Witches of the Caribbean

2005 "Some spells should not be broken."
2.8| 1h15m| R| en
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A persistent nightmare about a 16th century sorceress burned to death on a beach sends 17-year-old Angela looking for enlightenment at a fortnight retreat on a beautiful Caribbean isle. All the teens at the gathering are part of Angela's inexplicable dream, and when professed witch Bethany begins luring others into her coven, Angela slowly discovers the truth in this bloody horror tale with an exotic twist.

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Also starring Michael King

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Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
pascalsimons 'witchcraft with the power to induce sleep; film-making that makes you want to claw out your eyes'. Just wanted to quote that remark. This movie is a true horror. In this case, that's not a compliment. Horrible special effects and talentless actresses/actors. Every horror movie has its innocent victims. In this case, the innocent victims aren't on screen. They are the ones watching this crap(a.k.a 'the innocent viewer'). It's almost like a cheap porn movie, with all the good parts cut out. So, here's what I'm trying to say. Don't expect anything from this piece of crap, don't waste any money on it. You should only go and watch it in a drugged sort of state or if you're in a particularly humorous mood.
Paul Andrews Witches of the Caribbean starts late one night on a picturesque Carribbean island where a young guy named Dino (Owen Steuart) hears someone calling him, he wanders around trying to find out who but a mysterious cloaked figure rips his heart out... Professor Avebury (Joanna Cassidy) runs a program for troubled teens & has decided to hold sessions on a Caribbean island, perk of the job I suppose. Avebury's last guest has just arrived, Angela (Nicole Cavazos) who has been suffering from a recurring dream of a witch being burned alive 100's of years ago. Angela is introduced to everyone, Bethany (Nicole Marie Monica), Clara (Kelli Giddish), Enid (Nina Tapinin), Cutter (Micael King) & Jerry (Kyle Jordon). Bethany is a self proclaimed witch & befriends Angela, she influences her & reveals to Angela that they share the same dream. As the dream becomes more & more vivid Angela changes, Bethany twists the facts & convinces her that only she can help her. But what is Bethany's motivation, how come she appears to have magical powers & what sinister plan does she have in store for the vulnerable Angela?Directed by David DeCoteau I thought Witches of the Caribbean was a poor attempt at a horror film. The script by Janna K. Arnold is simplistic, unoriginal & doesn't really interest. At points the film is OK & it moves along at a fair pace while at other's it becomes mind numbingly tedious to sit through. The story itself about a reincarnated witch isn't anything particularly new & Witches of the Caribbean does nothing to distinguish itself apart from the location but even then that was probably chosen so the filmmakers could have a nice holiday in the Caribbean for a few days, it's nice work if you can get it! The cast is made up entirely of teens most of whom annoy & the climactic showdown at the end is pathetically staged & I'm pretty sure I could have done a better job, if that wasn't bad enough DeCoteau then has the nerve to make us watch one of those predictable throwaway sequel driven twist endings. Overall there is very little by which I can recommend Witches of the Caribbean as there are so many more better horror films out there.Director DeCoteau has over 50 low budget sex/horror films to his 'credit', he usually hides under a pseudonym (in some case under a woman's name) so for him to put his real name to this I shudder to think of the quality, or lack of, of the other films he's made. There is no excitement, atmosphere or scares but I have to give him some credit for assembling a fine looking cast of young ladies... There are one or two gory moments all revolving around people having their hearts ripped out.Going straight to video, where it belongs I might add, Witches of the Caribbean was filmed in the Turks & Caicos Islands wherever they are & amazingly, according to the IMDb, was shot between 14th December 2003 & 19th December 2003! It took five days to shoot this? What took them so long? It's also interesting to note that it sat on a shelf for two years before being released in '05. As a whole it's reasonably well made considering the budget, shooting schedule etc. There is quite a catchy pop tune as part of the soundtrack which I found myself liking. Again, a mention for the ladies whom are all very easy on the eyes especially when they get the black goth look going.Witches of the Caribbean is watchable at best & that's being generous. At least it doesn't last for very long & isn't as bad as some low budget straight to video crap that I've sat through lately. You could do worse, but not much, but you could do better, a lot better.
Petter Kamhaug Total utter CRAP! If this was only a porno, it might have been a little interesting to watch. First of all a movie with a title like this should deliver, which it does not. It's hard to feel slightly passionate about this project, for calling it a movie would be an overstatement. This is too stupid and dumb, how is it possible to make something this bad!?! The acting is flat and not very convincing. Combine this with a story so terrible, that it must have been written by someone on some kind of wonder drug, with awful directing, you get this lovely soup of rubbish and crap. After 40 minutes of watching the movie, oh the horror, I found out that there were 40 minutes left, when will this end? And what is up with the misplaced dance music and totally unnecessary flashback montage? I'm having a really hard time understanding this movie. I'll sue, cause this is America, and in America, if something sucks, you're supposed to be able to get your money back! why oh why
The_Void Every now and then, I see a film advertised in the TV guide that I'll see for no other reason than the title sounds interesting. Believe it or not, I thought that 'Witches of the Caribbean' sounded interesting. I'm a fan of witch related films, as they often make for good horror and the Caribbean setting was leading me to believe that this might offer something in the way of originality. Any hopes I had for the movie were quickly dashed, however, when I found out that the film was directed by David DeCoteau; a man that has made a whole host of straight-to-video rubbish, including the awesomely bad 'Wolves of Wall Street'. Really, though, all I wanted from this film was some decent magic done by some hot Goth girls in a nice setting. It's safe to say, however, that I didn't even get that. What I did get is a severely under imaginative movie with a cast that is about as impressive as the film's setting - which looks more like a UK holiday resort on a bad day than the Caribbean.The plot stinks of "cant be bothered" and follows the dull and overly familiar idea of a witch being burnt at the stake, only to be reincarnated centuries later. Not that there's a big problem with this sort of plot; several films, such as Mario Bava's Black Sunday and Roger Corman's The Haunted Palace have took that theme and made it work; but both of those movies had something about them, whereas this one clearly does not. The cast of actors doesn't help the film in it's bid to be successful, as none of them stand out enough to make any kind of lasting impression. The only impression made on any level is just that the actors are irritating; the lead witch, Nicole Marie Monica, being the foremost irritating member of the cast. The special effects are just as bad as the rest of the film, and once again feel like whoever was in charge had something more important on their mind. The awful ending tops off what is a bad movie on the whole and I can tell that if you ever see this film in your TV guide and think it might be worth a watch...think again.

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