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Witch-hunts increased again in the 17th century. The witch trials in Early Modern Europe included the Basque witch trials in Spain, the Fulda witch trials in Germany, the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, and the Torsåker witch trials in Sweden. There were also witch-hunts during the 17th century in the American colonies.
Here are the best witch movies on Disney, Netflix, HBO Max and more from the '80s, '90s, 2000s, and beyond, including family friendly, funny and scary horror options.
The Last Witch Hunter: Breck Eisner: 2015 [230] [231] Left Bank: Pieter Van Hees: 2008 [232] [233] [234] The Legend of the Christmas Witch (La Befana vien di notte) Michele Soavi: 2018 [235] The Lego Batman Movie: Chris McKay: 2017: Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (Hexe Lilli: Der Drache und das magische Buch) Stefan Ruzowitzky: 2009
Abigail Williams (born c. 1681, date of death unknown) [2] was an 11- or 12-year-old girl who, along with nine-year-old Betty Parris, was among the first of the children to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692; these accusations eventually led to the Salem witch trials.
The Blair Witch Project (1999). Completed with found footage, this horror classic follows three film students as they travel to a small New England town in hopes of collecting documentary footage ...
The Burning Times is a 1990 Canadian documentary, presenting a feminist account of the Early Modern European witchcraft trials. [1] It was directed by Donna Read and written by Erna Buffie, and features interviews with feminist and Neopagan notables, such as Starhawk, Margot Adler, and Matthew Fox.
The novel explores the occurrence of modern-day hysteria through juxtaposition against the Salem Witch Trials. Becky Nurse of Salem (2019) by Sarah Ruhl is a play in which a modern descendant of Rebecca Nurse examines the injustice done during the Salem witch trials and the effects those trials continue to have in the present. Ruhl also ...
Unlike the novel, the time machine and its rider do not stay in the same place as they travel through time, and the machine can travel to different locations. Perry first goes to 1692 Salem, Massachusetts where he is caught up in the Salem witch trials and found guilty of witchcraft. He is sentenced to be burned at the stake with his time machine.