Anjelica Huston,
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In Nicolas Roeg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, a young boy is vacationing at the seaside with his grandmother when he discovers that the hotel he is staying at is hosting a convention... read more
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Release Date: February 16, 1990
Keywords:
kids,
anjelica huston,
roald dahl,
grand high,
high witch,
Franklin Gothic Medium,
Anjelica Huston ,
Roald Dahl ,
Grand High Witch
DVD Release Date: June 22, 1999
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December 15, 2011Intelligent, scary and with a good black comedy. But, maybe not very appropriate for children.
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April 14, 2011This movie really scared me for some reason when I was a kid, I had nightmares. The weirdest things scare you as a kid, don't they? Anyway, this movie is okay, it's based on the book of the same name.
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December 25, 201030/10/2010 (TELEVISION)
This is a classic for me, a childhood film that use to scare the crap out of me! I manage to catch this flick during the Halloween weekend and it was a pretty good re-watch, I hadn't seen it in years so it was quite a treat.
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October 28, 2010Love love LOVED this move in Elementary school. I had no idea it was Nicholas Roeg!!!!
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December 19, 2009The Witches is a Descent Movie with those Witch Clicheé s that Witches have long nose and eat children and all that.
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November 18, 2009While Anjelica Huston is appropriately creepy, I can't help but feel something was lost in translation.
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September 29, 2009Scared the shit out of me when I was young! My first horror film after Jaws really!
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Critic Reviews
November 26, 2012
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
March 26, 2009
Variety Staff, Variety
The wizardry of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and a superbly over-the-top performance by Angelica Huston gives The Witches a good deal of charm and enjoyment. Full Review
January 26, 2006
Time Out
Strange and scary enough to fascinate parents and offspring alike. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Caryn James, New York Times
As in his best films, here Mr. Roeg is a master of capturing the slightly off kilter sense of an apparently normal world. His camera is unobtrusive, and then suddenly it tilts a bit to jolt. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The best thing about Nicolas Roeg's film of Dahl's book The Witches is its dark vision. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
In this extended good time of a fairy tale, there's something for everyone. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
A wickedly funny final bow for Muppeteer Jim Henson. Full Review
February 16, 1990
Angeline Goreau, Entertainment Weekly
Don't miss Anjelica Huston's deliciously vile transformation from beauty to beast. And don't miss this film. Full Review
November 26, 2012
Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine
Deliciously cruel to children, Roeg remains true to Dahl's underlying sense of real horror. Full Review
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