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We present to the attention of readers the best films about witches and sorcerers – a list of films that lovers of mysticism must see.
10 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Our list of the most fascinating pictures about witches and sorcerers opens with a fantasy adventure film “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice».
Dave Statler, as a child, accidentally witnessed a fight between Balthazar, a student of the great Merlin, and the evil sorcerer Horvath. A few years later, he meets Balthazar again and he explains to the young man that he has magical abilities and Dave can become his student. The magician says that centuries ago, the evil sorceress Morgana, with the help of Horvath, destroyed Merlin. Veronica, Balthazar’s lover, sacrificed herself and imprisoned herself and Morgana in a magical dungeon. Horvath is trying to free a powerful sorceress, and only Balthazar and Dave can stop him.
9. practical magic
The list of the best films about witches and sorcerers continues with the mystical tape “practical magicstarring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock.
Sisters Sally and Gillian are two complete opposites. Sally is balanced and calm, and Gillian grew up an eccentric and frivolous girl. But one thing unites the sisters – they belong to the family of witches, on which lies a terrible curse. Those with whom the women of the family fall in love suddenly leave this world. After losing her husband, Sally makes a deliberately impossible wish to never fall in love or hurt anyone again. Gillian, on the other hand, prefers not to have long-term romances and leaves her suitors before the curse takes effect. But one day she meets Jimmy, who turns out to be a sadist. Sally is trying to help her sister escape from him, and they accidentally kill the suitor who has loosened his hands. In a panic, the sisters make a fatal mistake – with the help of witchcraft, they decide to revive Jimmy …
8. Wizard of Earthsea
The next film on the list of the best films about witches and sorcerers is the film adaptation of the famous fantasy novel by Ursula Le Guin “Wizard of Earthsea».
Young Ged learned about his magical abilities when his village was attacked by the warriors of the cruel King Taygat. He was able to lure the attackers to the cliff by sorcery and destroy the enemy squad. The news of Ged reached the sorcerer Ogion, who took him in training and gave the young man his true name. To continue his studies, Ged goes to the academy on Rock Island. Here, succumbing to the provocation of one of the students, he uses a forbidden spell and summons the Shadow into the world of the living – a demon that begins to haunt Ged. To get rid of the Shadow, the young magician goes to the temple of Atuan.
7. Time of witches
«Time of witches“- another fascinating film included in the list of the best pictures about sorcerers and witches.
Europe, XIV century. Plague is rampant in the cities. The church thinks the epidemic is the work of a witch. Crusaders Baymen and Felson are assigned a difficult task – to deliver the sorceress to a distant monastery, where they will try to dispel her spell. Baymen is sure that the girl was mistaken for a witch and agrees to take her away on the condition of a fair trial of her. But the accidents that plague the squad of knights make him doubt that their captive is not involved in them.
6. Seventh Son
«Seventh Son“- a film about sorcerers and witches, directed by Sergei Bodrov. Despite the fact that the tape failed at the box office, without recouping the funds spent on it, it turned out to be quite interesting. Bribes and the cast of the film – Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Kit Harington and Ben Barnes.
Witcher Gregory, the last knight of the once powerful order of fighters against evil spirits, many years ago imprisoned his beloved, who chose the path of evil, in a deep well-dungeon. Mother Malkin, the Witch Queen, has broken out of her confinement and is gathering minions to unleash her fury on unsuspecting cities. Gregory, having lost a student in a fight with her, finds Tom Ward, the seventh son of the seventh son. According to ancient legend, only he is able to defeat evil.
5. Blair Witch
The list of the best pictures about witches and sorcerers would be incomplete without horror “Blair Witch”, which at one time made a splash.
To shoot a documentary, three students come to the city where, according to legend, the Blair Witch once lived. She is considered involved in the murder of several local residents. After asking the townspeople and learning that the victims of the witch were found at the Coffin Rock, they go there. Lost in the forest, young people begin to hear the frightening sounds of crying and footsteps.
4. Witch hunters
«Witch hunters“- a bright and fascinating interpretation and continuation of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm” Hansel and Gretel. This film about witches tells the story of grown-up brother and sister who have chosen the path of evil spirits hunters. As a child, their father left them in the forest, but never returned for them. Hansel and Gretel went to the wonderful gingerbread house where the witch lived. The children managed to escape from death thanks to their immunity to magic and courage. As adults, they became famous witch hunters. When several children go missing in the city of Augsburg, Gretel and Hansel come to the aid of the inhabitants.
3. Witches of Sugarramurdi
«Witches of Sugarramurdi“- a bright comedy about witches, which will appeal to fans of mysticism and fantasy. Three thieves who robbed a pawnshop rush to take refuge in France. On the way, they meet the village of Sugarramurdi, inhabited by witches. By an evil accident, the fugitives were brought to the den of sorceresses on the eve of the great sabbat …
2. Witches of Eastwick
No selection of pictures about witches and sorcerers can do without the film “Witches of Eastwickwhich has already become a classic. Jane, Alexandra and Sookie are three friends who live in the small town of Eastwick. Their only joy is joint gatherings once a week. Everything changes with the appearance in the city of a mysterious stranger who bought a mansion that has long been infamous. Charming and imposing Daryl van Horn meets friends and charms them. He reveals abilities in young women that they used to write off as coincidences.
1. The last witch hunter
The list about witches and sorcerers continues the fantasy thriller “The last witch hunterstarring Vin Diesel. Evil hunter Calder, who lives in XIII century, receives the gift of immortality from the witch queen he killed. Nowadays, he catches those who violated the treaty banning black magic. When his chronicler dies under suspicious circumstances, Calder begins his own investigation into the tragedy.
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