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The real suspense generated by "Season of the Witch," a supernatural thriller set in the 14th century, comes from a single source: How far will the filmmakers go to the dark side, which is to say, total camp?

As a motley crew of thinly written characters journeys across Plague-ridden Europe, the tilt is increasingly campy, but the line that finally decides things is this: "We're going to need more holy water."