New Year Spell Jar (2026)
One of my favourite witchy activities to welcome the new year is to make a…
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Vampire Week: A World of Night Playlist
We all have authors that inspired us as children, either to become writers ourselves our…
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A Song for Sunday: Halloween Special: Under Your Spell Playlist
This week’s A Song for Sunday Halloween Special post almost stumped me because we’ve been…
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Castle Vanian Halloween Special: Top 5 Witch & Witchcraft Movies
Although there are a lot of movies out there about witches and witchcraft, our top…
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Castle Vanian Halloween Special: Wicked Witches: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe was the best horror movie of 2016 so I’m glad…
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Castle Vanian Halloween Special: TV Thursday: Hammer House of Horror: Witching Time
There are going to be a lot of people unfamiliar with HammerHouse of Horror. Do…
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Movie Review: Dark Spell (2021)
DarkSpell (2021) had me channelling George W. Bush with a “That’s some weird shit.” I…
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Castle Vanian Halloween Special: Wicked Witches: The Craft (1996)
We approached The Craft from two very different places. I was a teen witch when…
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Castle Vanian Halloween Special: Wicked Witches: The Wicker Man (1973)
We’ve spent a lot of time talking about The Wicker Man in the past because…
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Castle Vanian Halloween Special: Wicked Witches: Season of the Witch (2011)
For a movie with Nicholas Cage in it, Season of theWitch is exceptional. Why do…