Line #24 Film/Witchouse


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4	'''''Witchouse''''' is a 1999 American {{horror film\|s}} directed by Creator/DavidDecoteau for Creator/FullMoonFeatures. It concerns a house party that's secretly a plot by the host to resurrect a sorcerous ancestor.
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6	Was followed by two sequels, ''Witchouse II: Blood Coven'' in 2000 and ''Witchouse 3: Demon Fire'' in 2001.
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8	!!This film contains examples of:
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10	* BigBad: Lilith Le Fey, the WickedWitch manipulating the film's events from beyond the grave.
11	* TheDragon: Elizabeth Le Fey serves as this to her ancestor Lilith, resurrecting the witch and becoming her servant.
12	* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:Elizabeth makes one final attempt to kill our heroes after they kill Lilith again.]]
13	* FamousAncestor: The villains of the film are descended from Morgana Le Fey of Arthurian myth.
14	* {{Fanservice}}: Maria in her underwear.
15	* GreaterScopeVillain: All evil witches, including the Le Fey clan, serve the Dark Ones, a group of immensely powerful but [[SealedEvilInACan trapped]] {{eldritch abomination}}s who are most powerful on May Day.
16	* HistoricalRapSheet: The Dark Ones, when they can exert their influence on May Day, have been responsible for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Black Death and the creation of the atom bomb.
17	* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: May Day.
18	* LovecraftCountry: Literally set in Dunwich, Massachusetts.
19	* LovecraftOnFilm: Implied to be part of the ''Literature/CthulhuMythos'', due to being set in Dunwich, Massachusetts and the Necronomicon featuring.
20	* MagicVersusScience: The villains of the film are witches, and TheHero is an applied sciences major.
21	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Lilith Le Fey was named after the Biblical Myth/{{Lilith}}.
22	* OneWordTitle: As a {{Portmantitle}} of "Witch"+"House."
23	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: These are corporeal spirits of resurrected sorcerers. They retain their magical abilities, and can possess several people at once. They're also slightly [[HolyBurnsEvil weak to Christian symbols]], but able to overpower them very quickly due to serving [[EldritchAbomination much older and more powerful gods]].
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25	* {{Portmantitle}}: "Witch"+"House."
26	* ShoutOut:
27	** The house is directly compared to the house in ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979''.
28	** One character confused Creator/StephenHawking with Creator/StephenKing, and when corrected says more alcohol will lead to her calling him [[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo the Clown]].
29	* SinsOfOurFathers: The victim pool of the film are the descendants of the witch hunters who executed Lilith.
30	* VillainOpeningScene: Elizabeth killing a couple making out in the basement of her house.
31	* WouldHurtAChild: Lilith was killed by witch hunters while in the process of [[HumanSacrifice sacrificing a child to the Dark Ones]].
32	* WrongGenreSavvy: Tony, the stoner character, is convinced that he's in a SlasherMovie and acts accordingly. The film's actually occult horror.

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