{"id":3699,"date":"2026-10-11T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/george-a-romeros-season-of-the-witch-is-a-slow-burn-feminist-occult-drama\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:15:00","slug":"george-a-romeros-season-of-the-witch-is-a-slow-burn-feminist-occult-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/george-a-romeros-season-of-the-witch-is-a-slow-burn-feminist-occult-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"George A. Romero\u2019s Season of the Witch is a slow-burn feminist occult drama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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George A. Romero<\/a> is obviously best known as the father of the modern zombie movie. But between inventing the genre with Night of the Living Dead<\/a><\/em> and his outbreak horror, The Crazies<\/em>, Romero made two much lesser-known films: There’s Always Vanilla<\/em>, which I’ll admit I’ve never seen, and Season of the Witch<\/em>, or, as it was originally titled, Hungry Wives<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Hungry Wives<\/em> was supposed to be an exploitation film. The studio marketed it as a softcore porn, but it failed to find an audience – probably because the movie features minimal nudity, just one sex scene, and lots of talking. It was an undeniable flop upon its release in 1973. It was eventual \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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