Pre-1960s:
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)--silent blend
of fact and legend, from Denmark.
Wizard of Oz (1925)--Dorothy Dwan, Larry Semon, and Oliver Hardy.
Felix the Cat Switches Witches
(1927)--silent animation.
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)--Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret
Hamilton.
I Married a Witch
(1942)--Two dead witches re-materialize, plague men, and dispel
love potions.
The Undead (1957)--Call girl channels burned medieval witch.
1960s:
1970s:
1980s:
1990s:
The City of the Dead
(1960)--Coed researches witchcraft and becomes sacrifice in a
coven.
Brainiac (Mexican, 1962) -- a.k.a. El Baron del Terror
Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962)--College professor discovers wife is a
witch.
"Bewitched" (1964)--TV comedy about
a witch who becomes an ordinary housewife.
The Haunted Palace
(1964)--Witchcraft and reincarnation in 18th-century New England.
Morozko
(1964)--Strange Russian fairy tale involving the spanking of
witches.
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
(1966)--Contains a story called "The Witches Clock,"
where a man is warned by the town doctor about the history of
witches in his community.
The Witch (Mexican, 1966) -- a.k.a. La Straga in Amore
Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder
General
(1968)--Hopkins offers his services as a persecutor of witches;
he wrenches confessions from "witches" in order to line
his pockets.
Rosemary's Baby
(1968)--Strange things happen in an apartment that are blamed
on witches.
Cry of the Banshee
(1970)--In England, a wicked lord massacres nearly all the members
of a coven of witches, earning the enmity of their leader.
Night of the Witches
(1970)--
Mark of the Devil
(1970)--18th-century European village under a spell.
Simon, King of the Witches
(1971)--Simon invokes the help of evil forces to take revenge.
Daughters of Satan
(1972)--Man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at
the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.
Necromancy
(1972)--Orson Welles plays the head of a witches' coven, where
he needs the powers of a witch to raise his son from the dead.
Baba Yaga (Italian, 1973)
Warlock Moon
(1975)--Young girl and boy visiting the country and end up in
a witch's house.
Witches' Brew
(1980)--Horror spoof of 1944 classic. Three women use witchcraft
to help their professor husbands further their careers.
Charodei
(1982)--(TV) In Russian, one of the witches wants to marry a guy
not a magician.
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
(1983)--Ator battles hideous witches, giant spiders, and dead
warriors.
"Wizards and Warriors" (1983)--TV
adventure with castles, princes, and wicked witches.
Bay Coven
(1987)--(TV) Young newlywed couple move to remote village and
find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun,
or face the consequences.
The Witches of Eastwick
(1987)--Witches (Cher, Sarandon, Pfeiffer) conjure up Nicholson.
Spellbinder
(1988)--Kelly Preston. Man rescues a woman on the run from a
witches' coven to which she belongs.
Teen Witch
(1989)--Teenager learns that she's descended from the witches
of Salem and has inherited their powers.
Toto's Rescue
(1989)--(TV) Wicked Witch of the West comes to Kansas and steals
Dorothy's dog.
Warlock (1989)
The Witches
(1990)--In a hotel, a group of evil witches have gathered to prepare
a plot to turn all children into mice.
Witches of Avonlea
(1990)--
Warlock
(1991)--Transported from Salem to 1990s L.A.
Lost Prophet
(1992)--Unstable man spends summer in empty mansion where he meets
punks, serial killers, and witches.
Hocus Pocus
(1993)--More than 300 years ago, three witches were sentenced
to die in Salem. Now it's Halloween, and the witches have returned
to direct their wrath on trick-or-treaters.
"Sailor Moon S" (1994)--Includes
many odd characters (Death Busters) and witches who are searching
for pure hearts in humans.
Sorceress
(1994)--Two friends of the same law firm are both married to modern
day witches.
Four Rooms
(1995)--Comedy about a hotel bellhop who's asked to help out a
coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite.
The Craft
(1996)--Four girls from a Catholic school form a coven of witches
that cast spells on their classmates. Their new powers overwhelm
them, leading to an internal power struggle.
Little Witches
(1996)--Occult handbook transforms six schoolgirls.
The Pale Horse
(1996)--(TV) Man accused of murdering a priest meets three eccentric
women who claim to be witches.
Macbeth
(1997)--In 11th-century Scotland, three witches foretell Macbeth's
kingship.
A Simple Wish
(1997)--A fairies convention is threatened by evil witches.