i'm not generally one for "gothic Victorian horror"(the exception of course being DS's 1897 period)but Green's involvement is enough to make me want to give this a look. as hammy as she got she certainly left an impression as Angelique.

wow. I don't believe there was ever a "coven" on DS was there??? ang pretty much flew solo.


still her inclusion is nice. she certainly was a memorable witch.

is it set in the 1970's or has it been "updated" thus including contemporary issue like cyber bullying etc?

thanks gerard...


on your recommendation i'll give it a look. I've always found the willie/jason relationship to be an interesting and underexplored side of the story.

interesting to see KLS doing some non-DS acting work. I guess she must still employ an agent.


she really is the energizer bunny of the whole wingding isn't she? good for her.

I agree the the setup and possibilities of the 'magtoria' character had a lot of interesting potential...


but again it's one the the narrative's more notable flaws that the character is given this rather elaborate and convoluted backstory and this strong introduction...and then is promptly relegated to the sidelines in favor of other characters and another story in which she only plays a peripheral role.


I mean she's "supposed to" have a lot of significance in terms of her relationship to Josette but as the film plays out somehow that gets lost. she ends up being a character along the lines of Roger or Carolyn...an important "presence" at Collinwood but not really as central to the story as her early scenes would implicate.


I just think it's odd. again they took a lot of trouble and expense filming the flashback sequences for the character but then sort of marginalized her from the overall narrative. I don't know if Bella fell prey to excessive postproduction editing of if the role was never really there to begin with but it's strange for a film's putative "heroine" to end up with so little screentime.

yes...


josette's ghost had been visiting 'magtoria' since childhood. it is the reason her parents had her sent to windcliff in the first place. since they could not see josette they thought 'magtoria' disturbed and put her away...


seems like something of an overreach(permanently institutionalizing a child and in a padded isolation cell no less)but that's what the good mr. and mrs. evans decided was best.