Movie Info

The drama is set within a backdrop of a strict religious community struggling to survive the rugged conditions in their New World colony. While conten...(read more...) ding with various health, safety, comfort and financial hardships, they are suddenly faced with a group of adolescent village girls who seem to be experiencing violent demonic-induced fits. The frightened community is all too quick to believe the girls' explanation - that they have become "afflicted" by witches who are living within their own Puritan community. The Reverend Samuel Parris, William Stoughton, the Deputy Governor of Massachusetts, and several other male leaders begin a ruthless witch hunt to purge their town and region. Soon no one is beyond suspicion - though it is the town's women who are most readily accused.

Director: Joseph Sargent

MPAA: Unrated

Running Time: 240 min

Release Date: Mar 03, 2003

Cast: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben, Jay O Sanders, Kristin Booth