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A young couple petting in a car near a run-down and supposedly
haunted house are set-up in a practical joke by two teenage
boys. However, the perpetrators get their comeuppance in a
particularly horrific fashion at the hands of an unknown assailant.
It transpires that the church owns the property, but when
a young priest moves in to take it over, he gets more than
he bargained for. There are existing tenants who are catered
for in the deeds; a crazy old woman lives in a ramshackle
shack nearby; and a police detective is a constant presence
whilst investigating the killings of the two boys. Then a
series of outlandish 'accidents' occur. The old woman's mute
son - the last descendant of the house's original family -
is the prime suspect, even though the old woman swears the
one responsible is a powerful witch who was killed hundreds
of years ago...
I
have to say that it's curious none of the characters think
to question the presence of a little girl in a pristine white
old-fashioned dress immediately before some of the bizarre
violent events. Nevertheless, Superstition is an eminently
watchable film. What originality it has comes from the fact
is uses several established horror film formats, primarily
the Friday the 13th franchise. But in this instance
that doesn't worry me, I enjoy those films. There's no Jason
Vorhees-type menace here; rather the connection comes from
the increasingly inventive ways of seeing-off the victims,
and hardly any of them are obvious fodder.
This
film also goes against the grain by making you think the weak
personality is the one who will ultimately win through and
then doing the opposite. The backstory scenes involving the
witch are rather well-handled too, the inference being the
woman is possessed by the devil, as opposed to being an innocent
with a few parlour tricks who is put to death by superstitious
yokels.
Shakespeare
it's not, but if you watch it in the spirit it's intended
it turns out to be most entertaining. Imagine the Friday
the 13th films crossed with Witchfinder General,
with a little of The Exorcist thrown in, and you won't
be far wrong.
Ty
Power
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