Witchcraft 14: Angel of Death (2016)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Rose (Molly Dougherty) comes home one day and notices that her mother is missing. There's a pentagram written in blood on the door and soon a couple detectives are investigating. This here leads to a deadly Satanic cult.
Several years ago I spent the month of October going through the WITCHCRAFT series, which at that time was up to number thirteen. I think most people thought the series was over but here we are with director David Palmieri bringing it back to life with not just this film but also two others. I'm not sure who wanted this series to return but I must admit that I was somewhat excited in a nostalgic kind of way.
So, was WITCHCRAFT 14 worth the wait? Well, it's better than the previous film in the series but for the most part it's nothing overly special. With that said, I'm going to give the director and writer Keith Parker a lot of credit because they've actually done a wonderful job making sure this film matches the previous ones. Usually when there's a gap in the series, the latest installments just look and feel differently but that's not the case here. From the music score to the softcore scenes, everything here is just like you remembered.
With that said, there's no doubt that the story itself isn't all that captivating and the film really struggled to hold my attention. The performances were all over the place with some really, really bad ones ranging to a couple decent. The highlight of the film has to be the two moments early on when the mother turns into a demon and speaks in a "creepy" voice. This voice had me laughing about as loud as you could hope for in a comedy! WITCHCRAFT 14 obviously isn't going to be for everyone but if you made it through the previous thirteen, why stop now?
