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• The British Can Make Great Cinema

  • lynnej
  • 4/21/13

  This is one of those movies that defines British films. They never fail to satisfy when it comes to the horror/suspense genre. There should be a month devoted to nothing but British horror, encompassing this movies and others like it as well as those Hammer Studio treats. Just outstanding.

• Literate, Thoughtful Thriller

  • Martin Lipsius
  • 1/16/11

  Burn, Witch Burn (aka Night of the Eagle) is among the best of the 1960's British horror thrillers. Literate and thoughtful--it achieves it's purpose without blood and gore. This film hasn't surfaced on Amercian TV in over thirty years and the only official studio DVD release is on a Region 2, UK label. American horror fans deserve the opportunity to see and enjoy this film today.

• Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)

  • Celia Trimboli
  • 11/5/10

  Excellent. One of the best horror movies from the 1960's. Incredible atmosphere. At times truly spooky without showing anything bloody or horrible. I have an excellent VHS print, but would love to see an equally good DVD released very soon.

• Truly scary little gem.

  • Jack Tomai
  • 7/2/09

  BURN WITCH BURN stars Janet Blair as the wife of a British professor in this little known gem of a horror film. Made in 1962,it's as much about psycological horror as any other. Blair believes her "powers" keep her husband and their life-style safe and secure. The husband, of course, doesn't believe any such thing. Through a series of startling events, he certainly begins to wonder if maybe, after all, his wife is, indeed, a "witch". Crisply filmed in glorious black and white and set on an English Univerity campus, the movie has a great look and quite eerie feel at times. Succintly told, like many of the films of the period, no time is wasted on unnecessary details. Based on a very successful novel, CONJURE WIFE, this is straight-forward story-telling, well-photographed and surprisingly well-acted. If you like the classic style of horror film, not brimming with blood and gore but shadows and fog, and spine-tingling music, and a nice little surprise here and there, then this is the picture for you.

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