1996 · gothic · occult · period
The Arcane Enchanter
Directed by Pupi Avati1h 36m1996
Shunned by his church, a seminary student takes refuge with an excommunicated priest who teaches him wizardry and black magic.
Our read: The Arcane Enchanter (1996) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive gothic · occult · period entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured gothic / occult, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
- cold
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