As Grace Churchill is having her baby, disturbing visions flash in her mind that show two witches being burned at the stake. It is later learned that these two people are John and Elizabeth Stockwell, who were burned in the year 1687. The visions seem to stop once her baby, whom she names William, is born.
However, things get worse when Grace and her husband temporarily move into her mother-in-law’s creepy old house with their baby. It is here that the visions start to return, and all manner of unsettling events begin to unfold, including a priest hanging himself in their backyard. Grace discovers that the two witches she saw burned at the stake are her husband and mother-in-law, and they claim William as theirs. The two attempt to kill Grace in a Satanic ritual, but they are killed by their mute butler, leaving Grace to save William.
Cast
Anat Topol as Grace Churchill
Gary Sloan as John Stockton / John Stockwell
Mary Shelley as Elizabeth Stockton / Elizabeth Stockwell
Although Witchcraft was unsuccessful in theaters, it became the first in the successful Witchcraft series of direct-to-video films.[3] In reviewing the entire series, The A.V. Club called the film a ripoff of Rosemary's Baby, but also called it the best film in the entire series.[4] John Stanley in his Creature Feature book gave the movie two out of five stars.[5]
Home media
The film was released on video in 1988, and re-released October 15, 1997, on DVD.
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