1983, the United Kingdom Department of Public Prosecutions compiled a list of 72 video releases that were not brought before the BBFC for certification and declared them prosecutable for obscenity. This list of "video nasties" included The Witch Who Came From the Sea, but it was in the sub-group of 33 titles that were unsuccessfully prosecuted and was soon dropped from the DPP list. In the United Kingdom, the film was eventually released completely uncut in 2006 with a complete running time of 87m 43 secs.[1]

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Subversive Cinema on December 21, 2004. Subversive Cinema later re-released the film on August 17, 2007 as a part of its 2-disk Grindhouse Classics double feature. On May 20, 2014 it was released by Cinema Epoch. It was released for the first time on Blu-ray by Arrow Video on December 5, 2017. Arrow also released the film on DVD that same day.[2]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75% based on 8 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 5.8/10.[3] Film critic Mark Kermode recommended the film as one of the best video nasties of the era.[4] Brett Gallman from Oh, the Horror wrote, "For all its glib asides, The Witch Who Came from the Sea leaves the haunting image of a woman undone by a world that never lived up to the fantasies inside of her television set."[5] Casey Scott from DVD Drive-in called the film "an unsung psychological gem" among 1970s exploitation films.[6] Chris Coffel from Bloody Disgusting gave the film a score of 4/5, writing, "The Witch Who Came from the Sea is a movie people need to see. Again it’s not horror in the typical sense, though it was a video nasty, but it is without question horrific. And despite it’s grim nature, the film is quite beautiful thanks to the DP work of the legendary Dean Cundey."[7] Todd Martin from HorrorNews.net called the film "a hidden gem", praising the film's bleak tone, and Perkins' performance.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Witch Who Came from the Sea". BBFC. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976) - Matt Cimber". Allmovie.com. AllMcvie. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976) - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Flixer. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Kermode, during an interview with Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 5 on June 12, 2009
  5. ↑ Gallman, Brett. "Horror Reviews - Witch Who Came from the Sea, The (1976)". Oh the Horror.com. Brett Gallman. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ↑ THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA (1976) Director: Matt Cimber Subversive Cinema (Casey Scott review)
  7. ↑ Coffel, Chris. "[Blu-ray Review] 'The American Horror Project - Vol 1' Sheds Light on Lesser Known American Horror - Bloody Disgusting". Bloody Disgusting.com. Chris Coffel. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  8. ↑ martin, Todd. "Film Review: The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)". HorrorNews.net. Todd Martin. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

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