Witching and Bitching (2013) Movie Review

Witching and Bitching (2013) IMDB

Witching and Bitching (2013) movie poster

Also known as Las brujas de Zugarramurdi, you know, because the movie is in Spanish. I really liked the first act of the film where we have a robbery and an escape. It is a fun robbery as far as robberies go. The chase eventually takes us to a small village in a wooded area where our characters meet the witches. Now our characters aren’t escaping the police, they need to escape from becoming dinner ! Although we do have some typical looking witches - old and wrinkly, we do get a young beautiful witch that tempts a few of the robbers. Overall it is a fun movie that is worth a watch if you catch it on tv, but I would not seek it out. In the last section of the movie, when the story breaks apart a bit IMO, we get our characters trying to escape by using underground tunnels that resemble a maze. Do they escape ? Things get weird, I know that.

I give it a 6/10. It is worth a look. Nothing great or terrible here.

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The Basement (2008) Movie Review

The Basement (2008) IMDB

The Basement (2008) movie poster

This is a short film, a total of 29 minutes long and it takes place in a hotel where 2 employees check out the basement of the hotel. It is described as labyrinth-like because there are many hidden corners, rooms and hallways and it is easy to get lost - a perfect setting for a horror film. It’s also very dark. Is there a phantom down there ? Better check it out I guess.

When I read the IMDB page for this film I was hoping it would tell me the budget for the film. I would guess it was shot for $240 and a bucket of KFC. Just a guess. The question I want to know is - did it make back that in revenue ? I streamed it on tubitv for free, but I wonder if anyone has ever rented this movie on another site like Amazon for $0.99 ? And if so could it be one of those films that becomes profitable sometime in 2029 from streaming.

I give it a 2.7/10. Despite being a short film I must report that it did make my list of 10 Unbelievably Bad Maze Movies to Never, Ever Watch.

I could not find a trailer for the movie to post here, lucky for you !

I spoke too soon. Sadly, if you want, you can now watch the entire movie on YouTube. See how far you can make until you turn it off.

Alien Portals: Ancient Labyrinths, Temples and Mazes (2023) Movie Review

Alien Portals: Ancient Labyrinths, Temples and Mazes (2023) IMDB

Alien Portals Ancient Labyrinths Temples and Mazes (2023) movie poster

At the time of me watching this on tubitv, when I checked the movie, considered a documentary on IMDB, it has no votes. I feel like the guy below a video that comments FiRst !. (UPDATE: over 2 years later it has 11 votes) Anyway, this 75 minute doc is broken into # short parts, each which discusses a different ancient mystery. It reminds me in some ways of the show Ancient Aliens.

Part 1 - The Hypogeum Cave Chambers in Malta.

Part 2 - The Vlasovka Labyrinth, which apparently was found in the 1980’s located in Russia. There is not much information on this site, no pictures I could find, and apparently you need to search for it in the Russian language which will lead you to information on the discoveries.

Part 3 - The Ontario Lake Structure. A stone structure hidden beneath MacDonald Lake in Ontario, Canada which you can read about here. Is it part of Canada’s Stonehenge ?

Part 4 - The Pentelli Cave - North of Athens, Greece, this is said to de a place for a lot of paranormal phenomenon. Did it contain a Stargate ? Is it a place of electromagnetic disturbances ?

Part 5 - Gateways to Hell - apparently they can be found all over the world. The documentary talks about a house in Gary, Indiana, and places in Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The most interesting place is the Houska Castle in Prague, Czechia which is said to have been built over a bottomless pit.

Part 6 - The Golden Ratio - discusses the history of the Picts and their use of the divine proportion.

Part 7 - The 33rd Line of Latitude - apparently lots of very important things happen and locations happen on the 33rd latitude. Baghdad (Mesopotamia), The White Pyramid in China, Moundville in Alabama, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Roswell to name a few. And we can’t have a doc like this without talking about the Freemasons !

Personally this was interesting but lacking in scientific research to back up the claims made. I liked that the documentary featured a lot of places that are not commonly known about. Overall worth a look if you enjoy this type of content - and you know who you are !

I give it a 5.5/10 not because I believe what was discussed, but becasue it gave me things to research and think about.

I could not find a trailer for the movie to post here, but I did find a 37 minute discussion of the Vlasovka Labyrinth.