Joan and Jane are two women trapped in their lives. Joan is trapped in a cold, dead marriage, and Jane is trapped by the trauma of losing a child. Both traverse their own journeys to self-actualization and liberation through the exploration of the occult. Season of the Witch and All the Colors of the Dark, released within one year of each other, take the audience into the underbelly of the weird and the witchy, probing into the pressures set upon women by their lovers and society, as a whole. Each film is equally profound, yet their epic conclusions lie on opposite extremes.
In George A. Romero’s 1973 psycho-drama Season of the Witch, Joan (Jan White) has grown listless and miserable with her perfect suburban life. Her husband Jack (Bill Thunhurst) no longer satisfies her, neither does the housework. She’s merely going through the motions when we meet her. And...
In George A. Romero’s 1973 psycho-drama Season of the Witch, Joan (Jan White) has grown listless and miserable with her perfect suburban life. Her husband Jack (Bill Thunhurst) no longer satisfies her, neither does the housework. She’s merely going through the motions when we meet her. And...
- 10/28/2022
- by Bee Scott
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Whether you’re a horror fan, a Romero fan, or are just looking for interesting and challenging ‘lost’ cinema, don’t pass up this forgotten gem.”
Season Of The Witch (Hungry Wives) 1972
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Starring: Jan White, Ray Laine, Ann Muffly
United States | R | 104
George A. Romero wasn’t afraid to take artistic risks and explore different genres of filmmaking early in his career. After dabbling in bleak horror with Night of the Living Dead and comedy in There’s Always Vanilla, Romero next decided to tackle dark drama. Season of the Witch (also known as Hungry Wives and Jack’s Wife) was his third film and is a highly underrated exploration into the horrors of mid-life crisis through the eyes of middle-aged housewife.
Joan Mitchell’s (Jan White) life is spiralling away from her. Her husband Jack (Bill Thunhurst) is constantly away from...
Season Of The Witch (Hungry Wives) 1972
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Starring: Jan White, Ray Laine, Ann Muffly
United States | R | 104
George A. Romero wasn’t afraid to take artistic risks and explore different genres of filmmaking early in his career. After dabbling in bleak horror with Night of the Living Dead and comedy in There’s Always Vanilla, Romero next decided to tackle dark drama. Season of the Witch (also known as Hungry Wives and Jack’s Wife) was his third film and is a highly underrated exploration into the horrors of mid-life crisis through the eyes of middle-aged housewife.
Joan Mitchell’s (Jan White) life is spiralling away from her. Her husband Jack (Bill Thunhurst) is constantly away from...
- 1/4/2011
- by Tyler Baptist
- SoundOnSight
Directed by: George A. Romero
Written by: George A. Romero
Cast: Jan White, Ray Laine, Ann Muffly, Virginia Greenwald, Bill Thunhurst, Joedda McClain
As we all know, the 1960s and '70s were a time of massive political and social change. One of the filmmakers to most often comment and reflect upon this upheaval is a man not usually thought of as a socio-political filmmaker: George A. Romero. That’s right, the zombie guy.
While Romero's living dead have been seen as metaphors for everything from the birth of a new social order to society feeding upon itself, in 1971 he made a film that employed almost no symbolism at all in its exploration of contemporary cultural evolution. Season of the Witch is a straight-forward drama about an upper-middle-class housewife facing middle age and trying to find her place in a world that's suddenly changing in every possible way. While on...
Written by: George A. Romero
Cast: Jan White, Ray Laine, Ann Muffly, Virginia Greenwald, Bill Thunhurst, Joedda McClain
As we all know, the 1960s and '70s were a time of massive political and social change. One of the filmmakers to most often comment and reflect upon this upheaval is a man not usually thought of as a socio-political filmmaker: George A. Romero. That’s right, the zombie guy.
While Romero's living dead have been seen as metaphors for everything from the birth of a new social order to society feeding upon itself, in 1971 he made a film that employed almost no symbolism at all in its exploration of contemporary cultural evolution. Season of the Witch is a straight-forward drama about an upper-middle-class housewife facing middle age and trying to find her place in a world that's suddenly changing in every possible way. While on...
- 12/24/2010
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
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