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The Spell
From Stonehenge Productions · Charles Fries Productions
A taunted, overweight teenager with a mysterious power to destroy her enemies!
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A distraught mother must cope with her embittered daughter who has the ability to cause "accidents" to happen.
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Directed by Lee Phillips
Lee Grant
Lelia Goldoni
Helen Hunt
Jack Colvin
James Olson
James Greene
Wright King
Barbara Bostock
Richard Carlyle
Kathleen HughesVideos
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WuchakMar 5, 2022
_**Television “Carrie” knockoff fused with witchy elements**_ An outcast girl in high school is teased because she’s a little hefty (Susan Myers) but she seems to have a way of getting back at her persecutors. What’s her secret? Lee Grant plays her caring mother while Helen Hunt is on hand as her rival younger sister (at 13 years of age). "The Spell" (1977) is TV horror that mixes “Carrie” (1976) with a dab of witchcraft, paving the way for similar television flicks… Read more
in the future, e.g. “Summer of Fear” (1978) and “Midnight Offerings” (1981). While this is easily the least of these due to the unlikable protagonist and a curious, slapdash tone, there are several highlights beyond the cast, such as the believable family dynamics, a well-done horror sequence involving a hex and a surprising curveball in the last act. The movie runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, with a shorter version running 1 hour, 13 minutes (the latter does a good job of editing out the fat). It was shot at Universal Studios, Universal City, California. GRADE: C+/B- (5.5/10)