Two Witches (2021) User Reviews

Effective and fun despite a few narrative gaps and some overwrought editing choices

[drownsoda90 · 6/10 · 23 October 2022]

"Two Witches" follows two different women in semi-overlapping stories who are targeted by an aging witch attempting to utilize them for two different reasons.

This directorial debut by Pierre Tsigaridis is a ghoulish romp from start to finish, replete with disturbing imagery and some effective scenes of violence. While it does virtually nothing to reinvent the wheel, the film does utilize the tropes of the witch-themed films of the '60s an '70s fairly effectively, and at its best, offers some haunting visual compositions and noble attempts at tying these two stories together. Despite some press and reviews I've read, it is really not an anthology film, as each story overlaps the other; the common denominator is the nefarious witch each woman encounters.

While I appreciate what the filmmakers attempted to do in terms of grafting these two tales into a single film, the execution is at times not the most graceful, and some of the editing choices (specifically an overuse of flashy jump cuts and blackouts) feel maladroit and overdone. The film is replete with homages to a number of classic horror films, with the first entry tipping its hat to "Rosemary's Baby" in more ways than one; the second story, which is perhaps slightly more engaging than the first, has more than a few visual nods to Dario Argento's "Suspiria", specifically the ornate and gothic bedroom chamber of the film's villainous witch, which heavily resembles that featured in "Suspiria".

Although the film's second story stumbles in its conclusion with a handful of narrative gaps that lack clarity, the segment overall is bolstered by a nervy, deranged performance from Rebekah Kennedy that really stands out. Kristina Klebe (known to genre fans for her role in Rob Zombie's "Halloween" remake) is also a nice presence, though her role is not especially substantial here.

Overall, while "Two Witches" is not a revelatory piece, it is truly entertaining, and offers enough standout visuals to keep genre fans engaged. While the weaving together of the two-part story doesn't fully land, I appreciate what the filmmakers were attempting to do here. Despite its lack of connective tissue, it is certainly one of the better indie horror movies I've seen in awhile. 6/10.

Watch it with a horror friend

[influxtwo · 5/10 · 19 October 2022]

This was a film that promised to be somewhat inspired by the likes of Rosemary's Baby meets Suspiria, but more absurd, and filtered through a modern B-movie's authenticity.

There's moments that elevate the seriousness enough to enjoy the immersion of the story, and moments to poke a little fun at it along the way for good funs sake.

It's meant to entertain, and the delivery isn't as weak as low budget fans might expect. It's no diamond in the rough neither.

It cribs heavily from the set design style and character design of Suspiria in numerous scenes, like it promised in the crew's notes prior to release.

It exceeded my expectations as far as schlock and b-movie fun is concerned. Complete with eating babies.

The first part of hopefully more

[BandSAboutMovies · 5/10 · 28 October 2021]

Sarah (Belle Adams) may have never intended to be a witch but comes face to face with the craft when she meets a strange woman at a restaurant. In contrast, Masha has always known that she will one day become one.

In Sarah's story, "The Boogeywoman," our heroine is pregnant and her husband cooly informs her that all her visions of witchcraft are just the hormones talking. Oh yeah? Then who is the stalker in the woods casting spells on photos of your wife? Then, as these things happen, a Ouija board gets involved and the darkness sees out.

In "Masha," the titular protagonist is a woman who knows that her magical powers are there and waiting for her grandmother to die and pass them on to her. Despite her inability to find the man she feels will complete her, she soon finds the power -- and the madness -- to do pretty much anything she wants.

Although these stories don't seem to be connected, they are at the end, as the film hints that these women are part of a larger universe. Director Pierre Tsigaridis told Horror Obsessive that "I was really influenced by Italian cinema...Italian horror movies in the '70s were criticized by Americans because they didn't follow a typical structure, more visuals over story. In Europe, that was more common."

This movie starts off with a bang, featuring a witch devouring a baby, and then doesn't really slow down all that much from there. You can see hints of everything from Suspiria (both versions) and The Beyond to Carrie, Single White Female and Drag Me to Hell in these stories. And the fact that the villain from the first story has an impact on the second excites me for how this series -- I hope it's a series! -- of films grows.

Doesn't even come close

[Leofwine_draca · 2/10 · 1 December 2022]

TWO WITCHES is the kind of modern indie horror that inevitably leaves me cold. It's low budget, small scale and entirely predictable, featuring a bland young cast who find themselves assailed by a couple of old-fashioned witches. The story is so limited that the first half cuts off to introduce a whole new milieu in the second. As with a lot of these modern films, this one's overdirected to the hilt, with OTT transitions and camera effects to try to make it scary, but of course it doesn't work. Add in some gurning actors and a few nasty moments and you have something that doesn't even come close to horror.

Two for Two Witches

[brookie1792 · 2/10 · 5 March 2023]

I have seen many B rated horror movies in my time. Most of my teen years were spent in my best friend's room watching the B rated horror movies we had rented from Blockbuster and chowing down on junk food.

So to say I know a thing, yeah. Either way this had potential to be a class A, B- rated, movie. I think it was just done so poorly, even for a B. I was bored most of the time, if not eye rolling. By the time we got to act two I was just really over the whole thing.

Simon was overbearing with his personality, like TOO much. If the writing of him had reeled it back a bit we would have been good.

In the end I just couldn't bring myself to enjoy it. Maybe, in the future, we can have the person who wrote it go back, revise it, and shoot it back into the filming world because I really think this story could be a PRIME good horror movie, up there with Last Shift!

Admirable Indie Horror

[SlashedProductions · 7/10 · 22 February 2023]

There's a lot to like with this film. There's some great cinematography, some genuinely scary moments and performances (I'm of course talking primarily about Rebekah Kennedy in Chapter II). Props to the practical effects and the CGI too because it works well, considering the budget likely being quite low.

It's not quite an anthology, but split up into halves, plus an epilogue. Which is not wholly unique but also not utilized often. This style mostly works, even if it feels slightly disjointed.

It isn't a perfect film however. It overstays its welcome by a little - I think because it is almost like two separate films, the length feels longer than it actually is. Then there is the frenetic editing reminiscent of early Saw films in a few scenes.

Overall I'd recommend this movie for genre fans. It's a very watchable indie horror effort. I would definitely watch a sequel, which the ending alludes to.

Yeah, this was definitely something else...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 17 October 2022]

Now, the concept idea of "Two Witches" definitely sounded interesting from the movie's synopsis, and a movie with witchcraft is usually always something fun to watch. And as such, I opted to sit down and watch the 2021 horror movie "Two Witches" from writers Kristina Klebe, Maxime Rancon and Pierre Tsigaridis without actually having heard of the movie prior to watching it.

The storyline was somewhat of a chaotic heap for me. I didn't enjoy being constantly bombarded with random footage that was supposed to be something like impressions or visions? It was just distracting and grew tiring really fast. So director Pierre Tsigaridis's 2021 movie "Two Witches" was a swing and a miss in terms of entertaining me.

I gave up on watching the movie, because the way that the movie was constructed and presented didn't appeal to my particular preference and taste in movies and entertainment. So the fact that the storyline had some appeal just fell to the ground. And I have zero interest in returning to finish watching "Two Witches".

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in this movie, and despite of me not enjoying the movie in general, I will say that the actors and actresses were doing fair enough jobs. It wasn't their fault that the writing was inadequate and that the director was all over the place.

I am sure that there is an audience out there for a movie such as "Two Witches", I just happened not to be in that particular target audience. I am not sure how true the movie was to actual witchcraft.

My rating of "Two Witches" lands on a generous three out of ten stars, given the production value of the movie.

A genuinely fun watch!

[moorejw-52415 · 8/10 · 18 October 2022]

Okay, so the writing and acting are absolutely terrible, and the look is very low budget, as is the sound mixing/dialogue. There are some silly parts/facial expressions that made me laugh (reminded me of Drag Me To Hell.) But most importantly, I wasn't bored. It really kept me engaged. I find a lot of horror movies to be incredibly boring, so I'm happy when I watch a film like this. Has some good jump scares, and it was actually pretty scary! I would definitely watch it again.

I thought this movie was being released later this year (2022) and was pleasantly surprised to find it on Prime already.

One Spooky Film

[kyleallencole9 · 7/10 · 18 October 2022]

Two Witches is definitely a great addition to the Halloween season. This witch movie is chaotic, bloody and intense!

Sort of told in two parts, but they come together in the end when they show you that the witch Masha from part two is the granddaughter of the boogeywoman from part 1 and they both belong to a cult of strange and evil witches.

The nightmare scenes and hallucinations were definitely spooky and gave this film an overall sense of dread.

Love at the end that they reveal a sequel is on its way when it looks like the severely burned Masha is becoming their new queen.

The cast did an excellent job in this movie, it was full of jump scares and well-made!

Absolute crap

[manda-orsborn-mo · 1/10 · 9 April 2024]

Utterly confusing and nonsensical. No discernible plot or even cohesiveness between actors. A High school drama club would have more skill. Appalling writing, mediocre acting, a few clever scares hinting at a producer with some talent buried in this miopic wannabe art house but in reality woefully underdone attrocity. It seems the horror genre is doomed to be the niche category where a few low budget effects pretend to make up for bad, well, everything-else. Remember The Shining, It, The Conjuring, movies that emersed you in credible terror. If you've seen any of those movies don't watch this one, the disappointment is too disheartening.

A Dark and Twisted Good Time

[hfgoreybits · 8/10 · 3 October 2022]

I can't think of a better way to kick off the spooky season. This movie is so dark and good that it left me speechless. TWO WITCHES feels like an homage to Italian Horror. It feels like a Mario Bava picture, with brutality comparable to the works of Lucio Fulci. The acting is great, the score is terrific and the amount of blood and guts quenched my thirst for violence.

It's a well crafted movie about (you guessed it) two evil witches that torment a group of innocent people. No one is safe, and the movie doesn't hold back in terms of shock value. It's the spookiest movie I've watched this year, and I think that you will enjoy it.

Review for Two Witches

[Reviews_of_the_Dead · 7/10 · 7 October 2022]

This is a movie that I got the opportunity to see thanks to Justin Cook who sent it over as a screener. What intrigued me was that I heard a review from another podcaster I respected who enjoyed this. This also helped with my 2022 watches as it is getting its wide release this year. Other than that, I knew this had witches and that is a sub-genre that intrigues me. We don't get a lot of good movies, so I my interest was piqued.

Synopsis: witches don't die before leaving their legacy.

We start this movie off hearing an old timey record. There is a baby surrounding by candles. There are also a couple of women who are cackling. One changes into a creature.

This is then told in two chapters. The first is The Boogeywoman. We see a couple out to dinner. She is Sarah (Belle Adams) and she is married to Simon (Ian Michaels). We learn that she is pregnant. Simon looks for a wine to order when Sarah notices a woman staring at her. She is played by Marina Parodi. No matter what she does, this woman won't break it. She even leaves and we see her looking through the glass with a candle.

The couple then head off on a road trip to visit his friend along with his girlfriend. They stop off to use a bathroom and Sarah notices odd things happening inside. She gets sick and thinks she sees the woman from the restaurant staring at her from a distance. Simon doesn't believe her and they get back on the road.

They arrive to hang out with Dustin (Tim Fox) and Melissa (Dina Silva). She is into the occult. Simon is a jerk and mocks her to her face. She brushes it off though. Melissa can tell something is wrong. She wants to help, but it seems what she tries might make things worse as this night descends into a terrifying encounter that may involve The Boogeywoman from the restaurant.

The other chapter is Masha. This is the name of the character played by Rebekah Kennedy. She is an odd woman who lives with Rachel (Kristina Klebe). Masha has an odd one-night stand with a guy who fights her off when she tries to kill him. Rachel thinks he attacked her though. There is something that's not right about this young woman as she starts to take things about her roommate which upsets her. Masha's past is darker than her friend realizes which complicates things further as the two stories come together.

That's where I'll leave my recap and introduction of the characters. Where I'll start is that I want to be honest about something. When I saw Arrow was attached, I was excited. They're a company that does good things with classic and cult movies. When they attach themselves to something that is new, I tend to enjoy it. We get a movie there that sets the tone early. I can see people being triggered with what they do. It is reminiscent of The Witch. If you are familiar with lore that bordered into Satanism in film history, then you have an idea of what I'm talking about.

Where I want to shift then would be that this doesn't pull its punches. It also comes hard with the atmosphere and tone being dark. There is built in peril with Sarah. It is compounded by the fact that Simon doesn't believe her. I can see his point of view. He is looking at things logically. What is interesting on top of this is that Melissa realizes there is something going on. Dustin 'believes' in the things that she does with nature and the occult, until it he needs to. He doesn't want to upset his friend or get Sarah even more riled up. This builds tension for me. Where things go when they check on her gets quite creepy as well. There is a troupe used with this that I'm not the biggest fan and that deals with dreams. I can work with here though as it is used to drive a character insane.

These ideas also bleed over into the second story. That one is deals with an intriguing look at Masha who is off. She makes weird comments about her grandmother being promiscuous. I like that Rachel is 'normal'. This can be taken literal or just the fact that she can understand social cues. Masha can't. It gets creepier when she starts to take on things from Rachel's past that she was told. That doesn't stop there. Masha looks up to Rachel and wants things that she has. Something else that struck me is that Rachel believes Masha was attacked during the opening sexual encounter. This is an interesting look at the current state of the world, since Masha was the aggressor here. I like using this as it gives an interesting perspective.

That should be enough for the story so I want to shift over to the filmmaking next. This is my favorite apart of this movie. We get such creepy cinematography and editing. There are sequeces that are sped up. I'm assuming this is done by removing a frame here and there so things don't move naturally. We also get long takes that build tension. The soundtrack also helps build this atmosphere it is going for. The only issue I have is that they go CGI with certain things. There isn't enough to ruin things for me, but I noticed it. The rest of the effects were good, especially when done practical.

The last thing then would be the acting. I thought that it was solid. I felt that the actors fit their characters. Kennedy was good as Masha. She does so well at being someone who is meek in the beginning. As things go, she gains more confidence, which makes her scarier. Klebe is solid as Rachel. Fox is a bit of an idiot, but like the change with his character of Dustin. Adams was good with what she goes through. It gets quite traumatic to be honest. Silva was good along with Michaels. What is funny about him is that I despised him. That is good though to get a reaction out of me. Other than that, I would say that Parodi and Emma Wilde are both creepy. That works for what was needed as well.

In conclusion, this is a movie that doesn't pull its punches. It tries to be shocking without going over the top in my opinion. I think that we get good filmmaking that help build the atmosphere and made me anxious. The acting helped bring the characters to life. I also enjoy the story well enough. Not the best film in this subgenre, but I'd say that this is worth a viewing for sure. Also be warned, some people might be triggered by things in this movie. I don't want to spoil what it is, but it does have to do with pregnancy and babies.

My Rating: 7 out of 10.

Technical difficulties & horrible acting fest

[petarilic32 · 1/10 · 19 October 2022]

I honestly didn't expect it to be THIS bad. It managed to be atrocious in every single aspect of filmography, which is quite an achievement in itself.

Part 1(spoiler free)

• acting is absolutely horrendous. During the entire first part, main girl behaves like she's on 10mg of Xanax and is being held at gunpoint, threatened to not show any facial expression whatsoever. I'm not even exaggerating, she maybe made one smile during her entire screen time. Male lead is almost just as bad, incapable of acting afraid. There's a scene where most of us would go completely mental but he keeps looking around and ultimately screams to the equivalent of someone stealing a toy from him as opposed to what's going on on the screen.

• sound is off; you often can't even hear people properly because they either mumble their words or it's entirely off. I had to check was the issue on my end or not and sadly, it's not me. On top of that, sound effects come at the wrong time which in turn makes this look even more cartoonish and ridiculous.

-photography is extremely bad. I can't emphasize how bad this segment is. They legitimately didn't know how to properly cut from one scene to the next. It ends up being cut mid scene most of the time which makes this movie look completely amateurish.

• it moves at snails pace. Pacing is bad in most low budget horror movies but believe me, this one tops the cake. They never knew when to introduce jumpscares and when not to. Direction is pretty much aimless and you truly have a sense of someone who doesn't know what they're doing at all directed this.

• whatever plot they tried to convey by doing this is overly simplistic and straightforward (while attempting to not be so), falls very flat and goes nowhere.

Part 2 & epilogue (spoiler free)

• acting is much better here but the damage is already done. Rebekah Kennedy and Kristina Klebe do a pretty good job, which makes me wonder how did Kristina get involved into this mess in the first place? I see she's listed as a writer too, sincerely hope she didn't write the first part of the movie.

• it struggles with same issues part 1 did, incoherent pacing, horrible photography, lines that don't make sense(but these two make it work at least somewhat unlike the previous duo).

• logical inconsistency. This made my brain hurt. Can't say too much without spoiling but: Witches are capable of doing many different and powerful things in this movie, yet opening a door isn't one of them. Likewise, the very ending is so profoundly stupid that it can't be put into words. Won't spoil, you'll know what I'm talking about if you decide to watch this absolute amateur trainwreck.

In conclusion, if this is on your list because you're doing a horror month challenge like I am - SKIP IT. Go watch something else, there are plenty of horror movies that are bad but not as bad as this one. This is hands down the worst horror movie I've seen this year and at this point I've seen over 100+ horror films that came out in 2022. Ultimate waste of time, it's not even good enough for you to watch for a list.

A bad comedy? Terrible acting. Ludicrous story.

[user-322-326156 · 2/10 · 20 October 2022]

This film begs the question "On what day did the lord allow the filmmakers to make this movie - and couldn't he have rested on that day?"

They have a lot of audacity promoting this as some new earth shattering film in the horror genre. Maybe if this was a 10th grade high school amateur film I'd give it some merit.

The actors are horrible, the dialogue is ridiculous, the things the actors say are so dumb where you're like "Really? That's your reaction to blah blah blah?". The charactors are so obnoxious & irritating. The story is so jumbled aloong with shaky, jerky camera movements along with poor special effects.

The filmmakers & actors should be ashamed of themselves and embarrassed. Movie was totally dumb & a let down considering all the hype. It's so bad at times you literally laugh out loud. Major fail.

By the way, any time a movie trailer starts off with showing about a dozen or more of those oak leaves (or whatever leaves they are) award symbols that say things like "Winner Berlin Film Fest" etc etc - you know the movie will be horrible. Same thing with all the phony quotes like "Terrifying!", "Scariest film since The Exorcist" etc. Speaking of The Exorcist; if this film was trying to be on the same level as it, Hellraiser, Halloween, The Thing etc., it failed miserably. If it was to be in the comedy/horror genre it would still be like a high school movie project.

Also, if you look up "Two Witches teaser" there is a minute and a half clip that isn't even in this movie. I watched the two "behind the scenes with the two directors/writers" and was blown away about how delusional they are thinking that they created some epic horror film and that there is more coming to the "Two Witches Universe". I will say they both seem like super nice guys but I think they are surrounded by people telling them how great the script is, the photography, the acting is - when it's not. It's like they are living on Fantasy Island.

The only reason it gets 2 stars instead of 1 is because I heard a new, cool song in it.

I couldn't finish it!

[icocleric · 1/10 · 19 October 2023]

I don't mind low budget indie horror, because it can have a lot of soul. But this just didn't. Also a BIG EPILEPSY WARNING, from an ENTIRE scene with really bad lightning effects, and some weird stropes in the mist of that??

The sound quality, and the mumbling of the actors was awful, and made it really hard to hear a lot of the dialog. The acting was terrible. The cinematography bad. And everything moved at a snails pace.

It could have been a fun concept, but it just then missed on everything else. I very rarely don't finish a film, but I was just too bored, and too fed up with the sound quality to continue.

You have no reason to be afraid

[nogodnomasters · 7/10 · 30 October 2022]

PLOT SPOILERS. Simon Fleming (Ian Michaels) and Sara Johnson (Belle Adams) are dining out. He is trying to figure out which red wine to have while pregnant Sara is trying to ignore an elderly woman giving her the evil eye. Simon brushes Sara's new issues off as her being pregnant. They visit their friend Dustin (Tim Fox) and Melissa Green (Dina Silva). She fancies herself as a good witch while Dustin collects occult items. To the dismay of Sara, Simon spills the beans about her concern. Melissa takes it seriously as they break out the Ouija board. Things become odd after that and Sara goes missing.

The production jumps to a part two. It also has an epilogue and then claims there is another feature in the works. Masha (Rebekah Kennedy), another witch loves sex. She lives with Rachel (Kristina Klebe co-writer). Masha claims she gets her sexual appetite from her Armenian grandmother who is 93, but looks 60. She claims she stays young by drinking baby's blood as a joke. So we now fill in that plot point. She ends up at a party with Dustin and Melissa and there is a confrontation and things go downhill from there.

The film used opaque contact lenses for most of the horror. Special effects are limited and witches do get punched in the face. The acting was decent and what made the film was good camera angles. Kudos to newcomer Pierre Tsigaridis who directed the film.

Guide: F-word. Sex. Male (fake?) nudity.

Flash backs

[Stanlee107 · 3/10 · 14 May 2023]

This film is what I imagine if you took the witch(es) from Sam Rami's Drag me to Hell and played it seriously. The acting was fine enough. The set design was really good...

The storyline is interjected with extraordinary amount of flashback scenes that are to the film's detriment. I don't mind a reasonable amount of flashback scenes with exposition to enhance the storyline. It felt as though this happened every 5-l0 minutes. It may be done to add an air of mystery or suspense but for me it annoyed me instead

The characters are not developed enough for me to care about them or their fates. To add to the mix, there are the clichéd Hollywood over reliance of jump scare scenes. It is as though the film makers were having a competition with themselves to see if they can have more flashback or jump scare scenes in the film!

Overall, I did not once get scared by this unsuccessful Hollywood formula of illicitly scares. It is no Witch!

Loved this Creepy, Sneaky, Scary movie!

[mchadwick-70309 · 9/10 · 21 October 2022]

Loved this movie! All of the actors were outstanding! Rebekah Kennedy was Fantastic! She is so talented! She played Masha perfectly! Me, my husband, and daughter we're on the edge of our seats. Good old fashion Horror film! I liked that the Sex scenes were not completely over the top. This allows the younger viewers to enjoy the Horror film and not feel uncomfortable watching it with their parents or friends. I liked the fact that it wasn't too long. Good job! I highly recommend this movie! Great timing with Halloween near! I can't wait to see more films with this cast. They were all amazing and their characters suited each and every one of them! Good job to the people behind the Casting!

An Indie low budget horror film to be sure ...

[townee_towne · 6/10 · 12 November 2022]

... and not every friend on the set of this picture should have been invited to the party, but there are some very effective moments - some scary, some creepy, some gory. Both lead actresses are appealing enough to carry along the rest of the amateur cast (obvious "May" vibes aside). Watched this on Halloween and definitely felt seasonally satisfied. To top it all off, the film sets up its own franchise universe. In short, this film delivers everything you'd expect from a studio film - and it didn't waste a ton of money just to disappoint like a lot of blumhouse productions of late.

Bring it on my witches - i'm ready for your next chapter!

First part was good

[buffyale · 4/10 · 1 October 2023]

The first story is ok, I really don't like the flashes, they are bad!!!, but the second one!!! Oh boy! Where to start? It could of been interesting, but just trying to watch the actress ufff! Painful! It goes from "scary" film, to laughable and cringe right from the start because of her. Also the sex scenes? That last one was.... I don't even get why they decided it was a good idea. Overall, you can watch the first part, it's somewhat entertaining, but skip the second part, it's not only not worth it, but a huge wast of time! Definitely would pass if I were you. And some characters just to be able to post.

Straddles the line of Folk and Contemporary Horror

[r0b138 · 8/10 · 21 October 2022]

Easily one of the strongest horror offerings this year. A strong first outing for director Pierre Tsigaridis that is bolstered by solid practical effects, a fantastic score and delightfully eerie performances from Marina Parodi and, break-out star, Rebekah Kennedy (whose performance will HAUNT you.) The remaining cast are authentic and believable in their performances.

The film is dripping with atmosphere and mood. It knows exactly what its trying to do and is unapologetic in achieving its goals. The scares are well earned and at times deeply unsettling.

This film is a fresh breath of life in a genre that, at times stagnates. Do not miss it.

Stay tuned!

[selfdestructo · 7/10 · 28 November 2022]

Two Witches is divided into two stories. The first one, The Boogeywoman, I found to be... Well, lame. The only real purpose it serves is an unexpected (for me) connection to the second, far superior story. Seriously. A couple is eating in a restaurant. Some rando witch sitting at another table gives the pregnant wife the "evil eye." Subsequently, she gets sick, sees things (then predictably un-sees them), starts acting weird, then goes full-on evil. Skeptic husband writes most this off as pregnancy side-effects (A few nagging modern horror tropes present. All male characters are inferior and/or unfeeling and/or whimpering in Two Witches. Two guys are constantly saying "bro." Plus you've got your obligatory -- possibly CGI! -- male nudity). Oh yeah, they're visiting two friends, who are into the occult. Ah yes, 2021 called, and we have four wholly unlikeable characters. I found this segment almost entirely disposable, and incredibly predictable, in terms of scares, plot developments, you name it. Then it just ends, and you get an epilogue of sorts in the form of a broadcast, where they explain what happened to the four characters.

The second segment, Masha, is, well... Let's say this creative team had the potential to write, cast, and direct a phenomenal, creepy, effective witch story. A lot of things to like about this one. First of all, Masha herself, is a positively stellar performance from Rebekah Kennedy. She goes from sweet to sinister to psychotic to passive-aggressive to downright creepy, with the snap of a finger. I would say that she makes this segment, but there's a great story here, too. Masha seems to infiltrate other people's homes, acting coy while saying outrageous things, all the while having sinister plans. Her new roommate, Rachel (Kristina Klebe, also co-writer), gets fed up with her, which can only spell trouble. Masha goes to a party, and two people from the previous story encounter her! (with dire consequences).

I was convinced Masha was actually the witch from the first story, but ultimately it turns out they were just related. I felt like this was a real oversight. In The Boogeywoman, it was not only implied the witch would be reincarnated, but she was eating babies to stay young! Come on, that's a slam dunk.

My worries about this ending came to fruition. I felt like I was being led to a question mark of an ending. Yes, it's a cliffhanger, with the promise of a sequel. Man, I HATE those. THEN we're treated to two more lengthy epilogues, as if they had no clue how to structure this story. All the best horror movies have strong endings. Write one!

Though I must say, one key ingredient to a superior witch story, is... CREEPY IMAGERY! And that is one thing this filmmaking team has delivered in spades.

My score is a 7, with room for improvement. This movie certainly showed a lot of potential.

More Than Two

[saint_brett · 1/10 · 1 May 2024]

The DVD cover of this looks like it's from the 'Evil Dead' franchise.

Don't you just hate all the rigmarole ie drama on a DVD before a movie starts? Some of it you can't skip or fast-forward, and they force you to watch it.

'Get Smart' music plays as a baby sees blurry visions of Boogeywomen with stained yellow teeth about to sacrifice it.

I can't be bothered explaining the next scene with our star, Sarah, and her Doctor Strange boyfriend dining in a restaurant, as the movie's aim is to please me with a 1/10 rating. A Helen Mirren-like witch rudely stares at Sarah the entire time, and apparently this is what triggers the basis for the movie. She burns a picture of the average couple while chanting a taco curse at them. Hey, I heard the word taco, so don't drop this back on me. (Where'd the witch get the picture of them from?)

The salsa and cheese curse - hold the guac on mine - causes venetian blinds and doors to act funny, which causes Sarah morning sickness. No doubt due to being, um, glutenous from the night before in the restaurant. She looks like Emily London from YouTube. It seems like SAG-AFTRA hands out those labor union cards like Halloween candy to anybody these days. Where's Hollywood getting these amateur actors from for their modern-day productions? These people are a notch above indie YouTube actors.

Non-likeable cast members. No foundation was laid. Jump scares are around every corner. The toilet scene ripped off two 'Halloween' movies.

Atrocious, vulgar swearing that's unnecessary. Is there another euphemism for the F word? It's overused today for no reason and has lost any meaning or impact.

The potty mouth actors use an Ouija board to summon up The Witch from 'The Conjuring,' and it invades people's private spaces like a possession movie. What would a modern-day horror movie be without people contorting their limbs and crinking their necks?

Let's stop for a minute. The entity roaming around tormenting these people wasn't born out of an Ouija board; it originated from a restaurant while eating a meal and staring at the two leads.

Because the movie's poorly explained at the start, it doesn't connect to this Ouija board scene. The director was too eager to jump to the 'Sixth Sense' or 'The Ring' scenes with cloaked figures dawdling around, not to mention the stupid frozen faces a lot of the ghouls pull in this movie. At the very beginning, Sarah's boyfriend is in bed, shaking his head violently in the fashion of 2002's 'Night Stalker' movie. It looks dumb and represents nothing.

This lousy crap has jumped to chapter 2 with a separate story involving a character called Masha, who's literally a demon in the sack. Is that Brie Larson?

Is this connected to Sarah and Doctor Strange's story?

Wow, the best chill the movie can come up with is this Close Encounters chick munching an apple and pulling her best-possessed face while another old granny pulls Mick Jagger lips.

This is just absolute rubbish.

What are all these scarecrow people out in the woods twisting their bodies supposed to mean?

A few years back, I got into the 'American Horror Story' series, where I watched the original, season 2, and Freakshow, as it was quality TV where effort was made into performances and writing, but modern-day movies don't do anything for me as they're so amateurish. I won't mention Left-Wing Democrats taking over the entertainment industry today with their agendas, as Seinfeld already said what needed to be said about Liberals only yesterday. If you want your answer as to why modern-day movies are unwatchable, there's your answer right there. They set out to dumb down society, and boy have they succeeded.

You watch a modern-day movie today, and it's quickly discarded, never to be revisited again, as there's no re-watch value to it. Nothing's memorable anymore today.

They just chanted that taco sermon again.

Maybe my expectations going into these movies are comparing them to live up to the 'Halloween' or 'Friday the 13th' standards, as all the old classics led the way in this field, whereas all these inferior stragglers just bring the genre down as you see right through them.

I've only sat by and watched horror movies decline in quality and dipped like Disney stock shares the past ten to twenty years.

There's a bit of charm to the Masha character, but I just can't relate to the modern-day movie as it's not intended for me.

They threaten at the end of the movie that part two is coming soon, but I won't hold my breath, and I don't even care to see a follow-up.

By the way, the movie's title says it's called 'Two Witches' but there are more than two in the movie at the end, where a whole coven shows up.

Well, well, well...

[What-a-Punk · 7/10 · 13 April 2023]

I must say this movie succeeds massively in a lot of aspects. It feels real, the plotline, the effects, the overall setup and atmosphere are really great. The scenes, the cinematography. There is a lot to praise about this movie and I enjoyed watching it. It surely has some style at the least.

That said, I really wanted to rate it higher, yet there are unfortunately some parts that reduce the overall good score. First of all, the witches just don't really strike me as scary, they don't look scary. Don't get me wrong, I love natural effects, costumes and makeup, and I would any day take it over the CGi, but in this movie they just look a bit lackluster. Realistic, but lackluster. If only they would have a bit more horrifying features in those terror scenes, it would make the whole experience ten time better in my opinion.

One other thing, that I felt was missing was the motivation for the antagonists. You see, there might be some obvious motivation there, yet it hasn't felt explored fully and hasn't felt really justified.

And the last thing that I didn't really like was the ending, it didn't feel like a proper ending, it felt like too many ends were left hanging...

Other than that, it's an overall well-rounded performance, if a sequel is made (which I feel, is a must) this movie might as well take a deserved place among one of the best scary movies about witches.

An effective and highly enjoyable effort

[kannibalcorpsegrinder · 8/10 · 30 September 2022]

A two-story anthology about modern-day witches and witchcraft.

The Good Stor(ies): The Boogywoman-While expecting a child together, a couple begins to grow increasingly disturbed following an encounter with a strange woman while out to dinner that results in her seeing strange visions. Attempting to get to the bottom of everything, they enlist the aid of several supernatural means to combat it only to realize how out of their depth they really are. Generally, this was a fantastic segment that has quite a lot to enjoy about it. The atmosphere here is impeccably handled with the constant use of shadowy imagery to hide the feeling that someone or something is in their presence while the resulting jump-scares provide a slew of long looks at the outright chilling and disturbing make-up effects on the witch chasing them. The means through which they turn this into a far more cliched route than expected with an obvious series of events that play out which are no less fun visually despite the storyline familiarity, and the characters gradually become less irritating despite starting off as highly unlikable so it still has those issues to contend with. Still, this is a highly effective and generally creepy start.

Masha-Living with her roommate, a woman becomes increasingly more concerned for her safety when her borderline psychotic behavior is said to be the result of her inheriting her grandmother's witchcraft powers upon her death. As the incidents between the two grow in intensity, they find that there might be something to the sayings after all. While this is slightly weaker, there's still quite a lot to like here. Basically, the main problem is the slow-going and generally rambling setup that becomes somewhat underwhelming with it taking far too long to get to the point where it's obvious what's going on with her but no one else is which causes this to meander around somewhat aimlessly. However, that doesn't discount the fun derived here from the spellcasting and powers being utilized to great effect with several solid jump-scares and some fun encounters flaunting the powers on display. These manage to make the segment fun enough to overcome those slight drawbacks with the storyline.

The Bad Stor(ies): Again, neither story is bad even though there are the few aforementioned issues with each segment, but overall it's the weird overlong epilogue that drags on far longer than necessary which is the true flaw with this one.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, and Sex Scenes.