Overrated

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

OK, this film probably deserves a 3 out of 10, but I gave it two extra points for Nicole Cavazos, who is a genuine dark-haired beauty with a great smile and figure. The locations are also pleasant. And the first half of the movie holds some promise, as you don't know exactly what is happening or where the evil comes from. Unfortunately, it all becomes a muddle by the end, with reincarnated characters that were bad in their past life turning good ("I will destroy you now like I destroyed you then"; ehm, but you didn't destroy her then, you were her accomplice!) and a silly "it was just a bad dream"-type ending. Another indication of the poorness of the script is the fact that the movie runs about 80 minutes, 5 of which are taken by the closing credits, and another 10 of which are just re-played scenes! As I said, try it for Nicole only.

Being wiccan myself I somewhat look forward to good witch movies and to say the least this was pure crap. If I'd known this was a weak independent movie with almost no budget I would have passed on it. As seeing as the title caught my attention I decided to give it a try.The acting was horrible and you can almost smell the director attempt to pull off the "hot Gothic witch" vibe from The Craft during the beach walk scene that ended up ( like the last reviewer said) a 5 min music video of them walking across the beach. Not to mention the lead witch was breath-taking UGLY! I have so many bad things to say about this movie, and the ending didn't make a lick of sense. All I have to say, if you are looking for a good horror flick this isn't it. Don't watch it on TV, don't even rent it from netflick ( like I did), its is just really bad.

Witches of the Caribbean starts late one night on a picturesque Carribbean island where a young guy named Dino (Owen Steuart) hears someone calling him, he wanders around trying to find out who but a mysterious cloaked figure rips his heart out... Professor Avebury (Joanna Cassidy) runs a program for troubled teens & has decided to hold sessions on a Caribbean island, perk of the job I suppose. Avebury's last guest has just arrived, Angela (Nicole Cavazos) who has been suffering from a recurring dream of a witch being burned alive 100's of years ago. Angela is introduced to everyone, Bethany (Nicole Marie Monica), Clara (Kelli Giddish), Enid (Nina Tapinin), Cutter (Micael King) & Jerry (Kyle Jordon). Bethany is a self proclaimed witch & befriends Angela, she influences her & reveals to Angela that they share the same dream. As the dream becomes more & more vivid Angela changes, Bethany twists the facts & convinces her that only she can help her. But what is Bethany's motivation, how come she appears to have magical powers & what sinister plan does she have in store for the vulnerable Angela?Directed by David DeCoteau I thought Witches of the Caribbean was a poor attempt at a horror film. The script by Janna K. Arnold is simplistic, unoriginal & doesn't really interest. At points the film is OK & it moves along at a fair pace while at other's it becomes mind numbingly tedious to sit through. The story itself about a reincarnated witch isn't anything particularly new & Witches of the Caribbean does nothing to distinguish itself apart from the location but even then that was probably chosen so the filmmakers could have a nice holiday in the Caribbean for a few days, it's nice work if you can get it! The cast is made up entirely of teens most of whom annoy & the climactic showdown at the end is pathetically staged & I'm pretty sure I could have done a better job, if that wasn't bad enough DeCoteau then has the nerve to make us watch one of those predictable throwaway sequel driven twist endings. Overall there is very little by which I can recommend Witches of the Caribbean as there are so many more better horror films out there.Director DeCoteau has over 50 low budget sex/horror films to his 'credit', he usually hides under a pseudonym (in some case under a woman's name) so for him to put his real name to this I shudder to think of the quality, or lack of, of the other films he's made. There is no excitement, atmosphere or scares but I have to give him some credit for assembling a fine looking cast of young ladies... There are one or two gory moments all revolving around people having their hearts ripped out.Going straight to video, where it belongs I might add, Witches of the Caribbean was filmed in the Turks & Caicos Islands wherever they are & amazingly, according to the IMDb, was shot between 14th December 2003 & 19th December 2003! It took five days to shoot this? What took them so long? It's also interesting to note that it sat on a shelf for two years before being released in '05. As a whole it's reasonably well made considering the budget, shooting schedule etc. There is quite a catchy pop tune as part of the soundtrack which I found myself liking. Again, a mention for the ladies whom are all very easy on the eyes especially when they get the black goth look going.Witches of the Caribbean is watchable at best & that's being generous. At least it doesn't last for very long & isn't as bad as some low budget straight to video crap that I've sat through lately. You could do worse, but not much, but you could do better, a lot better.

David DeCoteau has a reputation for making terrible movies, but this takes the cake for pure wretchedness.A teenage girl (who looks about 26) is sent to a tropical island resort for troubled youths following the tragic death of her mother. There she starts having reoccurring dreams about a woman accused of being a witch and sentenced to burn at the stake in the 16th century. Soon after she meets another troubled "teenage" girl who shares the same dream. It was at this point that I lost what little track I had of the plot, and the movie lost what marginal sense it possessed. I think the girl is actually supposed to be the reincarnation of the witch who was burned to death, and the other kids on the island are in some kind of Satanic cult who want to lure her in and sacrifice her for some reason or other. Or something.This movie has all of DeCoteau's trademark elements: homo-eroticism, bad acting, shallow characters, pointless montages, gratuitously repeated scenes from earlier in the movie, nearly nonexistent plot, etc, etc, etc.All the characters were unsympathetic, and is some cases downright obnoxious, cardboard stereotypes: the "jock", the "sensitive guy", the "goth chick", the "country girl", the "hippie girl".This movie has no merit and no redeeming qualities for humanity whatsoever.I feel cheated out of the $3.00 I spent to rent it, and the 90 minutes of my life I wasted in watching it! Avoid at all risks!