The Spell (2009 film)

The Spell is a 2009 British horror film directed by Owen Carey Jones. It was first released in the United Kingdom onSeptember 2009 and stars Rebecca Pitkin as a young woman that begins to dabble in witchcraft but soon gets in over her head. The film is loosely based on the true story of Emma Whale, who contacted Carey Jones with the intent to turn her experience into a film. The Spell was shot entirely in Leeds.

Critical reception for The Spell has been overwhelmingly negative and the film holds a rating of 0 on Rotten Tomatoes, based onreviews. The Guardian criticized the film as bewilderingly awful and noted that the movie had characters whose lips dont quite move in sync with the audio track. The Screen Daily also heavily panned the film, remarking that The intention behind The Spell may have been to ground this young womans nightmare in a mundane sense of everyday life but the result is a film that feels underwhelming throughout. In contrast, HorrorNews.net gave a more positive review and commented that the movie would have little appeal to gore hounds, but that fans of atmospheric films would likely enjoy it.

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