The Noonday Witch

2016 [CZECH]

Drama / Horror

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 27% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 27%
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 778 778

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Plot summary

A story of Eliska and her daughter, starting a new life in a remote house with the 'father away on business', as the mother claims. After the lie is disclosed, their relationship begins to wither. At that time, the mythical Noonday Witch begins to materialize. She is coming closer and closer and the question is poised: is the danger real or is it all in the mother's crumbling head?

Director

Matej Chlupacek Photo
Matej Chlupacek

Top cast

Anna Geislerová Photo
Anna Geislerová as Eliska
Tomás Bambusek Photo
Tomás Bambusek as Merta
Jirí Strébl Photo
Jirí Strébl as Zdenek Polácek
Pavel Moravec Photo
Pavel Moravec as Vicar
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
816.35 MB
1280*536
Czech 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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1.64 GB
1920*804
Czech 5.1
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jessicafischerqueen 5 / 10

HBO Europe falls flat

I was very disappointed by the recent HBO Europe release of the Czech horror Polednice (The Noonday Witch): HBO has produced some fine films, so I was excited to see this "Europa" HBO production. Alas, despite having the budget to hire some good actors, such as Anna Geislerová, Polednice falls flat. The acting is quite good, and the cinematography is superb, but the screenplay, direction, and soundtrack make watching this film a lugubrious experience. I caught myself falling asleep on numerous occasions. Put simply, it's boring. The "Hallmark card" soundtrack, in which sickening strings remind of us when to recognize the "poignant" moments, is irritating and works against this film's pretensions to be a horror movie. The execution of what sounds like an interesting story is uninteresting, and the direction lacks energy. I lacked energy after forcing myself to finish watching this film. 5/10, at best.
Reviewed by Shadowplayed 6 / 10

Noonday Itch

Let it be said right off the bat: not daring enough to be called horror. Folklore elements that give us taste of what could have been do give this drama a certain flavor, but it did get cold feet in the final act that could have redeemed the slow build-up.Beautifully shot, the amount of golden light that, in my experience, could only be challenged by The Reflecting Skin, the film certainly holds that dark grief that characters carry around deep down.Largely psychological, Polednice takes sweet time portraying the village community mother and daughter got to be a part of, and only briefly plays with a prospect of supernatural. It is, sadly, never fully exploited although the opportunities were many. Instead, it builds suspense just to go nowhere with it. A shame, with such potent setting, cinematography and cast this film needed just that one step to be truly memorable genre piece. Instead, it just left dangling in the midair...I was left itching for more.
Reviewed by nogodnomasters 4 / 10

She takes and don't give back

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