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4	''Witching & Bitching'' (Spanish: Las brujas de Zugarramurdi; "The Witches of Zugarramurdi") is a 2013 Spanish comedy horror film co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia. It is loosely based around the historical episode of the UsefulNotes/ZugarramurdiWitchTrials.
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6	A gang of robbers, led by José, a divorced father, and Antonio, former PR for a nightclub succeed in robbing a pawn shop, collecting a full of gold rings and jewelry. Unfortunately, the robbery turned sour as several people died in the resulting gunfire. José and Antonio, along with José's 10-years-old son Sergio (it was also his visiting day) hijack a taxi and stowed its unwilling passenger in the trunk, then force the driver, Manuel (Jaime Ordóñez), to drive towards the border to France.
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8	The group is followed by Sergio's mother and José's ex-wife Silvia as well as two police investigators Pacheco and Calvo, who are following Silvia. The men end up in the Basque town of Zugarramurdi, famously known for its WitchHunt (pretty much the Spanish Salem) where they come across a family of really weird women: Graciana, the mother, her [[MsFanservice smoking-hot daughter Eva]] and the senile grandmother Maritxu (Terele Pàvez). The women turn out to be a glorious dynasty of witches, who need Sergio to perform an ancient ritual to a pre-historic goddess and that the rest of them will likely be killed as part of the ritual... [[JustDesserts or for merely dinner]].
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10	!!This movie evokes the following tropes:
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12	* ActionPrologue: A pretty absurd one with the main characters robbing a pawn shop while dressed up as street performers and the subsequent high-octane chase with the [[CowboyCop trigger-happy police]].
13	* BigDamnKiss: José and Eva exchange one [[spoiler: towards the end, before running away from the cave]].
14	* BumblingDad: José is utterly clueless in child-caring, the reason why Silvia wants to withhold visiting days from him.
15	* CassandraTruth: Manuel, the taxi driver [[OnlySaneMan usually says the most sensible thing]] only to be ignored by the rest of the gang.
16	* ChasedByAngryNatives: [[spoiler: More like chased by angry witches, after the climactic final battle.]]
17	* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: Sergio is successfully converted into the Antichrist, and performs mundane black magic with a devious twinkle in his eyes.]]
18	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Eva decides to single-handedly fend off the Great Mother by ripping off the cord headpiece that covers her eyes, which causes her great pain and forces her to retreat]].
19	* DistractedByTheSexy: Eva lures the protagonists into a trap by doing a voyeristic strip-tease.
20	* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: Eva helps defeat the Great Mother throwing the coven in chaos and escapes with José's group, then a TimeSkip later we see her and José living together raising Sergio, before it's revealed that Graciana, Maritxu and Silvia are still alive and decide to just wait until they grow discontent with their happiness and return to them.]]
21	* EnemyMime: In the opening robbery scene, José and Antonio are introduced posing as living statue mimes (a silver Jesus and a completely teal UsefulNotes/WorldWarII soldier, respectively).
22	* EldritchAbomination: What [[spoiler: the Great Mother turns out to be, a giant human-like female modeled after the Art/VenusOfWillendorf.]]
23	* EvilMatriarch: The witch coven has a long history of terrible matriarchs, with Gracian ''not'' being an exception. Just ask her own children.
24	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Silvia is turned into a witch after being captured and joins the coven in place of Eva. Also the ending implies that the rite of converting Sergio into the Antichrist judging by his dark powers and SlasherSmile.]]
25	* FootDraggingDivorcee: José and Silvia are still fighting over the custody of their only child. The plot is kicked by José robbing a pawnshop, abducting their son and trying to flee to France.
26	* GiantFootOfStomping: [[spoiler: Maritxu gets stomped on with a SickeningCrunch by the Great Mother. [[DisneyDeath She comes back]] [[TheEndOrIsIt for the ending]], though.]]
27	* TheHecateSisters: The main trio are Graciana (the mother), Eva ([[ReallyGetsAround the maiden??]]) and Maritxu (the crone).
28	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Eva, out of falling in love with José and growing tired of her family lifestyle.]]
29	* HeelFaithTurn: Graciana mentions that her husband left her to become a priest.
30	* HotWitch: Eva, the daughter, played by beautiful blonde Carolina Bang. Also [[spoiler: Silvia, José ex-wife, after she's turned into a witch by Graciana's clan.]]
31	* ImAHumanitarian: The witches eat human flesh. They are delighted in finding a chunk of grown men [[JustDesserts to literally serve at a party.]]
32	* LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler: Being almost sacrificed in a wacky pagan rite make Pacheco and Calvo realize that they are in love with each other.]]
33	* MadeOfIron: The main characters survive falls and injuries that would normally kill a person.
34	* MamaBear: As soon as Silvia learns her ex husband kidnapped their child she drives following the child's [=IPhone=] localization app.
35	* SawAWomanInHalf: Sergio does a rather gory take of this magic trick during the talent show in the ending.
36	* SinisterShades: The witches are characterized wearing them. [[spoiler: TheHecateSisters wear them indoors as they watch Sergio at the talent show in the ending]].
37	* ShoutOut:
38	** José and Antonio's helpers in the robbery conceal themselves by dressing up as WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and [[WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse Minnie]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants SpongeBob and Patrick Star]], [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], Franchise/WinnieThePooh, Literature/TheInvisibleMan and a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]].
39	** Some of the more energetic camera shots and editing, the witches flying around and [[spoiler: Silvia]]'s ProphetEyes akin to a Deadite, seem to homage Creator/SamRaimi and his ''Franchise/EvilDead'' films.
40	** [[spoiler: The Great Mother, being a giant, grossly fat female abomination that devours people whole brings to mind Vera's final form in the climax of ''Film/{{Braindead}}'']].
41	** [[spoiler: Sergio [[Film/TheExorcist vomiting green goo]] at José when he's possessed as the Antichrist]].
42	** In the ending Pacheco and Calvo talk about going to see ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' after the talent show.
43	* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Male actors Creator/SantiagoSegura and Carlos Areces portray two supposedly female witches that are clearly crossdressers, for the comedy value and express that witches are women, but a born male can be a woman, thus he can also be a witch.
44	* SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler: Sergio gets gobbled up by the Great Mother, before he passes through her and emerges alive.]]
45	* TomTheDarkLord: [[spoiler: Sergio, a MouthyKid of ten, is the Antichrist.]]
46	* TwoDecadesBehind: In Maritxu's diner the television streams old VHS feauturing comedians from TheEighties and doesn't know what Wi-Fi is.
47	* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After being wounded by Eva uncovering her eyes, the Great Mother just waddles away back to wherever she came from.]]

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