Other Titles • Hungry Wives • Season of the Witch (1973) • Jack's Wife
Synopses for Hungry Wives (1973)
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Unseen For Over 30 Years The 'Lost' films of George A. Romero Now on DVD for the first time ever. After forever changing horror history with Night Of The Living Dead, George A. Romero next directed a pair of rarely seen movies that have been considered 'lost' by critics and fans worldwide. These rare films feature exclusive extras that include a revealing new interview with Romero himself. Filmed as Jack's Wife and briefly released under the title Hungry Wives, Romero's third feature, Season Of The Witch, is the disturbing story of a suburban housewife's descent into extramarital sex and the occult. Jan White stars in this daring drama that The Hollywood Reporter called "hypnotically powerful and suspenseful...and nightmarish vision of female oppression." Bonus Feature: There's Always Vanilla Fearing he would be typecast as a "horror director", Romero immediately made this bittersweet drama about an affair between a free-spirited dropout (Ray Laine) and a beautiful young model (Judith Ridley of Night Of The Living Dead) that remains a provocative time capsule of media and morality in the 1970s.
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Joan Mitchell (Jan White) is bored with her suburban existence. She is plagued by nightmares involving a man in a demon mask. With an uncommunicative teenage daughter and a husband who is always away on business, she searches for something to fill the void. She becomes intrigued by a practicing witch who lives in the neighborhood, and soon her interest in the black arts becomes more than casual. While learning her craft, she successfully tries a spell that allows her to seduce her daughter’s boyfriend. Soon, though, Joan becomes convinced that her husband is responsible for the unpleasantness in her life, and it isn’t long before her efforts turn murderous.
Romero’s third film (after NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and the little-seen THERE’S ALWAYS VANILLA) finds him in a distinctly experimental mode when compared to his other works. Though it relies on clear-cut horror elements (certain sequences are quite chilling), it frequently seems that the director was aiming more for the art house than the drive-in. Fans of Romero’s zombie films may be in for a shock upon their first viewing of SEASON OF THE WITCH, but the open-minded horror fan will find plenty to like here.
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