April 25, 2023

This Day in Halloween: Supernatural thriller "Burn Witch, Burn" -- also known as "Night of the Eagle" -- opens across the U.S. in 1962. / Illustration by Atlas Gutierrez

Burn Witch, Burn opens across the U.S. in 1962. Also known as Night of the Eagle, is the second film based on Fritz Leiber’s novel Conjure Wife and features a screenplay by Twilight Zone veterans Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson. The film is rated “X” in the U.K. and American audience members get a magic spell prologue narrated by Paul Frees and a packet of salt for an incantation.