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Thursday, 3 March 2011

THE WITCH (Philippines, 1975)

(Solar Movie Enterprise Co) [Release date 22nd March 1975]



Check out this awesome film poster I bought from an eBay seller in Thailand a little while ago. I received it a couple of days ago and it's even more awesome when you see it for real!

It's from a Filipino horror movie called THE WITCH from 1975. I have never seen the film and it seems it may very well be a lost film (or at least unreleased in any home cinema format!). Andrew Leavold wrote the following info on his blog:


Directors Ngai Hoi Fung, Ben Feleo Producers Lee Long Koan, Nellie Ybanez Associate Producer Shen Chun Cinematography Wong Kuid Nam, Gener Buenaseda

Cast Gloria Romero, Gina Alajar, Rodel Naval, Zeny Zabala, Balot, Tange, Etang Discher, Venchito Galvez, Angel Confiado, Nenita Jana

Here’s an interesting pan-Asian project: a horror film co-financed by Hong Kong and the Philippines and released in a Tagalog version in 1975. Despite all efforts trawling the net and cross-referencing the Chinese names on the Hong Kong Movie Database (www.hkmdb.com), I can’t find any trace of a Hong Kong release under “The Witch” or any other title.

Can anybody please help with evidence of a release outside of the Philippines, other than these Thai posters?



The seller had two alternative posters for THE WITCH, this version underneath is the one Andrew bought:



[click scans twice to watch them in proper size]