SummaryA heroic Crusader and his closest friend 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 ritua... Read More
Directed By:Dominic Sena
Written By:Bragi F. Schut
Season of the Witch
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28
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
28
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11 Reviews
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59% Negative
16 Reviews
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Jan 6, 2011
55
Season of the Witch is barely even a Nicolas Cage movie. He wanders through the picture, zombified.
Jan 6, 2011
50
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.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.0
23% Positive
40 Ratings
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52% Mixed
89 Ratings
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25% Negative
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
Feb 26, 2011
10
This film I saw at the People's Choice Awards 2011 Watched it & fell head over heeles in love with it. Bring on Season Of The Witch 2 I liken this film to the TV series Merlin
Jan 22, 2011
10
I am never one to go by other's opinions, so even when my Husband pointed out that this movie ha horrific reviews, I love movies about witches, the supernatural, and anything related to such, so I decided to let myself be the judge an went to see it anyway. I thought it was great. I think that there are certain people that will like it and certain people that go in just looking to tear it apart. In one comment that I read, a critic stated that Nicholas Cage transitioned back an forth between his own voice and an English accent, but I never heard this happen once. Most of the people who criticized the movie boldly stated from the get go that they hated Nicholas Cage. My question is, "Why Go?" If you want to see a neat story about witch slaying and demons, go, but if you don't like Nicholas Cage, don't bother, you will be picking it apart from the start, so why waste your money? It was a neat story with a good cast. I think it deserves a much better review than what it has been receiving
Jan 6, 2011
40
The makeup department's glommed-on plague pustules are fantastic, but the concession to modern technology in a badly rendered last-act CGI demon, cut and pasted from a Diablo II screen-grab, is so eminently lame as to cure all fear of hellfire.
Jan 7, 2011
38
A movie that appears to have been shot entirely on leftover sets from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Jan 6, 2011
30
Off the top of my head, I'm guessing that Season of the Witch claims a place in the top five all-time bizarre and pointless homages to art cinema.
Jan 7, 2011
25
The real plague is the movie, a sci-fi hodgepodge of bad history and worse special effects.
Jan 6, 2011
10
Mr. Cage's knight ends up playing second banana to a digital devil. Welcome to the January dead zone.
Jan 17, 2011
10
Incredibly cliched and incredibly enjoyable. Nic's hair is difficult to get past, as is the appalling script, but it's actually likable, with plenty of attractive locations, a great performance by the female ?witch and a buddy-movie feel between Nic Cage and Ron Perlman. It's undemanding but any film which opens with an old crone of a witch vomiting into a man's face gets my thumbs-up as a good night's mindless entertainment.
Dec 26, 2014
6
The movie may not be the best but still better than many battle moment was bad else ok enjoyed the beautiful scenario though the story could have been better
Apr 13, 2012
6
I don't really find the film as much low budget as everybody is saying. The acting is not as convincing as it could have been. The story has some flashy moments. It is somewhat worth watching.
Feb 15, 2026
3
I wasn't expecting much, but I was still disappointed. I am a fan of medieval / middle ages movies, and like those with a supernatural or church element. Knights are also usually a good choice. So this movie should have worked, but what a snoozefest. Nicolas Cage was collecting a paycheck in this one, and barely could be roused to do anything interesting, let alone anything appropriate for the character. This movie would have still be mediocre, at best, with an invested lead because of the amateur special effects, choppy story, and uneven supporting cast, but it would have helped. Ron Perlman does a very good job as the second banana knight, as does whoever played the priest. Stephen Graham and Claire Foy are given nothing roles and can't do anything with it. There is some good scenery and they shot a lot in the forests of Hungary or wherever, which is good, but it is poorly lit. Skip it.
Oct 29, 2011
3
i really enjoyed the start to this film. and then came the oh so hate-able nic cage, the movie was so dull, cheap looking and it just dissapointed overall
Production Company:
- Atlas Entertainment
- Relativity Media
Release Date:Jan 7, 2011
Duration:1 h 35 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Not all souls can be saved.
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 2 Nominations
