Drawing Down the Moon (film)
Drawing Down The Moon; filmed in Sunbury, Pennsylvania; is a 1997 Chaos Entertainment Independent film written and directed by Steven Patterson. The title is based upon a traditional Wiccan ritual of the same name.
Plot summary
Gwyneth McBride (Karina Krepp) is a Wiccan woman who attempts to open up a homeless shelter in a small community. She is threatened when a local crime lord Joe Merchant (Walter Koenig, Star Trek's "Pavel Chekov") with a mathematical bent—and a particular flair for chaos theory—sends in his thugs to intimidate her. She defends herself against anti-Pagan religious intolerance with both martial arts and the support of the homeless shelter residents.
The calm and pacific Ms. McBride shows that paganism is a peaceful system of beliefs that embrace the single commandment: "An Ye Harm None, Do As Ye Will!". Her efforts to heal the cancer suffered by her friend and partner Faith Shields are foiled as an intolerant sheriff and his staff of thug-deputies strive to make Ms. McBride appear to be a devil worshiper rather than the "Harm None" practitioner of the craft.
She eventually has to leave the town as the sheriff and his thugs have fabricated a criminal charge for the loving and peaceful Ms. McBride.
Cast
- Walter Koenig as Joe Merchant
- Karina Krepp as Gwyneth McBride
- Lynda Merritt as Faith Shields