Witchery

Witchery

Year: 1988

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: Fabrizio Laurenti

HorrorHorror the undead and monster classicsTerrifying haunted and supernatural horrorGothic and eerie haunting horrorGory gruesome and slasher horror

It can seduce your soul A student and her photographer boyfriend visit an island off of Massachusetts to research a hotel supposedly haunted by a witch.

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Timeline & Setting – Witchery (1988)

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Location

Island off the coast of Massachusetts

The action unfolds on a remote island off the Massachusetts coast, where a derelict hotel sits abandoned. A storm strands the group, leaving them with no escape and heightening the sense of danger. Locals whisper that the hotel is haunted by a witch, whose ritual preys on greed, lust, and vulnerable victims.

🌊 Island 🏝️ Isolated setting 👻 Haunted hotel

Last Updated: October 05, 2025 at 08:25

Main Characters – Witchery (1988)

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Jane Brooks (Linda Blair)

Jane is the pregnant stepdaughter of Rose who becomes the Witch's vessel. She is possessed and confronts Leslie and Tommy, attempting to harm her brother. Her eventual act to throw herself from a window ends the hold on her, but she dies in the process.

🤰 Pregnant 👁️ Possessed 💔 Family 🕯️ Tragedy

Leslie (Leslie Cumming)

Leslie is a sexually repressed student visiting the island with her photographer boyfriend, Gary. She survives the night alongside Tommy, and learns that she has become pregnant as a result of the ceremony. She is the film's final survivor and the witness to the horror that unfolded.

🕊️ Survivor 🧭 Resilient 👀 Observant

Gary (David Hasselhoff)

Gary is Leslie's photographer boyfriend, researching the derelict hotel. He is killed during the island's terrifying events, becoming another casualty of the ritual.

🎥 Photographer 💔 Victim 🕯️ Murdered

Rose Brooks (Annie Ross)

Rose is the greedy matriarch who wants to buy and turn the hotel into a private club. She is burned alive as part of the witches' ritual.

💰 Greed 👑 Matriarch 🔥 Burned

Freddie Brooks (Robert Champagne)

Freddie is Rose's husband, part of the visiting family. He is killed during the island's horrors.

👨 Husband 💔 Victim 🕯️ Murdered

Tommy Brooks (Michael Manchester)

Tommy is the young son who witnesses the events and ultimately plays a crucial role with his tape message. He survives the night alongside Leslie.

👦 Son 🗣️ Witness 🎧 Recorder

Linda Sullivan (Catherine Hickland)

Linda is the young architect hired to estimate renovations. She is captured during sex and tortured and crucified by the witch.

👩 Architect 💋 Seduction 🕯️ Victim

Jerry Giordano (Rick Farnsworth)

Jerry is the real estate agent accompanying Linda. He is captured during intimacy and crucified as part of the ritual.

👔 Real estate 🕊️ Captured 🕯️ Tortured

Lady in Black (Hildegard Knef)

The Witch, once a famous movie star, who haunts the hotel and orchestrates the demonic ritual to prey on greed, lust, and vulnerability.

🖤 Witch 👗 Former star 🕯️ Ritualist

Satan (Ely Coughlin)

The demon who appears during the satanic ceremony, embodying the ritual's dark force and supernatural menace.

😈 Demon 🕯️ Ritualist 👁️ Dark force

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Major Themes – Witchery (1988)

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💰 Greed

Greed drives Rose and the family to buy and renovate the hotel for profit, triggering a deadly chain of events. Their pursuit of wealth blinds them to the danger inside. The storm's isolation magnifies the consequences of their scheming.

💋 Lust

Lust and sexual desire are weaponized, as Linda and Jerry are attacked during intimacy. The witch's ritual uses desire to fuel power and control. The cataclysmic violence reveals how sexual predation can destabilize everyone involved.

👁️ Possession

The Lady in Black seizes victims and uses possession to bend Jane to her will. The demonic influence intensifies as the ritual unfolds, pulling Leslie and Tommy into its orbit. Jane's struggles culminate in a fatal act that shifts the balance between life and death.

Last Updated: October 05, 2025 at 08:25

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