Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Tymon Sutton
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Fatma Suarez
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Osmosis Iron
A remarkable horror film that not many have seen, or even heard of! Mixes thriller and horror, both supernatural and psychological with great results. Tension is the key here! This movie will keep you on the edge of your seat guessing. Definitely recommended!
dsewizzrd-1
Film work must have been thin on the ground in 1962 in Britain as quite a lot of decent actors struggle valiantly in this hoary old chestnut.There's a good orchestral score (if hackneyed) and some nice cinematography too, although the producers couldn't be bothered colourising the film.A young couple just moved on from a post in Jamaica are in a rivalry for a position in a provincial medical college with the catty middle class staff of the college. Quite apropos of nothing at all, the wife dabbles in a bit of voodoo to help her husband. There's some lovely knitwear. The print is surprisingly good as this is the type of nonsense that would have been run on television in the 1960s and 1970s about a million times.
Michael_Elliott
Burn, Witch, Burn (1962) *** 1/2 (out of 4) A college professor (Peter Wyngarde) who doesn't believe in witchcraft is outraged when he discovers that his wife (Janet Blair) is practicing it. The professor takes all of her belongings and destroys them and this here leads to trouble. BURN, WITCH, BURN, also known as NIGHT OF THE EAGLE, is without question one of the best films of its type and it would make a great double feature with another British classic from this era, THE CITY OF THE DEAD. Director Sidney Hayers deserves a lot of credit for the feverish pacing that he brings the film and I really loved the paranoia he makes the viewer feel. The first thirty-minutes basically builds up the evils that could come from throwing away witchcraft items and the director really makes you anticipate what's going to happen once the husband does get rid of the items. The second portion of the film we basically see the downfall and I thought these scenes managed to be quite creepy and highly effective. The sequence at the end with the eagle contained some very good suspense and I'd say that the director perfectly selected how much of the creature we should see (had it been more it probably would have been less effective). Both Wyngarde and Blair are perfect in their roles and you can believe them as a couple and this helps us believe everything that is going on with them. Blair's decent into madness was perfectly handled by the actress and I really liked how Wyngarde went from the non-believer to the tortured. The B&W cinematography is highly effective and I also thought the music score fit the film just fine. The only real problem with the film is that it's a bit too predictable but this doesn't take away from the fun.
gavin6942
A skeptical college professor (Peter Wyngarde) discovers that his wife (Janet Blair) has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to destroy all her magical charms and protective devices, and stop that foolishness.Prom producer Sam Arkoff (American International Pictures) and writers Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson (Matheson a frequent AIP contributor and both veterans of "Twilight Zone") comes this tale that I had never heard of before catching it in October 2011 in Chicago. How has a horror fan like myself missed such a well-acted, well-crafted and well-executed classic? I suspect the reason this film is not well known is the lack of a "star" (such as Vincent Price). But Wyngarde is incredible -- smart, strong, handsome... the ideal leading man. And you have some provocative material, too -- rape accusations, witchcraft (done very realistically) and more...I strongly recommend checking out this film. I first saw it as "Night of the Eagle" on the big screen, and then later as "Burn Witch Burn" on Netflix. Both versions are excellent and should be seen by anyone who likes a good story. (The only difference between versions that I noticed was that BWB has a 2-minute voice-over starting it off.)
