Foster on Film

In a bleak Estonian village, the peasants survive with the help of witchcraft and folk magic, which is as much a part of everyday life as the tree bark they eat. The most notable magic takes the form of “kratts,” automatons made from wood, bone, straw, farm implements, and eventually even snow, and animated by

After a man dies at night from the cry of a woman, Don Fernando (Paco Martínez) tells his nephew Dr. Ricardo de Acuna (Ramón Pereda) of the great danger his child is in. All the first born sons of the family die when they are four years old. He claims this is due to a

Quentin Collins (David Selby) and his young wife Tracy (Kate Jackson) have just inherited the sprawling gothic estate of Collinwood, complete with weird housekeeper, Carlotta (Grayson Hall). Quentin starts getting strange dreams, seeing things, and begins to stare off into nothing. He just might be the reincarnation of Charles Collins. Years ago Charles’s lover and

Against the advice of her father, Nigel Bigelow (Michael Caine), Isabel (Nicole Kidman) decides to give up witchcraft and live as a human. At the same time, obnoxious, failing, film actor Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) agrees to take the part of Darrin in the TV remake of Bewitched, demanding that an unknown be cast as his

An ex-mental patient (Jeffrey Donovan) takes a writer (Stephen Barker Turner), his pregnant co-writer (Tristine Skyler), a Wiccain (Erica Leerhsen), and a goth chick (Kim Director) on a tour of Blair Witch sites.  After a drunken night camping in the woods, they awaken to find their cameras and notes destroyed, and the pregnant woman has

Four teenage boys, Caleb, Pogue, Tyler, and Reid (Steven Strait, Taylor Kitsch, Chace Crawford, Toby Hemingway), all students at an elite boarding school, have inherited the magic of their families.  They can do almost anything, but trouble appears in the form of a member of the long missing fifth family.  He wants more power, and

Melancholy teen, Sarah (Robin Tunney) moves to L.A. and becomes the latest outsider at a Catholic school.  Nancy (Fairuza Balk), Bonnie (Neve Campbell), and Rochelle (Rachel True), three outcast and psychologically damaged teens, recognize her as the needed fourth for their “coven.”  With Sarah participating in rituals, their spells work, too well.  Worse, the normal

Things don’t look good for the teens whose school is in the center of a giant pentagram, but what do you expect when you’ve got Satanists in the basement, a pervert teacher who feels up all the girls before they get in the door, and secret lesbians in the art room.  Nope, things don’t look

Misa Kuroi (Kimika Yoshino) is an average high school girl, with absent parents, until her friends are slaughtered and the killer comes after her.  Years ago, a clan of magic-users was destroyed by a resurrected spirit.  After a 100 years sleep, the spirit is back, hopping bodies until it finds the one it wants to

The Cromwell children, Marnie (Kimberly J. Brown), Dylan (Joey Zimmerman), and Sophie (Emily Roeske), didn’t know they are from a long line of witches, until their Grandmother (Debbie Reynolds) comes to visit their mother (Judith Hoag), and lets it slip.  The kids follow their Grandmother back to Halloweentown, where friendly monsters and magical entities live

The three young witches, dim Marnie (Kimberly J. Brown), obnoxious and foolish Dylan (Joseph Zimmerman), and the only character in the film that shouldn’t be squashed by Godzilla’s twin, Sophie (Emily Roeske), live with their delusional mother (Judith Hoag) and vacuous Grandmother (Debbie Reynolds).  When a “hip” boy (Daniel Kountz) says hello, Marnie calmly gives

With a portal now permanently open between Halloweentown and Earth, Marnie “Cromwell” Piper (Kimberly J. Brown), with the help of her mother (Judith Hoag) and grandmother (Debbie Reynolds), hosts a group of monster exchange students to a human high school.  However, the students are put in danger by unknown individuals who want to steal the