Explore the spellbinding history of witchcraft on the silver screen in this beautifully illustrated guide.
Across more than a century of cinema, witches have more often than not been portrayed as outcasts, villains and threats; evil women to lock your children (or husbands) away from, kill with a bucket of water, or burn at the stake. But to study these films more closely is to reveal a whole other narrative which is full of agency, rebellion, and strength.
In Wicked Women, expert author Beth Webb tells the fascinating story of witches on film - from major Hollywood pictures (The Wizard of Oz, Weapons), to groundbreaking animation (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Kiki's Delivery Service), to international titles (Suspiria, I Am Not a Witch).
Across 30 chapters spanning the early experimentalism of Häxan to the box-office phenomenon of Wicked: For Good, each illustrated with film stills, posters and gorgeous original artwork, this revealing new history reframes old films with a fresh feminist perspective, and reminds us why these characters continue to captivate us onscreen.