George A. Romero’s Season of the Witch is a slow-burn feminist occult drama
EDITOR BRIEF
The article revisits George A. Romero’s 1973 film Season of the Witch, originally titled Hungry Wives, which was marketed as exploitation but offered little of the sex and sensationalism audiences expected. Instead, it is described as a talky, atmospheric story about suburban dissatisfaction, occult curiosity, and female autonomy.
INSIGHTS
The reassessment highlights how older genre films are being reinterpreted through modern cultural lenses, especially when marketing obscured their original themes. Season of the Witch fits a broader trend of reclaiming neglected horror as socially aware feminist cinema, not just cult curiosity.
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