New trailer for Season of the Witch hits with all the subtlety of Nic Cage’s wig

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 16 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Wow, does this SEASON OF THE WITCH look way over the top or what? Not content to just be a medieval horror yarn, it’s also a battle-action flick in the mold of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, a sword-and-sorcery fantasy ala LORD OF THE RINGS and… a Nicolas Cage movie, which is its own genre by now. I can’t say I think it’ll actually be good, but I don’t doubt that it’ll entertain, perhaps as an unintentional comedy. Take a look at the trailer below and tell us what your take is.

Directed by Dominic Sena and starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Foy, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen and Christopher Lee, SEASON OF THE WITCH is about a heroic Crusader and his closest friend who return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancient ritual to rid the land of her curse. They embark on a harrowing, action-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as they discover the girl’s dark secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world.

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