SYNOPSIS

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 of witches. Eavesdropping on the witches, he learns that the Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston) has devised a plan to turn all of the children in England into mice. With creature-effects by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

May 25, 1990

DIRECTOR

Nicolas Roeg

WRITER

Roald Dahl (book), Allan Scott (screenplay)

COMPANY

Warner Bros.

GENRE

Fantasy, Family, Horror

CERT

PG

RUNTIME

91 minutes

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