a 1970 horror 4-part I rented from Netflix. It was ok, what I call a peignoir film, with only 1 nice one. There were 4 mini movies & the whole dvd was only 85-90 minutes or so. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt-the usual suspects for vintage horror films. As for the nightgown, there was just the 1 & it wasn't worn by Ingrid but some blonde with the classic 'Bionic Woman' hairstyle: no bangs, light brown/dark blonde hair, in big gentle waves just past the shoulders. A bonus for the updo, with small curls pulled out & meticulously curled-perhaps with that steam-iron I recall from the 70s? White with white lace both the gown & robe.
One storyline had a little blonde girl that still had all her baby teeth; she was the daughter of a witch, with Christopher Lee as the terrified father of the witch-girl. Watching it I realized that there is a normal learning arc that MUST be traveled to get past tired, unrealistic views of witches & anything outside of an old book.
From this 1970 film to Charmed in 1998. What a difference almost 3 decades later. Witches are as evil as a Christian or Muslim priest, & it is finally time to quit living in endless fear; mostly I'm thinking about some troubling people whipping up hysteria in Africa, scaring them to gain power & influence. Reading about a stampede where some actually died because someone had passed around a rumour that there was a witch in the stands..........truly appalling. It doesn't help anyone when people are attacking 5 year olds in the deformed belief that the child is an evil witch; this is what I've read has been happening in some immigrant communities, & I fear it is spreading. I hope that cooler heads prevail in the end. This hardly seems connected to a horror film, except for the fear of that character of a witch. I think I could juice a turnip, & it probably looks dumb to connect the two, but I feel there is a natural path that is traveled & it occurs after we are made aware that something more is out there than our childhood world-views.
At first it is exactly what we've been told, but then it changes, because reality does not adhere to fairy stories. Only after a time does it become clear that there is an entire extra world out there that is not spoken of, not categorized, not very watched.
The old Gods & Goddesses may well be coming back, it has entered many people's thoughts. Pre-Christian Goddesses have been recently found in novels, songs, poems, & television series. It's strange to watch this, but I have the time.
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