In 2013’s Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft, Ella (Fivel Stewart) and Jonah (Booboo Stewart) are twins who are sent to an exclusive private school.  The private school is so exclusive that many of the students are the descendants of former students.  If you don’t have the right lineage, you’re not attending this school.

Ella and Jonah soon discover that this isn’t your everyday private school.  Instead, the student body is made up of witches and wizards and so are the majority of the teachers.  Ella and Jonah also discover that they are being targeted.  Can they defeat the other witches and wizards and will their school ever beat Hogwarts at Quidditch?

Now, technically, Hogwarts is never mentioned in this film and no one ever plays Quidditch but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out which insanely popular series of books and films inspired Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft.  There are a few references to witches in the woods and children being eaten but this film definitely has more in common with the works of J.K. Rowling than the work of the Brothers Grimm.  It’s a fairly silly film but it’s enjoyable enough, if you’re a fan of director David DeCoteau’s unique aesthetic.  That means plenty of cheap special effects, a few names in the cast, one scene of gratuitous shirtlessness for Booboo Stewart, and an open-ended conclusion, just in case someone was willing to pay for a sequel.

Eric Roberts plays Mr. Sebastian.  He’s the kind-hearted headmaster at the school.  He doesn’t appear in many scenes but, as always, it’s nice to see Eric Roberts playing a nice guy for once.  At one point, Mr. Sebastian explains what is going on at the school and it doesn’t make the least bit of sense but I guess that’s magic for you.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

1. Paul’s Case (1980)
2. Star 80 (1983)
3. Runaway Train (1985)
4. To Heal A Nation (1988)
5. Best of the Best (1989)
6. Blood Red (1989)
7. The Ambulance (1990)
8. The Lost Capone (1990)
9. Best of the Best II (1993)
10. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
11. Voyage (1993)
12. Freefall (1994)
13. Love Is A Gun (1994)
14. Sensation (1994)
15. Dark Angel (1996)
16. Doctor Who (1996)
17. Most Wanted (1997)
18. The Alternate (2000)
19. Mercy Streets (2000)
20. Tripfall (2000)
21. Raptor (2001)
22. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
23. Strange Frequency (2001)
24. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
25. Border Blues (2004)
26. Mr. Brightside (2004)
27. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
28. We Belong Together (2005)
29. Hey You (2006)
30. Cyclops (2008)
31. Depth Charge (2008)
32. Amazing Racer (2009)
33. The Chaos Experiment (2009)
34. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
35. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
36. Enemies Among Us (2010)
37. The Expendables (2010) 
38. Groupie (2010)
39. Sharktopus (2010)
40. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
41. The Dead Want Women (2012)
42. Deadline (2012)
43. The Mark (2012)
44. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
45. The Night Never Sleeps (2012)
46. Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
47. Assault on Wall Street (2013)
48. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
49. Lovelace (2013)
50. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
51. The Perfect Summer (2013)
52. Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)
53. Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013)
54. Self-Storage (2013)
55. Sink Hole (2013)
56. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
57. This Is Our Time (2013)
58. Bigfoot vs DB Cooper (2014)
59. Doc Holliday’s Revenge (2014)
60. Eternity: The Movie (2014)
61. Inherent Vice (2014)
62. Road to the Open (2014)
63. Rumors of War (2014)
64. So This Is Christmas (2014)
65. Amityville Death House (2015)
66. Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
67. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
68. Las Vegas Story (2015)
69. Sorority Slaughterhouse (2015)
70. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
71. Story of Eva (2015)
72. Enemy Within (2016)
73. Hunting Season (2016)
74. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
75. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
76. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
77. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
78. Dark Image (2017)
79. The Demonic Dead (2017)
80. Black Wake (2018)
81. Frank and Ava (2018)
82. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
83. The Wrong Teacher (2018)
84. Clinton Island (2019)
85. Monster Island (2019)
86. The Reliant (2019)
87. The Savant (2019)
88. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
89. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
90. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
91. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
92. Free Lunch Express (2020)
93. Hard Luck Love Song (2020)
94. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
95. Law of Attraction (2020)
96. Top Gunner (2020)
97. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
98. The Elevator (2021)
99. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
100. Killer Advice (2021)
101. Megaboa (2021)
102. Night Night (2021)
103. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
104. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
105. Red Prophecies (2021)
106. A Town Called Parable (2021)
107. The Wrong Mr. Right (2021)
108. Bleach (2022)
109. Dawn (2022)
110. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
111. 69 Parts (2022)
112. The Rideshare Killer (2022)
113. The Wrong High School Sweetheart (2022)
114. The Company We Keep (2023)
115. D.C. Down (2023)
116. If I Can’t Have You (2023)
117. Megalodon: The Frenzy (2023)
118. Aftermath (2024)
119. Bad Substitute (2024)
120. Devil’s Knight (2024)
121. Insane Like Me? (2024)
122. Space Sharks (2024)
123. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
124. Broken Church (2025)
125. Shakey Grounds (2025)
126. When It Rains In L.A. (2025)