‘The Witching Season’ Recap: ‘Princess’

Written by Scott Edwards

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Moving into a new home can be exciting and stressful at the same time. While unpacking, you may find that you might have left something in your old home that you may never be able to see again. Hopefully the new owners or old landlord will understand that you want your old things back, but they just might haul it off to the trash faster than you can say ‘Hello.’ Even if you might feel a since of loss, you will be able to get over it, as your new home will have new memories in it that nobody will be able to throw away.
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Arriving at their new home, Kendra is excited to start the new chapter in her life while her daughter Jamie associates their new home with mourning. Not wanting to move and start new, Jamie is lonely and is on the lookout for a new friend. As night falls in the new house, Jamie is woken up by some sort of rustle in the basement and needs to know if the new house has rats inhibiting its bowels. With the main light not working, Jamie grabs a flashlight and heads down to take a look. Seeing a box in the corner, she walks over to investigate and finds that it is filled with stuffed animals. Not worried about what may follow, Jamie is shocked by her mother who heard the same noise and came downstairs after her.

Wanting to keep the stuffed animals, Jamie is upset by her mother who said that they belong to someone else and need to be returned. Convincing her mother to take one to bed with her, only for the night, Jamie has a new friend in the new house and cannot be happier. As morning comes, Kendra makes a call to the former homeowners and is surprised to hear that they want nothing to do with what they left in the house. With Jamie’s new favorite stuffed animal in hand, Kendra adds it to the wash to make it pretty for her daughter, but little do the mother and daughter know that the cute stuffed bunny may be more than they bargained for, as Princess has a streak of not liking anyone in her house.

Well, after watching this, I am forced to ask why kids are always attracted to the freakiest of creepy looking dolls, as they are always bad news and continue to give me nightmares to this day. With Jamie’s fascination of her creepy stuffed bunny doll, it is obvious that there is someone or something attached to it, as you would never call a doll Princess, when it is creepy! I liked how Kendra tried to get rid of the stuffed animals in a timely manner but was disappointed when she did not heed warnings about them, since the past owner wanted nothing to do with them, pretty big red flag there. With some Halloween decorations, a box of stuffed animals, a creepy bunny stuffed animal, a child in need, an unprofessional infomercial, a Miracle Shiv (very sharp knife), a pillow case beat down and a curse that may never leave, this episode just goes to show you that sometimes things that are left behind were abandoned for a reason. Stay Scared.

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