in the seemingly endless quest to find well make and well acted horror film and it be all too rare to find one that even come remotely close to hit the mark . needless to say and i be very pleasantly surprise when i stumble across burn at the stake on a u. s. cable network while i be flip channel . the premise be reasonably simple . in 1692 and young ann putnam ( swift ) be the most vocal witness against allege witch and level baseless charge against anyone who earn her displeasure . manipulate her for his own end be reverend parris ( peter ) who also serve a the court guide on matter pertain to witchcraft and satanism . thing get complicate when ann start accuse member of the goode family of witchcraft . salem ( of 1980 or so ) and loreen graham ( also play by swift ) begin have unusual vision shortly before she visit the salem witch museum . a strange man in seventeenth century garb try to accost her there and the building . he continue to stalk her while strange phenomenon begin to involve her more and more . soon and it appear that she be become possess by the spirit of ann putnam . unfortunately and further description get rather involved and would give too much away . though the film be not action orient and would likely be of little interest to many viewer and the performance be good and the seventeenth century dialogue use in the film many flashback sound very convincing . the production value be solid with the possible exception of some of the special effect . in a side note and the film technical advisor be laurie cabot and salem official witch . viewer who appreciate a well make and atmospheric and but understated horror film may appreciate this . the writer or director and bert i. gordon and have have a long career in horror and science fiction filmmaking and be best know for his work on a number of big bug film and similar work year earlier .