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From silent-era demons to modern folk-horror nightmares, witches have haunted cinema for well over a century. These 10 films chart the evolution of the screen witch, revealing how ideas about female power, fear and otherness have been transformed across cultures and generations.
By Kelly Robinson
By Abiba Coulibaly
By Alex Ramon
By Josh Slater-Williams
By Kim Newman
By Brogan Morris
By Emily Maskell
By Brogan Morris
By Craig Williams
By Gayle Sequeira
By Anton Bitel
By Matthew Barrington
By Josh Slater-Williams
By David Parkinson
By Alex Ramon
By Craig Ian Mann
By Richard Pickard
By Uditha Devapriya
By Gayle Sequeira
By Mike Sutton
By Adam Nayman
By David Parkinson
By Sophia Satchell-Baeza
By Katherine McLaughlin
By Rafa Sales Ross
By Christina Newland
By George Bass
By Lindsay Anderson, John Gillett and others
By John Bleasdale, Rory Doherty and others
