Witchery

I can only assume that Linda Blair, David Hasselhoff and Hildegard Knef were not exactly at the peak of their careers when they agreed to act in a b-class Italian horror production with a cast of virtually unknown actors. When I think about great actors, David Hasselhoff doesn't really come to my mind, but delirious as it may sound, the Hoff actually does a decent job here and manages to stand out which, I guess, says a lot about the rest of the cast. David gives us a very likeable lead that seems to genuinely care about the rest of the characters and goes out of his way to save the day. As for Linda, her acting is decent and it is nice to see a horror icon. The enjoyment of seeing Blair in this flick mostly comes from the campiness of her ...

Cheesy late 80s supernatural horror with David Hasselhoff and Linda Blair

Eight people are trapped on a barren island off the coast of Massachusetts where theres a spooky defunct hotel inhabited by the witchy specter of an old German actress. David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland and Leslie Cumming (Leslie) are on hand.

Witchery (1988) is a straight-to-video mystery/horror that combines the plot of Agatha Christi's And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) with the style of low-budget occultic-themed flicks of the mid/late 80s, like Bay Coven (1987), aka Bay Cove. Regrettably this isnt even close to being as effective as the well done Bay Coven.

Its hampered by bad or hammy acting, gaudy non-special eff...