Witches of Amityville (2020) - Rebecca J. Mathews.

It seems a tad baffling calling this kooky British supernatural horror Witches of Amityville? If this proved to be the script's working title, I stand corrected, but surely it's counter intuitive linking an indie horror to a long-since defunct franchise? Anyhoo! A malign, demon worshipping witch Dominique Markham (Amanda Jade-Tyler) entices wholly unwilling supplicants to her mysterious off-grid Academy, in order to sacrifice them to evil demon Botis, who craves freedom, and it is up to three local white witches to put the mockers on Dominique's vile machinations. While I'm perhaps not the intended demographic for enjoyably camp supernatural romp Witches of Amityville, the incongruity of three immaculately well-groomed, palpably L.A.-centric Witches sharing a bijou domicile in some undisclosed rustic UK backwater, and their incense-infused, do-good 'Power of Three' hocus-pocus proved wyrdly irresistible!

The witches three first reveal their occult powers by magically repelling 2 woefully ill-prepared burglars, and it is this fun, undeniably goofy presentation of their preternatural capabilities that bewitched my B-Movie boggled mind! After Jessica (Sarah T. Cohen) has escaped Dominique's murderous clutches, she is supernaturally schooled by her 3 three benign mystic matriarch's, her enraptured awakening to the arcane forces within her recalls Skywalker's ordeal on Dagobah, only in a far more suburban setting! Since Rebecca J. Matthews folkish horror centres upon a desperate battle betwixt the eldritch forces of light, and the darkly demonic powers of Botis, The Witches Strike Back might, perhaps, have been a more appropriate title? I dug the fact that the busy witch showdown owes more to Hawk The Slayer than The Craft, the cast's energetic, if not always on point acting certainly keeps things lively, and should Hammer ever conjure up a young adult reboot of their iconic series, this would make for a serviceable pilot!