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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Dark Sky Films
Salesrank: 53764
Released: June 24, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
"All I touch, I corrupt."
Simon Sinestrari is a warlock. Though he lives in a storm drain and sometimes talks to trees, he's the real deal, no smoke and mirrors. Deadly serious about his craft, he despises falsehoods and misconceptions toward his witchy profession. And as for those who don t believe...
After being picked up for vagrancy, Simon spends a night in jail with Turk (George Paulsin), a young hustler with connections to powerful people in powerful places. One such character is Hercules (Gerald York), a skeptical philanthropist who hires Simon to work a party of hipsters and the well-to-do, among whom is beautiful Linda (Brenda Scott), the pill-popping daughter of the local district attorney. In-between romantic dalliances and colorful sex-magik ceremonies with Linda, Simon must contend with those who dare to challenge his magical prowess, eventually forcing him to summon dark forces of revenge and murder.
Also starring Warhol Factory regular Ultra Violet as Sarah, and an array of trippy 2001-styled special effects, Simon King of the Witches is a shining vehicle for Andrew Prine (Grizzly, The Centerfold Girls), who gives a mesmerizing performance as Simon in this hip, funny, and often bizarre countercultural cult classic by director Bruce Kessler (The Gay Deceivers).
Simon, King of the Witches Reviews:
Dark Sky Classic Release 
2009-10-11 - I had only seen this film in an 84 minute Roadshow Home Video relase in the early 80s. Dark Sky has done a superb job with a pristine uncut print and very entertaining talk with Andrew Prine and Bruce Kessler along with a Radio Spot accompanied by stills and lobby cards as well as the original Theatrical Trailer. Buy it now!
Not quite as good as a Hammer film 
2008-10-30 - First, understand that this is not quite as "bad" as a sixties sexploitation film and not quite as "good" as your average Hammer horror flick -- it does combine elements of both, and it is definitely marked by the times in which it was made. Having said that, there are some moments in the film that are extremely funny, some which are interesting, and some which are... strange (I cite the scene which contains what my friend calls "the infamous Wiccan butt-wiggle dance", a scene which also contains one of the funniest lines in the film, delivered by a nearly-naked young lady to a young man behind some drapes). There are some interesting -and debatable- ethical observations and bad special effects. For folks who are interested in some of what the witchcraft and magical communities were like in the late sixties and early seventies, this film provides a rather odd and distorted view, but a view nonetheless. If you have or want June Johns' book, "King Of The Witches: The world of Alex Sanders" in your library, you'd probably want this movie in your video library, and for much the same reasons.
It is what it is...
2008-09-21 - I saw this years ago and if you are into witch-kitch, then this is for you. It's like pagan B grade sci-fi without the sci, so B grade witch-fi.
It's well worth the price and a decent movie for pagans to own.
Fun little Film
2008-09-05 - This is a fun little film from the 1960s. Now personally I wouldn't do a human sacrifice on "the man" instead I'd turn him into a big bunny, but then this would be Danny Darko and not Simon King of Witches.
Simon, King of the Magical Movies
2008-08-28 - While this is not a perfect movie, it is a great movie, one of the few about real magic and a real magician. It is sly, witty, and despite its failings, quite brilliant. It never fails to move and inspire us. We seldom see movies more than once but we've seen this one over a dozen times. If you love magic, you will most likely love this movie. If you love movies, you'll appreciate the innovation and creativity that went into this one. It truly is magic.
kyela,
the silver elves
