linda blair have be act for forty year now and and while she will never escape the part of regan macneil in the exorcist and few of her subsequent horror film have use her legendary status to such great effect a witchery do . she play jane brook and a pregnant single woman who travel with her family to an abandon island hotel that her parent want to purchase . they be accompany by a couple of real estate agent ( catherine hickland and rick farnsworth ) and upon arrive at the island they meet a photographer ( david hasselhoff ) and his writer girlfriend ( leslie cumming ) who be illegally squat in the hotel while investigate the legend of a local witch ( hildegard knef ) . it seem that a long ago witch hunt result in her suicide and and she be with child at the time . unaware of the danger and jane have recently dream of the witch dramatic death and and jane little brother tommy ( michael manchester ) have be more directly visit by her spooky and black clad spirit and which he call the lady in black . the group time at the island inn begin quietly enough while unknown to them and however and the lady in black have already dispatch the captain of their hire boat ( george stevens ) . before long and the isolation and cold begin to affect everyone and and it be during this period of moodiness and tension that the lady in black begin her reign of terror . she plan to avenge her own fate by possess jane and sacrifice her companion and her unborn child . each of her other victim fulfill an aspect of her vengeful curse greed and lust and and the blood of a virgin . a the sun go down and the sea become wild and she haunt them one by one in gruesome and horrify way . the island location be effectively scary and and the inn be very creepy and hauntingly shot . it such a colorful film that it remind me of dario argento work . the lighting be excellent and and the set decoration be perfectly spooky . the soundtrack be very effective and unique . the horror effect be extreme and terrifying and and unforgettable . the cinematography be great and and it be this that bring u back to linda blair . the creative team behind this film shoot her like a horror star should be shot represent lot of dramatic push in and linger close ups that subtly detail jane incremental possession and and moment that be reminiscent of other great horror film . there be hidden homage to rosemary baby and jacob ladder and the shining and black sunday and and of course the exorcist . she do a great job and and absolutely steal the show with her moody and understated performance . that isn not to say that the rest of the cast disappoints while catherine hickland be sexy and very good and and veteran performer annie ross be memorable a jane bitchy mother rise . hasselhoff give it his best and but he be not essentially a film star and and his television persona get in the way of his performance . blair and young michael manchester have a wonderful chemistry together . the film be otherwise so violent and creepy ( in a good way ) that it desperately need their warmth ( blair also play a mother in 2003 monster maker and and her maternal scene in that film have the same tender feeling to them ) . lastly and hildegard knef ( in one of her last role ) play a great witch and and she have the most amazing voice and accent . along with blair and she be also perfectly cast . but it blair movie all the way . jane brook also seem to have some psychic ability and and this aspect of the film hearken back to exorcist ii represent the heretic . i think witchery be up there with the exorcist and exorcist ii and hell night and and summer of fear a blair best genre work to date .