Scarlet's Witch

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Scarlet's Witch
Directed byF.C.Rabbath
Written byF.C.Rabbath
Produced byF.C.Rabbath
Kimberly Cobb
Adam Bertocci
StarringEmily Pearse
Julie Moss
Avery Pohl
Callie Haskins
Carlie Nettles
Bill Kelly
CinematographyF.C.Rabbath
Music byValentin Boomes
Oliver Carman
Ryan Taubert
Ivan Torrent
Production
company
F.C.Rabbath Creations
Release date
  • December 2014 (2014-12)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Scarlet's Witch is a 2014 American thriller/fantasy theatrical film written/directed by F.C.Rabbath (Director of Listen (film), A Brilliant Monster, The Waiting (film)). The story is based on a short film by the same writer/director made in 2007. The film stars Emily Pearse, Callie Haskins, Bill Kelly and Julie Moss.

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The film premiered in 2014 at Silver Lake Theater in Hollywood, California, and was subsequently shown in theaters. [1]

Plot

Alienated by her peers as a young girl, Scarlet finds escape from her loneliness in the forest where she meets a mysterious witch. Scarlet refuses the offer of magic at first, but maintains the friendship into her college years. When her blossoming relationship with a handsome boy at school is threatened by another girl, Scarlet turns to her old friend and her sorcery to get what she wants. Will her newfound powers fulfill all her desires or destroy everything she has known and loved?

Cast

Critical reception

Film Threat strongly recommended the film. [2] Tallahassee Reviews [3]

Film selected early showing in the new UHD technology. [4]

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References

  1. "Mance Media takes world on Scarlet's Witch". Screen Daily.
  2. "Scarlet's witch". Film Threat. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  3. Mark Hinson. "'Scarlet's Witch' puts clever twist on an old fairy tale". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  4. Opar, Josephine (2014-10-06). "F.C. Rabbath's 'Listen' and 'Scarlet's Witch' Go High-Res with Mance Media (Exclusive)". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-04-04.