The After a near century of being portrayed on the big screen,

witches have proven themselves time and time again

to be complex, nuanced, layered, and contradictory horror characters.

They're monstrous, yet they're sympathetic.

They're empowering, yet they're often malevolent. And in 2016, two witch movies captured these complexities and nuances in which characters

in radically different ways.

While one movie plays out like a stylish retro pastiche with its tongue firmly in its cheek.

Love me. Love me. The other one plays out like classic monster horror and it's one of the

scariest and most underrated horror films of the decade.

Join me as we continue.

Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the occult and we discuss our final two

witch movies, The Love Witch and the autopsy of Jane Doe.

What I'm really interested in is love.

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 history and evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular sub-jomras one series at a time.

We are currently in the middle of exploring the evolution of the occult in horror cinema and this is part 18. 18 in which as

the intro suggested we're covering our final two witch movies of the series the autopsy

of Jane Doe and the autopsy of Jane Doe, and the Love Witch. What a fascinating

pair to discuss back to back. Please be warned, these will be spoiler-rific discussions.

In fact, I'm really sorry in advance because really it's a spoiler that the autopsy of Jane Doe is even an occult movie.

So me putting it as part of this series, as some people have pointed out to me is actually a spoiler so I'm

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