3 stars for humour (although totally unintended). If you want a cheesy 70's witchcraft B-movie just for some cheap laughs at the wigs and swinging lingo, then by all means, enjoy! The overall idea of this film was pretty good, but it failed to meet the mark. The story seems lost, trying to get itself on track, but frequently gets diverted on a psychedelic trip of misdirection.Bored and disillusioned housewives, alcoholism, the occult, female self-empowerment, the 1970's sexual revolution, bizarre dream sequences... This story is trying to be about so much, and ends up being a jumbled mess. Romero, whatever you were trying to say here, it's totally lost in cinematic translation.I also found this film to be strikingly dated. The "hip" script comes off as silly. Unlike Romero's previous films, this dialouge seems unusually forced and artificial.Anti-climatic. Poorly edited. Corny costumes and effects. Silly dialouge. Meandering and floundering plot. Annoying electronic soundtrack. Lack-luster acting. Cheap film, trying to be artistic, but ends up poorly made, desperate and lost in itself. I had a few laughs, but I wouldn't want to watch it again.Note: For anyone who is a witch, it's likely that this movie won't be as offensive as most "witchcraft" movies tend to be, as it does treat the subject with more sensitivity and accuracy than I had expected.

It's kind of hard to believe that George A. Romero wrote and directed this film because it is very average and annoying at times and almost seems to go no where. I enjoyed the film but I wasn't by any means sitting there in amazement while I watched it. This is definitely the worst Romero film I've seen so far which I guess is a good thing for him because it isn't terrible.The acting is good, especially the lead, Pam White. I didn't think the story was anything to rave about, it was very simple and slow. Don't get me wrong, I loved slow-paced films but this one didn't go anywhere with it's slow pacing. There were a few scenes that I really liked, but it doesn't make the whole movie great as a whole. As I said before, this film is very average.See this movie if you're a fan of Romero but don't buy it unless you see it for under five bucks.

This thin and sometimes uncertain movie is never a mess, not even when it seems improvised: the 'arty' cutting is too assured. This is a surprise even though we are dealing with Romero after all who knows what he's doing. But we are only used to him applying his talents to horror, and that's not what 'Season of the Witch' is - it's Diary of a Mad Housewife with exploitation frills and an upstart feel that definitely ain't radical chic. Romero shows a lot of compassion for this landlocked suburban housewife, and explicitly distances himself from her hipster love interest's contempt. But after this weird Cassavettes thing in the first act, everything gets verrry metaphorical - the secondary characters are metaphors for housewife's emotions, housewife is metaphor for social repression - and this works better in horror than it does in drama. Leaving us with a very weird, arty, failed yet accomplished experiment by a guy who loves his medium, kind of a pre-Martin notepad sketch.

Excellent! Before Romero got too famous for his Zombies, he gave us this little gem.This was a great find. Good story, great characters, good scares.You also had hippies, drugs, swinger types, and gaudy 70's decor.The best scenes were the recurring nightmares of the prowler trying to break into her house. Every time she had this nightmare it went further. Seeing the shadow go to the side of the house and cut the phone line while she was trying to call for help was CRE-EPY.And did anyone notice there was no music on the soundtrack during these scenes? All you heard was breathing and her voice when she tried to use the phone.One of the scariest scenes of the 70's, and that's going some.This deserves to be as well known as Romero's 'Dead' trilogy. Or at least 'Martin.' See this again.