The Witches (1966)

In Joan Fontaine's last big screen (i.e. non-TV) role she plays a school teacher named Gwen Mayfield who, after a horrifying ordeal in Africa, dotters about a quaint English village trying to help the local kids achieve their full potential. But, with a few exceptions, when the community and the schoolteacher don't see eye to eye, Gwen begins to suspect there may be witchcraft afoot.
The film is neither sinister enough, nor the psychological strain threads intriguing enough, to keep the drama high and it soon gets tiresome.
The oddball finale, which is somewhere between pantomime and avant-garde theatre, is kind of ridiculous, but is nevertheless the most memorable part.

2 ill wills out of 5