Superstition [Blu-ray]

Overview

Flamboyant, giallo-style gore effects are the only highlight of this otherwise pedestrian supernatural horror film, which was originally filmed in 1981 as The Witch and shelved for four years, before it experienced a mild midnight-movie revival in the wake of The Evil Dead's success. The ghastly goings-on begin when a clergyman (Larry Pennell) and his family move into an eerie mansion built near the lake where a powerful local witch was drowned four centuries earlier. It soon becomes evident that the spirit of this evil sorceress, whose powers have increased exponentially after her death, is not content with conducting the standard haunted-house scare tactics, and the bodies begin to pile up at an incredible rate. (These audacious death scenes peak with one poor soul's dismemberment courtesy of a flying circular saw.) When a homicide detective (Albert Salmi) and a minister (James Carl Houghton) discover the cause of the macabre mayhem, they prepare to conduct an exorcism (in the mode of The Amityville Horror), much to their own peril. Overblown performances, a scatter-shot screenplay, and hilariously messy gore effects make this movie impossible to take seriously, but it does have a certain tacky charm.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/16/2019
UPC:	0826663192971
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00
Sales rank:	15,819

Special Features

NEW interview with director James Roberson and actor James Houghton; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Carl Houghton	Rev. David Thompson,Actor
Albert Salmi	Inspector Sturgess
Larry Pennell	George Leahy
Lynn Carlin	Melinda Leahy
Maylo McCaslin	Sheryl Leahy
Heidi Bohay	Ann Leahy
Billy Jacoby	Justin Leahy
Jacquelyn Hyde	Elvira Sharack
Kim Marie	Mary
Stacy Keach Sr.	Rev. Maier
Joshua Cadman	Arlen
Robert Symonds	Pike
Carole Goldman	Elondra
John Alderman	Romberg
Johnny Doran	Charlie
Bennett Liss	Arty
Casey King	Hollister
Billy Jayne	Justin Leahy
Orazio Orlando	Actor
David Gibney	Composer

Technical Credits

Galen Thompson

Brad White

Donald G. Thompson

Bret Plate

Michael Sajbel

James W. Roberson	Director,Director
Galen Thompson	Screenwriter
Ed Carlin	Producer
Bud Davis	Stunts
Robert L.J. Lewis	Producer,Producer
John Schwartz	Producer
Brad White	Screenwriter
Andrew Vajna	Producer,Executive Producer
Donald G. Thompson	Screenwriter
William Munns	Special Effects
Bret Plate	Screenwriter
Michael Sajbel	Screenwriter
Steve LaPorte	Special Effects
Mario Kassar	Producer,Executive Producer