The more I think about it, the lower I want to rate this movie. Luckily, four stars out of ten is the lowest I can go before a movie becomes interestingly bad. Witch Hunt has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
I watched this film because it was the sequel to a Lovecraft inspired detective comedy called Cast a Deadly Spell. It was campy and weird, but I liked it a lot and I found it kept the right proportion between fun and respect of the source, as well as having some original ideas that made it really entertaining.
Somehow, the studios decided to make a sequel and Witch Hunt is what they came with. The production qualities were bad, making the movie feel sloppy and low budget. The director was so horrible that Dennis Hopper came off as a bad actor. The story was written by the same guy that wrote the first film so I have no idea why this one was so lame. They removed almost all traces of fun from it, trying to make it more serious, but ended up sucking the soul from the movie until nothing was left.
Bottom line: one of the weakest sequels of all time and a complete waste of time as a movie. The only Lovecraft inspiration is the name of the main detective. The acting is bad, the direction is abysmal and the production qualities are like they intended this film to never be made.
I watched this film because it was the sequel to a Lovecraft inspired detective comedy called Cast a Deadly Spell. It was campy and weird, but I liked it a lot and I found it kept the right proportion between fun and respect of the source, as well as having some original ideas that made it really entertaining.
Somehow, the studios decided to make a sequel and Witch Hunt is what they came with. The production qualities were bad, making the movie feel sloppy and low budget. The director was so horrible that Dennis Hopper came off as a bad actor. The story was written by the same guy that wrote the first film so I have no idea why this one was so lame. They removed almost all traces of fun from it, trying to make it more serious, but ended up sucking the soul from the movie until nothing was left.
Bottom line: one of the weakest sequels of all time and a complete waste of time as a movie. The only Lovecraft inspiration is the name of the main detective. The acting is bad, the direction is abysmal and the production qualities are like they intended this film to never be made.