EDITOR’S NOTE: Love at Stake was on USA Up All Night on June 11, 1992; September 17, 1993; August 13, 1994; December 15, 1995.

John C. Moffitt directed episodes of Not Necessarily the News, Mr. Show, Fridays and more. This is one of his few films, and it was written by former SNL writer Lanier Laney and Terry Sweeney, who was the first openly gay SNL cast member.

Miles Campbell (Patrick Cassidy) is a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School who has come back home to Salem to work as a parson’s assistant. Another thing that brought him back was Sara Lee (Kelly Preston), whom he had been sweet on for years, not just for her baking.

At the same time, Judge Samuel John (Stuart Pankin) and Mayor Upton (Dave Thomas) are accusing people of witchcraft so that they can get their homes, destroy them and build the Puritan Village Mall. Parson Babcock’s (Bud Cort) mother (Audrie J. Neenan) is a big supporter of this. So is Faith Stewart (Barbara Carrera), a real witch from England, who wants Miles for herself and accuses Sara of doing magic.

Yes, another Barbara Carrera as a witch movie that would be a great double feature with Wicked Stepmother.

This cast is insane. There’s The Shirts frontwoman Annie Golden, David “Tackleberry” Graf playing her husband, Anne “Mama Fratelli” Ramsey, voice of Caspar the Friendly Ghost Norma MacMillan, Dr. Joyce Brothers as herself and Juul Haalmayer as The Executioner. He was an SCTV technician and appeared as a dancer on the show.

Originally called Burnin’ Love, this was made for DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, which went out of business, leaving this on the shelf. It’s a very sight gag movie, but it has so many great comedic actors that it’s a fun watch.

You can watch this on Tubi.