# How low will "Season of the Witch" rank on Rotten Tomatoes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750 "2010-12-29T20:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/1 "2010-12-29T20:42:17Z")
It has all the makings of an epic bomb: Nicholas Cage, an early January release date, a genre with limited appeal that’s prone to poor writing (none of which is based on another work with a strong following), and it’s all being foisted upon the crutch known as 3D. Yep, “Season of the Witch” hits theaters on January 7. I am giddily anticipating reading reviews of this movie. My sense tells me we’ve got an all-time stinker on our hands here – perhaps even a new entrant into the “so bad it’s good” category. So how low will it go? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/2 "2010-12-29T21:05:29Z")
I voted 5-20%, but I’m guessing low on that scale. 15% tops. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/3 "2010-12-29T21:38:41Z")
The over/under should be the [Season of the Witch](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halloween_3_season_of_the_witch/)’s 33% rating. Which is higher that I think it deserves, despite the presence of Stacey Nelkin and Tom Atkin’s mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/4 "2010-12-29T21:43:39Z")
**Season of the Witch** isn’t going to be in 3D. You’re probably thinking of Nic Cage’s next movie, **Drive Angry** , which is in 3D and also deals with the devil and looks like the greatest movie ever conceived. Anyway, I voted for 5-20%. I looks terrible, but I imagine it’ll be mildly entertaining in a “turn off your brain” way (pretty much like last January’s **Legion** or **Knowing** , another Nic Cage movie). ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@Short\_Guy\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy_1)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/5 "2010-12-29T21:58:40Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > **Season of the Witch** isn’t going to be in 3D. You’re probably thinking of Nic Cage’s next movie, **Drive Angry** , which is in 3D and also deals with the devil and looks like the greatest movie ever conceived. I second that. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/6 "2010-12-29T22:47:17Z")
5-20% - I agree that it looks absolutely dire and has the Nic Cage kiss of death. Why the fuck does this guy still get cast in movies? Okay okay, Lord of War was fantastic, but other than that [you’re just watching a bad Nic Cage movie](http://www.thejay.com/2007/02/09/bad-nicolas-cage-movie/). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/7 "2010-12-29T23:49:08Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Why the fuck does this guy still get cast in movies? Three words: He’s a Coppola. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/8 "2010-12-30T00:00:20Z")
I, sadly, kinda want to see it. Not nearly enough to actually spend money on it or anything but it’s definitely a Netflix movie. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/9 "2010-12-30T01:31:28Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > **Season of the Witch** isn’t going to be in 3D. You’re probably thinking of Nic Cage’s next movie, **Drive Angry** , which is in 3D and also deals with the devil and looks like the greatest movie ever conceived. > > Anyway, I voted for 5-20%. I looks terrible, but I imagine it’ll be mildly entertaining in a “turn off your brain” way (pretty much like last January’s **Legion** or **Knowing** , another Nic Cage movie). Thanks for the correction on that point - I guess I just assumed they’d make whatever effort they could to polish this turd by giving it the 3D treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/10 "2010-12-30T03:39:09Z")
I wonder about the plot, what the twist at the end is going to be. That the witch is actually good and will be redeemed? Or that she lulls Cage into thinking she’s good and goes all Margaret Hamilton on his ass? I’ll give it 5 - 10%. It’s reminding me of the remake of The Wicker Man. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/11 "2010-12-30T03:41:41Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > It’s reminding me of the remake of The Wicker Man. I wonder if he’ll punch as many women in this one? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/12 "2011-01-06T17:48:44Z")
Only 8 reviews in so far, but it’s at a wonderful 14%. And the one good review seems to be “It’s fun if you’re drunk.” > **[Season of the Witch](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010694-season_of_the_witch)** > > His faith broken by many years fighting in the Crusades, a knight named Behman (Nicolas Cage) returns to Europe and finds it ravaged by the Black Plague. A dying cardinal orders Behman and his friend, Felson (Ron Perlman), to take an accused witch to... ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/13 "2011-01-06T18:09:49Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Only 8 reviews in so far, but it’s at a wonderful 14%. And the one good review seems to be “It’s fun if you’re drunk.” > > [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010694-season\_of\_the\_witch/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010694-season_of_the_witch/) Hopefully more bad reviews will keep driving the score lower. We won’t really know for sure until Friday, but as the one person who voted for “less than 5 percent,” I’m cautiously optimistic. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/14 "2011-01-06T18:12:54Z")
I’m hoping for a less than 5%. I know it’s a long shot … but boy, this one has all the hallmarks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/15 "2011-01-06T18:20:15Z")
I’ve seen _The Fighter_ and _True Grit_ in the last two weeks, and had to sit through this stinker of a trailer at each of them. Fortunately, they did not suject us to it before _Tangled_. I voted for 5-20% but I wouldn’t be surprised by single digits. It looks really, really bad. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/16 "2011-01-06T18:52:14Z")
One of those Fresh reviews actually gave a 1 out of 4. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/17 "2011-01-06T19:23:29Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > 5-20% - I agree that it looks absolutely dire and has the Nic Cage kiss of death. Why the fuck does this guy still get cast in movies? > > Okay okay, Lord of War was fantastic, but other than that [you’re just watching a bad Nic Cage movie](http://www.thejay.com/2007/02/09/bad-nicolas-cage-movie/). Be fair, he has been pretty damn good in quite a few movies, such as _Adaptation, Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas, Valley Girl, Birdy, Matchstick Men_ and others. But admitedly he has been in some amazing howlers as well, but I wouldn’t necessarily say Nic Cage is a sure sign a movie will be bad ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/18 "2011-01-06T21:17:48Z")
The rabbit’s running in the ditch… ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/19 "2011-01-07T03:55:57Z")
4% Currently his worst movie on RT, other than _Deadfall,_ which has 0% but only 5 reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750/20 "2011-01-07T16:05:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The rabbit’s running in the ditch… Damn you for raising the spectre of that insipid Donovan ditty. It always makes me lunge for the off knob in the car. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-season-of-the-witch-rank-on-rotten-tomatoes/565750.md?page=2)