Season of the Witch

Get Showtimes + Tickets

  • Opened January 7, 2011 
  • 1 hr 38 min
  • PG-13 | violence, disturbing content and thematic elements

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. More on child suitability

  • Oscar winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure, Ghost Rider) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Hellboy II, Sons of Anarchy) star in this supernatural action adventure about a heroic Crusader and his closest friend who return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancient ritual to rid the land of her curse. They embark on a harrowing, action-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as they discover the girl's dark secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Claire Foy
  • Director: Dominic Sena
  • Genres: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

What's the Buzz?

So-so
Fans say So-So
21 fans
Read fan reviews
No
Critics say No
28 out of 100
Read critic reviews
Write your own review

Fan Reviews

Go
Enjoyed it

by Spartacus2000

Yes, it got plenty of negative reviews. However, I liked it and never been disappointed my any film Mr. Nichoals Cage stared in; gave it a GO rating only because the heroes die at the end. :)...

Read more fan reviews

Critic Reviews

55
Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

Season of the Witch is barely even a Nicolas Cage movie. He wanders through the picture, zombified. Read full review

50
Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

You know I am a fan of Nic Cage and Ron Perlman. Here, like cows, they devour the scenery, regurgitate it to a second stomach found only in actors and chew it as cud. It is a noble effort, but I prefer them in their straight-through Human Centipede mode. Read full review

50
USA Today
| Scott Bowles

A mishmash of horror and history genres that's not as bad as its trailers but ultimately is dragged down by, of all things, its star. Read full review

50
Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

The best thing about it is Claire Foy's performance as the seething, caged is-she-a-witch?. Foy, like a Brit Kristen Stewart, has an entrancing sparkle of disdain. Read full review

Read more critic reviews

Offers

Photos

Nicolas Cage as Behman and Ron Perlman as Felson in "Season of the Witch"