Superstition

1985 "You'll believe it just before you die..."
5.7| 1h25m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 02 January 1985 Released
Producted By: Carolco Pictures
Country: Canada
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.

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Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
RecceR A family moves into a condemned New England house where a witch was executed by drowning in the pond on the property. I had never heard of this movie until a few days ago, but it seemed very interesting. Unfortunately, this movie was a big letdown considering the positive things I've read about it. Superstition is basically 90 minutes of bad acting and bad storytelling with some very gory (and surprisingly well crafted) death sequences. There were a few interesting parts of the movie, but they are overshadowed by this poorly executed film. I heard the score was changed, so the one in the version I watched may not have been the original. However, the score was an exact rip-off of The Shining (1980). I feel like I probably gave a rating slightly higher than it deserves, but I can't help but think about how much potential this movie had. I probably wouldn't recommend this to anyone, but if you stumble onto it for free and are bored, go for it.
preppy-3 Tired film about a witch who is executed in the 1600s or so and vows revenge. It is resurrected years later and takes its revenge.This movie does seem to be made by people who had their hearts in the right place. It's dark, gloomy and has a few good moments here and there. No stupid humor either. But the low budget, primitive gore effects and lousy acting really hurt this one. The murders are gory but the "special" effects are so laughably obvious that is kills any horror or suspense. Also the film has that lousy "it's not over" ending that marred so many 1980s films. So, it looks like they set out to make a decent, gory horror film but their reach was destroyed by their budget.
TOMASBBloodhound I had never heard of this film until I stumbled across a few minutes of it one late night on TCM. And of course leave it to Netflix to find me a copy. The viewing experience of the entire film was somewhat of a disappointment, however. There were some interesting pieces here, but not enough of them to put together a compelling (albeit low budget) horror film. The story concerns some evil goings on at an old house owned by a church. A new pastor takes over and is ordered by local law enforcement to clean the place up as it has become a trash-strewn make-out site. The only regular inhabitants live in a cottage next door. They are an old woman and her mute, but apparently dangerous son. The new pastor, as well as an older one, heads out to the property to have a look around. And boy, do we find some strange goings on here....It turns out that the house is haunted by the ghost of a witch who was executed some 300 years earlier. She is some angry witch, too! She was in league with Satan, and still carries a grudge to this day. Anyone who tries to move into the house is usually killed violently. And that's a problem since another new pastor and his family will be moving in soon! There are sure a lot of pastors in this story. And this new one and his entire family basically serve as made-to-order victims for this witch. Policemen, home improvement workers, clergymen, you name it all get whacked by this witch! Almost the entire cast dies if I recall. And there are a few really gory deaths.After an eye-catching opening sequence where two pranksters are killed, this film quickly becomes a cheese fest. The acting is less than adequate for one thing, and the cast has few recognizable faces. Albert Salmi as the head cop is about the only guy I recognized. He had a brief role as Danny Noonan's dad in Caddyshack. The photography is generally clear and bright, but the action isn't blocked in a way that we can always tell what happens to people. The music at times seems upbeat and inappropriate. Sometimes it too closely resembles the opening tune from The Shining. I don't recall ever seeing much of the witch except her demon-like hands and her silhouette as she's approaching some victims. But we do get a close-up of something much more hideous. That being the bra-less boobs of the new preacher's wife as she stands by a window. Unfortunately she's an older woman who looks noting like one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta or similar cougar-themed shows. Its just a really curious shot when we'd rather see her two daughters up close like that. I'd give the entire venture about 4 of 10 stars.The Hound.
sol1218 ***SPOILERS** Nowhere as effective as it was back in 1982 when it was first released, in being banned in countries like the UK, "Supersition' still gives off a number of jolts to its audience in that almost everyone in the film ends up suffering a gruesome death by the time it's over.The standard horror movie plot has to do with this creepy old house that was involved some 300 years ago in the execution-by drowning-of its owner accused witch and Satanist Elondra Sharack. Over the years anyone who lived in the Sharack house who wasn't a Sharack family member met a horrific death. Now with a new Reverend-Rev. Thompson-in town looking to disprove that the Sharack House is haunted by the Devil him or herself the horrors that were dormant there for so long came back! And came back with a vengeance.Afer a few horrific deaths in and around the Sharack House were then brought back to olden times-the summer of 1692-to when the house got cursed by it's owner Elowdra Sharack who was declared a witch by the local priest Pike. After Elowdra's execution Pike and the townspeople who participated in it started to get second thoughts about what they did. That's because most of them ended up getting mysteriously killed with Pike's church being burned down moments after Elowdra's execution! As time went on anyone who lived in the Sharack House ended up meeting a terrifying death there with the exception of Elowdra's most recent descendant Elvira and her mute and brain damaged son Arien who were immune from her curse.***SPOILERS*** Playing with fire Rev. Thompson had the Leahy family headed by Rev. John move into the Sharack House until he could find them a permanent place to stay in town. If Rev. Thompson didn't know it at the time he soon found out that by having the Leahys move into the cursed Sharack House he in fact condemned them to death!One of the goriest and blood splattered horror flicks to come out in the 1980's "Superstition" also had one of the most effective exorcism scene in it, conducted by Rev. Pike on Elonda Sharack, that was far more convincing and believable, with the dubbing perfectly matching Elonda's lips, then even in the the movie " The Exorist" itself!