Viewer beware of Witch Hunt. This movie begins as an oddball story about Hollywood types practising magic as a hobby in the mid-50's. Then the Eric Bogosian character shows up and we have, ta-da, an allegory of the 1950's hunt for Communist Party members in Tinseltown! Under the name of Sen. Larson Crockett, he convenes the House Unnatural Activities Committee and proceeds to root out magicians who have infiltrated Hollywood. (Query: Exactly how does a US Senator end up chairing a House Subcommittee hearing?) This sorry story line dominates the whole movie leaving little time (or reason) for genuine horror. I was thoroughly annoyed with this subterfuge because it is a political drama, not a horror story. As I said, viewer beware.
Review of Witch Hunt
