HAPPY HALLOWEEN 👻🎃
Julian Sands in Warlock (1989) though, alas, we haven't seen it.
In the absence of writing time today, how about a visual list. Have you ever wondered why there are so few male witches (or warlocks if you will) in cinema? They're far more common on television. And when warlocks or sorcerers are portrayed in cinema they're usually asexual (sorry but Doctor Strange is the least sexy Avenger!) or old men and are just as likely to be good as evil.
Witches on the other hand are often sexual and usually beautiful... though the beauty is often an illusion. Many of those most glamorous witches are hiding a hideous side -- like they're secretly an old decrepit crone or something less than human (think of Anjelica Huston in The Witches... which we often do). Or maybe they are beautiful but their favourite disguise is something hideous (think Snow White's Queen). This frightening dichotomy and their dangerous sexuality surely has got heaps to do with cinema's male gaze. (This is a way of saying that we hoped for some gender parity in this holiday list of "Sexy Witches!" but it's almost all women.)
AFTER THE JUMP - TEN SEXIEST MOVIE WITCHES...
10 Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) in HOCUS POCUS (1993)
09 The Sons of Ipswitch (Taylor Kitsch, Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, etc...) in THE COVENANT (2006)
09 Constantine (Keanu Reeves) in CONSTANTINE (2005)
08 Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) in STARDUST (2007)
07 Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman) in PRACTICAL MAGIC (1998)
06 Mirror Queen (Monica Bellucci) in THE BROTHERS GRIMM (2005)
05 Queen Ravena (Charlize Theron) in SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (2012)
04 Jennifer (Veronica Lake) in I MARRIED A WITCH (1942)
03 Morgana Le Fay (Helen Mirren) in EXCALIBUR (1981)
02 Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) in BELL BOOK AND CANDLE (1958)
01 Jane, (Susan Sarandon), Sukie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Alex (Cher) in THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (1987)
Which of these witches would you most like to be spellbound by?