This is one of those movies that tries to do a lot but doesn't do a lot of it well. First, you have this "alternate history" thing going on which is usually a tough sell. Then we have the ham-fisted attempt to tie in witchcraft with McCarthyism and it just doesn't work at all. Actually, in "real" history, McCarthy was on the right track and backed off when he started getting to the top if the pyramid, but we're not going to get into that. I assume the witchcraft references seen throughout the movie were based on real witchcraft and I found this element to be the most interesting, but it certainly isn't enough to carry this weird, misaligned attempt at a detective flick. It's a strange movie and not a bad movie, either, but it just doesn't work on any level. It's worth watching and, as a guy who likes watching bad movies, there is some unintended interest in watching how they tried to glue all of this together and make it work. Easy to see how this thing was a fail with the general public but worth checking out.
Review of Witch Hunt
