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It's been a while since I watched a movie with such a wide gap between the poster and what the film actually looks like, but The Witch Who Came from the Sea is certainly a contender for that prize. Leaving expectations at the door, I'm still not entirely sure what to make of this indie 70s experimental psycho-sexual horror film. There are upsetting flashbacks to child abuse to explain the lead character being unhinged enough to kill, or imagine killing beefcakey men. And it's hard to tell where the phantasmagoria begins and reality ends - living in what seems like a dead end seaside town, how does she get access to nominal celebrities? did she really get that tattoo? and if so why does she get blank stares when she talks about it - Millie Perkins's "Molly" is in a haze, and so are we. The eponymous Witch is an alter ego that seems entirely psychological, but there are hints that it might be a spirit of some kind (the first of which being the title itself). And is there any difference? The film enjoys an intriguing ambiguity and horror images aside, stands as a portrait of a victim whose swaying between living fantasies and raw denial seem perfectly appropriate to her situations.

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