Season Of The Witch – New Images

Got a few new images for the Nic Cage period spookable Season of the Witch today, and wanted to take the opportunity to mention the film. I'm not sure what it is, maybe something that reminds me of Brotherhood of the Wolf, but there is something about it that is making me very curious.

It's definitely worth checking out the trailer and seeing where you are with it.

To be honest, given that such things as Ghost Rider are sticking out in my memory, I leaned toward a knee-jerk reaction to write this off without paying much attention to it at all. But, then there's the recent Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call: New Orleans, and my Cage meter doesn't know where it wants to go on its own right now.

What do you think? Is there something here worth your time?

In the supernatural thriller Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

A priest (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grieving knight (Ulrich Thomsen), an itinerant swindler (Stephen Graham) and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight (Robert Sheehan) join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl.

When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardizes the knight's pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.

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