“A Baal-ful experience”

Films: Season of the Witch (2011)

Alias: None

Type: Evil

Location: Forest/Civilized Area

Height/Weight: That of an average human.

Affiliation: Evil

Summary: It was inevitable that someone would try to shove Nicolas Cage into a movie where he could not ham it up. Ignoring the fact that the mere thought of that is like trying to put a rabid wolverine on sleep pills, it got us a truly forgettable possession/crusades-era film with only one saving grace. That is, the demon at the end.

History: Baal is a dreadful archdemon that has possessed young woman Anna during the tail end of the Crusades in the 13th century. Of course, it just had to be the point in time where every woman was being accused of witchcraft and the Black Death broke out. This is some bad news for the knights who have to escort her to a monastery, as they have to contend with both the morality of just ditching the girl or exorcising her with the help of a sacred book that Baal intends to destroy in order to make his power limitless.

Notable Kills: Fiery hug of doom.

Final Fate: After revealing himself at the monastery, Baal attacks and kills most of Anna's escorts. It is only when the youngest of them all fully recites the exorcism ritual that the demon is banished from the mortal realm, freeing Anna.

Powers/Abilities: Possession, the ability to summon wild animals, fire, teleportation.

Weakness: Holy objects, exorcism rituals, that power-limiting book.

Scariness Factor: 4-For what it's worth, Baal is quite the presence, whether he's within Anna or not. As her, he makes her into an unpredictable witch that can summon wolves to slaughter you or just mess with your mind. As a demon, he's got a strangely alluring voice and a ton of demonic power to trounce even the most experienced warriors. Better keep that book safe.

Trivia: -The name Baal, or more properly Ba'al, applies to a multitude of mythological figures across cultures, though his morality is never consistent. The Canaanites in particular see him as an important fertility God on par with THE Lord. However, Hebrew legend paints Baal as a demonic imposter, to the point where it is speculated that the name Beelzebub is derived from Baal-Zebub, a Philistine deity.

-Credit where it's due, Cage wanted to do this movie because he saw it as a nice throwback to the old Dark-Ages films like "Witchfinder General", among others featuring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee, the latter of which was in this one too.


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Sounds like somebody's close-minded.

During Januwary? Seriously.

She's morphing into a Republican Politician!

"Seriously! If you don't use hygeine, I keep winning during the plague!"
Pretty sure that means "Day of the Devil".

Isn't he just a dashing rogue.
Fabulous fabric! BOW TO IT.

Hug of Hell.


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