{"id":1482,"date":"2010-04-03T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T17:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2010-04-03T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T17:28:16","slug":"ten-worst-movies-about-witches-and-pagans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"Ten Worst Movies about Witches and Pagans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blogger Gus diZerega polled his readers on “The Ten Worst Movies Depicting Witches and Other Pagans<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Readers differed on The Craft:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“As a movie, I don’t think it was too bad. But their portrayal of witches as goth teenage girls with (somewhat severe) psychological problems just rubs me the wrong way.”<\/p>\n

But another suggested, “The three “freaky” witches represented to me what happens when magic is misunderstood and misused by people who are not emotionally and\u00a0 spiritually prepared for it. Sarah and Lirio, on the other hand, get it right.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve still got the soundtrack CD somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blogger Gus diZerega polled his readers on “The Ten Worst Movies Depicting Witches and Other Pagans.” Readers differed on The Craft: “As a movie, I don’t think it was too bad. But their portrayal of witches as goth teenage girls with (somewhat severe) psychological problems just rubs me the wrong way.” But another suggested, “The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,29],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-movies","tag-witchcraft"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-nU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1418,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1418","url_meta":{"origin":1482,"position":0},"title":"Movieland’s Wacky Witches & Pathetic Pagans","author":"Chas S. 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