The Witches (Blu-ray) PG
A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop it, even after he has been turned into a mouse.
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Blu-ray BD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.85:1
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: August 20, 2019
- Originally Released: 1990
- Label: Warner Archives
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling & Rowan Atkinson | |
Performer: | Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn, Jasen Fisher & Jane Horrocks | |
Directed by | Nicolas Roeg | |
Edited by | Tony Lawson | |
Screenplay by | Allan Scott | |
Original story by | Roald Dahl | |
Composition by | Stanley Myers | |
Director of Photography: | Harvey Harrison |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/4 --
It's not a film for small children. But for precocious first-graders with a warped sense of humor and an appetite for chills, thrills and spills, nothing could be better.
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Seattle Times
Rating: 4/5 --
Chock-full of gleeful nastiness, The Witches also retains a clear focus on its young audience, often with a mouse-view of the world.
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Caution Spoilers
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The combo of Roald Dahl and Nicolas Roeg promises something deep and dark, but Roeg unexpectedly includes ample amounts of ill-fitting humor that nullifies much of the mood. As for Dahl, he initially tried to have his name removed from the picture.
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Film Frenzy
A minor but very enjoyable Nicolas Roeg fairy tale.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3.5/4 --
...could care less about catering to a child's more delicate sensibilities.
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LarsenOnFilm
Based on a Roald Dahl book, Nicholas Roeg's The Witches is a film surprisingly faithful to the creepiness of the original.
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Austin Chronicle
Filled with grotesque witches and mouse stunts, this is a wild fantasy for both children and adults. Harry Potter was never like this.
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Film4
Description by OLDIES.com:
Young Luke and his grandmother, on vacation in England, have just checked into a hotel. Also in the premises is the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a false moniker that hides the fact that the organization's members are really evil-minded, mask-wearing, child-hating witches. And they have all gathered to discuss a most fiendish plot: to turn all children into mice, by feeding them poisonous chocolate. Luke overhears the heinous plans when he eavesdrops on the women, but unfortunately they capture him and turn him into a mouse. Unlucky Luke must scurry back up to his room -- without getting killed -- and alert his grandmother of the witches' intentions, before it's too late. Then, the neophyte rodent must find a way to become human again.
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