The By the late 80s and early 90s, witches, demons, devils and other occult archetypes had escaped

the confines of horror and were infiltrating other genres. In 1987, Hollywood director

George Miller made a film about three witches who summoned the devil, but it was framed like a romantic

comedy and starred A-list actors like Cher, Michelle

Fife and Susan Sarandon.

A few years later, Don't Look Now Director Nick Rogue, cast Angelica Houston and a bunch of British comedy actors, including

Rowan Atkinson and Jane Horrocks, in a children's movie about witches based on a book by

Roldahl. But despite the studios insisting these films weren't

horror, both movies were filled to the brim with horror tropes, and both include some of the

creepiest and most grotesque images in modern horror. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the occult and we discuss George Miller's The Witches of Eastwick and Nick

Rokes The Witches.

Who are you? Just your average horny little devil.

Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike and as ever I am your host. If you're tuning in for the first time

then welcome in this podcast we explore and dissect the evolution and history of the

horror genre by looking at particular sub-genres one series at a time. We are currently on our fifth series exploring

the evolution of the occult in horror cinema and this is part 14 in which we're looking

at the occult outside of horror cinema. We are going to be perhaps

potentially for the very first time looking at a bona fide kids movie as well as a kind of

supernatural romantic comedy as the intro suggested we're going to be

looking at the witches from 1990 and the witches of Eastwick from 1987 both of

these conversations will be spoilerific give Give both these films a watch. They are both very weird and quite

creepy in their own ways before listening to our discussions. So lots of ground to cover this week. Let's get straight into it. My first

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