Set in and around a cabin in a creepy bayou, The Witchmaker (AKA The Legend of Witch Hollow) sees a group of psychic investigators encounter Luther the Berserk (John Lodge), a murderous master of the Sabbat who seeks to induct sexy 'sensitive' Anastasia (Thordis Brandt) into his coven of witches.
While this drive-in cheapie isn't a particularly great film - its basic premise is stretched rather too thin over 99 minutes, resulting in an uneven pace - it should still be of interest to avid horror fans: the remote cabin locale, foggy woods and witchy goings-on are reminiscent of both The Blair Witch Project and The Evil Dead, and the brutal slaying of innocent girls is suitably nasty (they're stripped, killed, strung upside-down and bled).
The film also benefits from a bevy of shapely '60s babes, including some very sexy witches in Luther's coven. While there is no actual nudity (bare breasts are carefully obscured by objects in the foreground), there's still a fair amount of skin on show: the women of the group leave their cabin for a spot of sunbathing, the witches cavort in their underwear, and the raciest scene sees Brandt running full pelt through the woods in her panties clutching her breasts.
6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for the silly surprise ending.
While this drive-in cheapie isn't a particularly great film - its basic premise is stretched rather too thin over 99 minutes, resulting in an uneven pace - it should still be of interest to avid horror fans: the remote cabin locale, foggy woods and witchy goings-on are reminiscent of both The Blair Witch Project and The Evil Dead, and the brutal slaying of innocent girls is suitably nasty (they're stripped, killed, strung upside-down and bled).
The film also benefits from a bevy of shapely '60s babes, including some very sexy witches in Luther's coven. While there is no actual nudity (bare breasts are carefully obscured by objects in the foreground), there's still a fair amount of skin on show: the women of the group leave their cabin for a spot of sunbathing, the witches cavort in their underwear, and the raciest scene sees Brandt running full pelt through the woods in her panties clutching her breasts.
6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for the silly surprise ending.