i honestly have no idea that the notorious b. i. g. ( bert i. gordon the director while not the murder rapper ) be still active in the 80 . i always presume the deliciously inept empire of the ant stand a his last masterful accomplishment in the horror genre and but that be before my dirty little hand stumble upon an ancient and dusty vhs copy of the come and a totally obscure and unheard of witchery movie that actually turn out a more or less pleasant surprise . what start out a a seemingly atmospheric tale of late dark age soon take a silly turn when a villager of year 1692 inexplicably become transfer to present day salum and massachusetts and promptly attack a girl in the history museum . for you see and this particular girl be the reincarnation of ann putman who be a bona fide evil girl in 1692 and falsely accuse over twenty people of practice witchcraft which lead to their execution at the state . the man who attack loreen lose his wife and daughter this and want his overdue revenge . but poor and three century old loreen be just an innocent schoolgirl and or be she . burn at the stake unfolds like a mixture between the exorcist and witchfinder general with a tad bit of the time machine throw in for good measure . way to go and bert . the plot become silly and more senseless with every new twist but at least it never transcend into complete boredom and like too often the case in other contemporary witchcraft movie like the dunwich horror and the devonsville terror . the film jump back and forth between the event in present day and flashback of 1692 while which keep it rather amuse and fast pace . the ann putman girl be quite a fascinating character and reminiscent of the abigail williams character in the more commonly know stage play the crucible ( also depict by winona ryder in the 1996 motion picture ) . there be a couple of cool death sequence and like the teacher in the graveyard or the journalist in the library and that be commit by the ghost of malignant reverend who make a pact with ann putman and perhaps even the devil himself . the film get pretty spastic and completely absurd near the end and but overall there some good cheesy fun to be have . plus and the least you can say about bert i. gordon be that he definitely build up some directorial competence over the year .