Years ago I'd seen one of the Witchcraft movies, but then couldn't remember which one, or even much about the movie itself. I recently watched all the movies in the series, though not in order, and got to this one last, and eventually recognized it as the one I'd seen. That I could remember so little about it even while watching it may say something about it, though it isn't really so bad.
A couple makes out in an isolated spot. The woman isn't interested in going all the way yet. The guy ends up knocking himself unconscious, and she goes for help, but she is struck and put in the trunk of a car. We see that she's taken somewhere else and her heart is removed (the virgin heart of the title, I suppose).
Her boyfriend Peter Wild is charged with her murder, and his sister goes to Will Spanner for help. Will Spanner is the main recurring character in the Witchcraft series, and this entry is Charles Solomon's last time in the role. From what Spanner says, this one takes place about three years after the previous film. Most of them don't need to be watched in order.
Spanner is a warlock, though he very rarely uses his powers, since evil forces want him on their side and he may have a natural inclination towards evil. He works as a lawyer, and in this one is no longer a public defender, but has a small unsuccessful private practice handling insurance cases. Nevertheless, he was recommended to Wild's sister and he does have a hard time turning away from attractive women.
A possible clue at the scene of the crime leads him to Belladonna (Julie Strain), who works as a dancer at one club, and secretly as a blues singer at another. Her agent is a bad guy, and maybe his clients' success is due to a pact with the devil....
There's nudity in this one, as usual (apart from the first), though not to the practically softcore degree of some of the other entries. The dead victim is briefly seen nude, and Strain has a few nude and sex scenes.
Parts of this one are narrated by Spanner, giving it more of a mystery or slightly neo-noir flavor. I don't recall any of the others having it. He does frequently get involved in investigations, or assisting the police, so much so that he probably ought to give up lawyering and become a PI or police detective.
One of the characters claims to have been Spanner's twin brother from a previous life, having been born to some woman prior to or during the Inquisition. Whether this was some lie he was being told, or what, I don't know. It hadn't been mentioned in any of the other movies. In the first one, his father believes him to be (and maybe he is) the reincarnation of an unborn child burned at the stake with his witch parents in colonial American times.
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