![]() for its explicit content because Americans were apparently less than thrilled to watch witches whip up a batch of unbaptized-baby stew or literally kiss Satan’s ass. The film was originally banned in the U.S. With its groundbreaking use of stop-motion animation, double exposures, and other effects, the ominous and surrealist imagery of Häxan (Swedish for “witch”) remains indelible a century later. This haunting Swedish Danish silent film is part historical survey of medieval witchcraft and witch hunts, part dramatic re-creations thereof. Wouldst thou like to watch deliciously? Häxan (1922) But all are strange, surprising, and at least a little dangerous. Like witches themselves, these movies resist easy classification: Here you’ll find selections from horror and comedy, as well as entries that blend or defy both genres. For that, we kindly direct your attention to the rest of pop culture.)īelow, Vulture makes the case for the 21 best witch flicks ever made. (No disrespect to the wizards and witches of Hogwarts, but you’ll find this is a Harry Potter–free zone. Whether you’re into the fun-for-all-ages allure of Hocus Pocus (and its sequel, now on Disney+) or the blood-spewing charms of Black Sunday, somewhere out there is a pointy hat and broomstick that’ll fit you just right. What makes witch movies so fascinating as a collection, though, is their wide variety of tones and messages. Isn’t it high time that the witches of cinema also get the acclaim they deserve? A great witch movie is inherently compelling because it’s driven by a person - a woman, usually - who refuses to behave the way that society demands. If you’re a horror-movie aficionado, you’ve seen more vampires, werewolves, zombies, and serial killers than you could shake a stick, stake, silver bullet, or arrest warrant at. We’ve added more movies and we’re republishing in honor of Hocus Pocus 2. This list was originally published in 2017 as part of Vulture’s Witch Week. But even before that, we have a pretty similar style of playing because we pretty much grew up together playing guitar.Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos Courtesy of the Studios and Getty Images LePage adds, “Recently we’ve tried to lock in on it together. So, that means when I’m learning Scott’s parts for the new music, I need to sit there and listen to every single inflection that he’s making, whether he’s sliding downwards or sliding upwards, or he’s slightly behind the beat, or anything.” What we wanted to do for this tour was kind of pick apart each unison section or each harmony section, and be like, ‘You’re sliding like this, you’re bending like this, I’m bending like this, let’s do the same thing.’ For the new music, we’re kind of just like sticking to what the record is. In the past we’ve had a hands-off approach where I learn the part my way, he learns the part his way, and we just go on tour without much thought. Henson says, “On this last tour we wanted to fix a lot of things in that regard. This creates a level of detail that is a key to the Polyphia formula. They’ve made a conscious effort to go beyond just nailing the notes, but also matching every single detail of their unison and harmony parts. She was like, ‘We’re making an alphabet song,’ and wrote the song in like two hours.” “I was like, ‘Yeah, try it.’ She hit ( sings alphabet from A to Z), and we slowed it down so we could hear how it fit. The Vocaloid is really fast, like it’s programmed vocals-you could make it say whatever you want, and you can make it ungodly fast.” So, Henson asked Black to sing every note of the 26-note riff, and the singer suggested simply singing the alphabet. And I wanted to recreate that with my own song, so I started the guitar riff inspired by that, and brought it to the session because I knew that Sophia speaks Japanese. “I’d done this TikTok of a Vocaloid song where I kind of just played the Vocaloid part on guitar, and it went viral and was, like, a big TikTok moment. I didn’t know that she could do that,” he recalls. “I’ve known Sophia for a while, and I’ve known that she’s very talented. During his last three months in L.A., he booked sessions with people he needed to do sessions with before he left town. After a four-year stint living in L.A., last year he decided to move. ![]() When Henson summoned Black for a collaboration, the guitarist was going through a major transition in his life. ![]()
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