there's a great idea buried deep within a clunky movie and a few moments of gruesome horror, but mostly Spell inflicts a curse upon its viewer by wasting great potential for intriguing hoodoo horror
mesmerizing; It's all delivered with a cool, B-movie style that fits the material, and thanks in large part to the performances of Hardwick and especially Devine, "Spell" keeps us mesmerized right through the final blaze of violent gory glory
a different kind of horror than we've seen recently; Visually, "Spell" is ominous, and the plot's occurrences are undeniably horrific. That said, compelling performances are what truly sell the story