Inherit the Witch (2024) 

• Directed by Cradeaux Alexander
• Written by Cradeaux Alexander
• Stars Cradeaux Alexander, Rohan Quine, Heather Cairs
• Run Time: 1 Hour, 25 Minutes
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PjDyQ-IgeU

Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone

This was a story about witchery, family secrets, and evil that lives a really long time. It starts out in 1984 and flashes forward 30 years, which was 10 years ago. Time flies. The tie-ins between past and present were interesting, and it does have a pretty cool wrap up. Horrorguy Kevin liked it quite a bit and Brian was pretty cool. You’ll have to see for yourself to decide. 

Spoilery Synopsis

It’s 1984, and it’s Jesse and Cory’s 14th birthday party. We watch grainy old footage of the party. A woman there says she’s putting a very special spell on Cory, but Rex isn’t sure if he even believes in that. She takes some of Rex’s blood and then drinks it. For his birthday, she gives Cory something shocking. 

In the present, Rex and Cory are grown up, and they complain about Pamela, who almost married their father. The father has died, and all the weird relatives are coming out for the funeral. No one wants to see Fiona, the sister, but she’s coming anyway. 

We cut to Pamela leading her coven in a ritual back in 1984. It’s all about “living forever.”

Fiona visits Cory at his place. Older Pamela does a spell; she’s still a witch, and Rex assists her with it. They need to finish the spell with Cory and Fiona or Pamela’s going to die. The two of them, along with the Grand Witch, work on setting up a spell. The death of the old family will make her young again. 

We flash back and forth between Cody and Fiona arguing and the witches doing their thing for a long while. When Fiona finally leaves, Rex uses magic to ambush her on the road. He texts a photo of her unconscious body to Cody. Cody calls 911, but old Pamela is the one who answers. 

Weird stuff happens. Fiona wakes up and escapes. Cody’s boyfriend Lars is possessed by Rex. Fiona finds bodies in the basement of her father’s house. Cody goes off into the night looking for Fiona and ends up at his father’s house. Rex confronts Fiona, and they talk about Pamela being “about ready.” 

We flash back to Cody’s parents sacrificing his twin sister Jesse, in a ritual. Cory stabs her to death in the ritual and Pamela’s insistence. 

Rex sends Lars out to kill Cody and Fiona again, and we see that Pamela is behind the whole thing. Cody gets the upper hand with Lars and appears to suck the life right out of him; at the same time, Pamela has a seizure. In the flashback, after the sacrifice, we see that Pamela says Cory is the best of us; his power must be nurtured. Cory and his father kill his mother next, and Cory is very into it all. 

Back in the modern day, Cory remembers that he was the biggest witch all along. Fiona walks up and says that’s why she left the family all those years ago; she was afraid of Cory. Cory uses his magic to “force choke” both Fiona and Rex. 

Cory then goes into the house and stands next to Pamela’s bed, where the old woman is dying. He carries her down to the basement, where all the dead bodies are. The cultists come in chanting and put a crown on Cory. They wake up Fiona, who wasn’t dead after all, and Cory cuts her throat. Pamela sits up, looking much healthier now. Pamela then breaks Cory’s neck. She gets all the power! 

Brian’s Commentary

It’s described as LGBT horror, but other than a few of the actors/characters being obviously gay, that doesn’t really seem to affect the plot in any way. 

The characters are drab and uninteresting from the beginning to the end. The story is something about a witch wanting the inheritance from Cody and Fiona’s dead father, but it’s all very drawn out and talky. The editing is disjointed and the story is a little hard to follow at points. 

It all made sense in the end, more or less, but it wasn’t particularly well made. 

Kevin’s Commentary

It’s a heavy load to direct, write, and carry a major role in a movie. I thought Cradeaux Alexander did a decent job with it. The ending was unexpected, and I liked that. It wasn’t perfect, but I was entertained – which is the basic requirement that I need satisfied.