The session: "Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration"
The four of us who have been in the class since the beginning (or nearly so) each pick a favorite to revisit
As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL.
Week 1: The Witch's Mirror (1962)
(Joe's pick)
Directed by Chano Urueta
My Impressions Going In:
I didn't really remember this one.
After murdering his wife, a man remarries. But his first wife wants revenge
Reaction and Other Folderol:
Joe opened this special session with a heartfelt speech about what the class has meant to him. He touched on Keith's devotion and dedication, and how it has enriched his appreciation of old horror movies. I had been expecting Joe to choose Night of the Living Dead or Freaks because I know how much those two iconic horror films mean to him. But he had other plans. He chose The Witch's Mirror, the 1962 Mexican horror film. For me, it's one of many films that blended together.* But it was the third movie Keith showed us and, for Joe, that was the movie that convinced him the class could work.
In many ways WM played like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone (which kind of makes sense given the timeframe of when it was created), but there are also a lot of elements of Poe thrown in. At points it was interesting, and there were some good elements, but I found it to be very slow-moving.
Ratings
Because we all saw this years ago, we decided not to rerate it (though admittedly when we originally saw it we hadn't been giving ratings). Since Bob-O wasn't around when Keith first showed it to us, he gets to rate it now.
Bob-O: 9.5
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*No disrespect intended, but we have screened 50 or so movies a year for ten years. There are certainly a lot of standouts, but many of the films have kind of blended together in my mind.
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