Product Description

In Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, a group of young girls accuse several villagers of witchcraft and watch as their neighbors are put on trial and put to

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Product Details

Publisher	Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Number Of Discs	1
Format	DVD Color DVD NTSC Widescreen
MPN	096009700195
Brand	Echo
EAN	0096009700195
Directed By	Joseph Sargent
Release Date	2008-09-30
Label	Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
UPC	096009700195
Region Code	1
Title	Salem Witch Trials
Studio	Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Starring	Kirstie Alley,Kristin Booth,Rebecca De Mornay,Shirley MacLaine,Henry Czerny
Running Time	191 minutes
MPAA Rating	Unrated
Aspect Ratio	1.33:1
Manufacturer	Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

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Customer Reviews

Great movie

Review by Matt, 2010-04-05

This movie perfectly, and I mean PERFECTLY depicts how religion can brainwash you if taken too far. Throughout the whole movie, those girls were scared to death from the teachings of the church and any little thing they did they got scared and thought they would go to hell. I remember when this movie first came on CBS in 2001. Glad I remembered it and ordered the movie.

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Blu Ray experience

Review by Volvi, 2010-02-10

Just watched the Blu Ray and have to say it was a compelling viewing of almost 3 hours. I am no expert on Blu Ray qualities but would say this was a great transfer. Sound I believe isnt much just a 2.0 but was good enough to absorbe what was taking place. Only on the onset did i detect some weird horizontal shadows when looking 'off-centre' which soon went away not sure if its the transfer or player. I am in Australia with a Region B and this US version is confirmed as region free and played with no problems by me. There are no extras on this copy.

I havent much to say about the content except to say for the money paid I was well entertained for 3 hours and felt compelled and absorbed by this movie. If anything it shows the dangers of religeous fundementalism which probably assisted in the demise of Puritanism in this case. But alerts us to all forms of fundementalism that humans will create to set themselves apart from others and often with dangerous consequences. This year being 2010 we as a specie are still not freed from this phonomenom.

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Historically Incorrect

Review by D. Kennedy, 2009-12-28

I watched this movie for all of five minutes. I purchased this title because I have a better than passing interest in and knowledge of the Salem Witch trials. One of my ancestors was hanged after confessing to witchcraft and another was on the jury that sentenced him to death by hanging. I'll guarantee that when he was accused of being a witch my ancestor's eyes did not develop a evil glow that afflicted his accusers. The accused witches that I saw in the short portion of the movie I watched all appeared (at least the special effects suggested) to be casting a malevolent spell. So much for historical accuracy. If you are in to Halloween special effects scary type movies, this is probably for you. If however, you are looking for dramatization that has a reasonable degree of historical accuracy, you best look elsewhere. Frankly, if I was an active witch, I would consider suing the authors of this piece for slander given their special effect misrepresentations of the accused.

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salem witch trials

Review by Richard N. Stretton, 2009-11-30

A good movie about the Witch trials in Salem Mass. The evolution of blame and hysteria into virtual murder for land, pay back for anything real or imagined, and abuse of political power is well depicted. The feeding of the hysteria on itself until no one was safe and until the governor stopped it after his wife was accused is shown and by analogy has been carried into modern times with the accusers trnsformed into the equivalent of rock stars. The ending is a little weak but overall a good picture.

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SALEM WITCH TRIALS BLAME IT ON LITTLE GIRLS

Review by Michael A. Scheurich, 2009-10-30

I thought the Catholic Church was good at diverting the blame for their crimes. Apparently the putitans run a close second. Were they so desperate they lacked firewood to keep warm that they burned people?

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