Starring, written and directed by Cradeaux Alexander, this is a low-budget tale of the occult, and not a very good one at that. If you’re a fan of Garth Marenghi it is potentially of some interest, because it’s not too often that you see the actual kind of characters Marenghi is based on in their natural habitat. Pseudo-schlock of the Sharknado type is of course available in abundance, but those films are trying to be so bad they’re good, which Inherit the Witch doesn’t seem to be.
The plot concerns Cory (Cradeaux) and his family, to whom we are introduced in flashback at Cory’s birthday party in 1984, which he shares with his twin sister Fiona. We then jump to the New Forest in the present day, where we learn that Cory and Fiona’s father has died, meaning that the family must gather once more. There follows much chat and wearisome parsing of intergenerational drama, followed by interminable occult business and ripe scenes of hysteria (“We are monsters!” “Kneel before mother!” and so on). The dialogue is heavy on declamatory speeches and would-be witty asides, but none of it really lands.
