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The Calling Witch

2026 · 98 min

A slow, suffocating cabin-in-the-woods nightmare where grief and a cursed story blur into one creeping dread.

Directed by
Mark Wilson
Genres
Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Tagline
Stay Out of the Woods
Overview
A brother and sister are terrorized by what seems to be their late-author mother's most sinister literary creation -– The Calling Witch.

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Directed by
Mark Wilson
Genres
Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • fate
  • survival
Places
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism4
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
thriller, horror, mystery, crime
Directed by
Mark Wilson
Written by
Chris Retts
Starring
Danika Golombek, Grayson Eddey, Nathalie Söderqvist, Marcus DeAnda, Zachary Cowan, Greg Lutz, Hilary Barraford, Cali Kira
Music
Jacob Boyd
Cinematography
Thomas Rose
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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