I am honestly not sure how this movie got such high ratings in IMDB. It does not deserve even one star, TBH. Total wastage of time. Poor acting, poor story line, poor direction, really stupid characters... The list just goes on and on and on!

If you enjoy horror movies about witchcraft and such, then the 2008 movie "Witch House: The Legend of Petronel Haxley" from director Mike McCarthy might not be the best of choices you can select for watching.

I sat down to watch "Witch House: The Legend of Petronel Haxley" in 2021, without ever having heard about it, nor knowing what it was about, save it was something about witchery and witchcraft. Plus, the fact that it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, also helped to win me over.

And let me just be the first to say that this movie wasn't good, nor interesting, or particularly enjoyable or entertaining. It was, in fact, so unappealing that I gave up on the movie about 45 minutes into it. It was just horribly boring and uneventful. The storyline just had absolutely no drive to it, which made for a very bland and boring movie.

"Witch House: The Legend of Petronel Haxley" felt like a home movie project, which was also an aspect to why the movie failed to enthrall me in any way.

The acting in the movie was fairly adequate, taking into consideration the production of the movie and the type of movie that it was. I can't pinpoint any particular outstanding acting performances in the movie though.

I have no intention of returning to watch the rest of this movie. And my rating of the 2008 movie "Witch House: The Legend of Petronel Haxley" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

Right, where do I start? First off, I'd seen this film advertised in my local Cineworld since Christmas, and had no idea what it was. When it came out, and I found out that it was a local film - and also through the comments on here that it was pants - I decided I had to go and see it.

So I went in there expecting it to be bad. However, not as bad as it was.

I fully agree that the acting was terrible, and felt a little embarrassed for Bill Fellowes, who seemed to be stuck in because he was a local actor who was 'well-known'. Some of the Boro accents in it made me cringe - and I've got a strong one.

The effects were terrible. The deaths were terrible. The whole actual plot was terrible.

However, it was (probably unintentionally) one of the funniest films I've ever seen! I must have gone on a busy night (There were about 25 people in, some of whom I expect were family of people involved) and we were rolling in the aisles from some of the things on screen! So, yes, it is a terrible terrible horror film, but, if you go expecting cheesy tripe, you won't be disappointed!!