5.8 /10 1 Votes
4.8/10 YTS Directed by James Crow Music by Pete Coleman Initial release 18 May 2015 Screenplay James Crow | 4.8/10 IMDb 7.5/10 Modern Horrors Written by James Crow Cinematography James Crow Director James Crow Music director Pete Coleman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty Starring Sarah Rose Denton
Lucy Clarvis
Lawrence Weller
Danielle Bux
Jon Campling Initial DVD release 18 May 2015 (United Kingdom) Cast Lucy Clarvis, Sarah Rose Denton, Lawrence Weller, Caroline Boulton, Danielle Lineker Similar Curse movies, Witchcraft movies, Horror movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Curse Of The Witching Tree is a 2015 independent British horror film, written and directed by James Crow. The film was his debut feature. It was filmed in the South East of England, in the county of Kent. It stars Sarah Rose Denton, Lucy Clarvis and Lawrence Weller, also starring Danielle Bux as the eponymous witch Isobel Redwood. Production on the film began in May 2014, and was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2015 and 19 May 2015 in the United States.
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Plot
An innocent woman, accused of murdering her son and hanged as a witch, curses a tree and the children who play around it. The effects of this act of revenge echo through the years and centuries, and restless spirits haunt the house where the bodies of the cursed children have been buried. A family move into their new home, and begin to uncover the terrible truth behind The Witching Tree and the murdered children upon which they unknowingly sleep.
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Release and Reception
Curse of the Witching Tree holds a 13% audience approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. It has not been reviewed by any Rotten Tomatoes cerfitied critics and holds no critics score. Starburst Magazine gave the film 7/10 stars, and reviewer John Townsend stated "Curse Of The Witching Tree displays a clear understanding of the horror genre while demonstrating an ability to bring a recognisable yet different approach to the age old theme of witchcraft". while Haddonfield Horror writer David Martin called the film a "masterpiece" and said the film "is going to be labelled a modern day cult classic", and was hailed as better than The Conjuring by one reviewer. While others criticized the low budget nature of the film and gratuitous use of jump scares and inclusion of heavy drama from the main characters. Reviewers were divided on the cast with many praising the quality of child acting, with others relating it to children's programming. Curse of The Witching Tree debuted at #73 in the Official DVD UK Top 100 chart, and at #85 on the overall video chart including Blu-ray.
