The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

The Witches of Eastwick is a darkly comic, supernatural tale set in a small, conservative New England town where three recently single women — an artist, a musician, and a writer — are stuck in lives shaped by repression and routine. After joking about their ideal man during a stormy night, they find that their fantasies materialize when a flamboyant, mysterious stranger arrives: crude, magnetic and unsettlingly attuned to their deepest desires. As he seduces each of them, the women begin to blossom emotionally and sexually and discover dormant powers they never knew they had. When a shocking incident involving a pious townswoman exposes the stranger’s dangerous influence, the friends must grapple with the seductive gifts they’ve been given and the moral cost of using them. If you watch this film you’ll get a mix of sly satire and supernatural thrills: sharp, often bawdy humor paired with eerie, witchy atmosphere and moments of genuine menace. Expect sensual, character-driven scenes, witchcraft-as-empowerment themes, and a steadily building conflict between personal liberation and community judgment. The tone shifts between playful and unsettling, so viewers will experience laughter, titillation, and tension as the story moves from small-town gossip to a spellbinding showdown with consequences. This is an adult-leaning, genre-blending movie that explores desire, friendship, temptation and the price of power.

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon

Director: George Miller

Runtime: 118 min

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

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