Witches of Eastwick

(1987)

Starring Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer.

Plot: Three dissatisfied single women--Sarandon, Pfeiffer, and Cher--long for a dark knight to sweep them off their feet and out of their dreary small-town existences. Their prayers are answered in the form of the new-greasy-millionaire-in-town Nicholson, who proceeds to give each woman the lusty romp of her lifetime. Nicholson seems to have only one fault: he uses his strange supernatural powers recklessly and wreaks havoc on the town. The three women use their own powers to escape Nicholson's fiendish clutches.

Contributing Genres: Drama, Comedy, and Fantasy.

Dialogue: This film adaptation of the John Updike novel is intelligent and filled with dry humor.

Monster Type: "Good" witches and a petty warlock.

Gore Factor: This film contains some notable projectile vomiting scene; the audience will never see cherries in the same light.

Scariness/Suspense: Neither, but entertaining nonetheless.

Target Audience: This would mainly appeal to adult audiences with a taste for mature humor and sly references to the hypocrisy in small-town life.


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