Lee Grant

Susan Myers

Lelia Goldoni

Helen Hunt

Jack Colvin

James Olson

James Greene

Wright King

Barbara Bostock

Doney Oatman

Richard Carlyle

Kathleen Hughes

Robert Gibbons

Arthur Peterson

Marneen Fields

Leoda Richards

Lee Phillips

Brian Taggert

Joseph M. Ellis

Barry Thomas

Thomas Fries

John Mick

Michael Westmore

John Fresco

Tommy Tedesco

Marvin Kerner

Shirley Crawford

Milton Hubatka

Peter Hubbard

Rich Valesko

Don L. Cash

Toby Lovallo

Lila Finn

Linda Sony Kinney

Ed Sunley

Larry Roberts

Robert MacKichan

Yvonne Kubis

Charles W. Fries

David Newhouse

Eddie Foy III

Richard Berg

Gerald Fried

Matthew F. Leonetti

Norman Rockett

David Manson

Lily La Cava

Horror

TV Movie

The Spell

Stonehenge Productions

Charles Fries Productions

United States of America

English

_**Television “Carrie” knockoff fused with witchy elements**_  

An outcast girl in high school is teased because she’s a little hefty (Susan Myers) but she seems to have a way of getting back at her persecutors. What’s her secret? Lee Grant plays her caring mother while Helen Hunt is on hand as her rival younger sister (at 13 years of age). 

"The Spell" (1977) is TV horror that mixes “Carrie” (1976) with a dab of witchcraft, paving the way for similar television flicks in the future, e.g. “Summer of Fear” (1978) and “Midnight Offerings” (1981). 

While this is easily the least of these due to the unlikable protagonist and a curious, slapdash tone, there are several highlights beyond the cast, such as the believable family dynamics, a well-done horror sequence involving a hex and a surprising curveball in the last act. 

The movie runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, with a shorter version running 1 hour, 13 minutes (the latter does a good job of editing out the fat). It was shot at Universal Studios, Universal City, California.

GRADE: C+/B- (5.5/10)

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The Spell

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