Jules picks up where he left off in October by running through some of the choice horror offerings from the fantastic Hammer back catalogue. You can check out the rest of our “31 Days of Hammer” by CLICKING HERE. Released: 1966 Starring: Joan Fontaine, Alec Mccowen, Kay Walsh Director: Cyril Frankel While most definitely a Hammer horror, there’s not really that much you could describe as horrific going on in The Witches. A modern-day folk horror with elements of voodoo, black magic and a healthy dose of paranoia thrown in for good measure, all the elements are there for what could have been a properly chilling little story. Sadly, any tension or creeping unease is completely undone with a truly jaw-dropping (and not in a good way) final act. Gwen Mayfield, an English schoolteacher suffers a nervous breakdown after her school in Africa is besieged during an uprising led by local voodoo witch doctors. Back in England and seemingly recovered, she is hired to be the new Head Teacher at a small private school on the village of Heddaby, ran by the Reverend Alan Bax (Alec McCowen) and his sister, renowned journalist Stephanie Bax (Kay Walsh). Still mentally fragile from [...]