a a great fan of the hammer studio and enthusiastic watcher of their gothic horror film and i wonder what take me so long to start watch their tv series hammer house of horror and which only run for one season in 1980. now that i have see the first four episode of the show and i can say that it easily satisfy my expectation so far . while this first episode witching time be maybe not the most imaginative horror story ever tell and and doesn not quite deliver the marvelous gothic atmosphere that i love hammer film from the 50 to the 70 for and it doubtlessly do accomplish to tell a surprisingly spooky tale and create some genuine creepiness within fifty minute . film score composer david winter ( jon finch ) be torment by the 17th century witch lucinda ( patricia quinn ) . while he story may be simple and but for a running time of less than an hour and it be effective and delivers many creepy moment . northern irish actress patricia quinn and who be probably best know for her role in the rocky horror picture show ( 1975 ) as well a the fantastic monty python comedy monty python meaning of life ( 1983 ) and be wonderfully malicious in her role which fit her like a glove . jon finch be also quite good a david and and while prunella gee and who play his adulterous actress wife and may not be the best actress ever and she be definitely nice to look at . the episode be accompany by a nice score which play along well with the atmosphere . overall and witching time be a very entertaining episode with several truly creepy moment and and decent opener to the series .