The supporting performances are very nicely judged (Atkinson as the snooty hotel manager, Zetterlig as the wise grandmother, etc.). The story has real pace and purpose, and constantly turns up another surprise or twist just when you think you've figured out what's coming next. The story uses the moral that children should "never talk to strangers", but enhances it with the ingenious and disturbing premise of witches being responsible for evil acts towards children. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prep. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup.
This film is enormous fun, punctuated by offbeat performances (Huston as the Grand High Witch of All the World is terrifying and funny in equal measure) and splendid puppet work. The Witches (1990) A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. Read reviews and buy The Witches - by Roald Dahl (Paperback) at Target. Author Roald Dahl is famous for writing the classic childrens book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', which was adapted into two movies. Later on, the Grand High Witch and her followers plot to transform all British children into mice by putting a formula into bars of chocolate. He is captured by them and metamorphosised into a mouse, but still comes up with a plot to wipe them out. In the film, one of the witches offers Luke a bar of chocolate. Whilst there, Luke uncovers the fact that the RSPCC meeting in the hotel is actually a front for a society of witches. Grandma falls seriously ill and is advised to go to the English seaside to recover, accompanied by Luke. Pretty soon, she has filled his mind with tales of witchery and caution. She lives in Norway and is something of a witch expert. The story finds a young boy named Luke moving in with his Grandma following the death of his parents. REAL witches do not wear cloaks or ride on a broom stick. This story is not a fairy-tale, it is a tale about actual witches REAL witches are horrific creatures that disguise themselves as ordinary women.
Adults just assume that kids don't have the level of wit and sophistication to appreciate sly and sarcastic humour, but here that theory is challenged with a vengeance and this film proves itself to be a wickedly entertaining, knowingly cruel pantomime. The Witches by Roald Dahl is a frightening tale about REAL witches. The Witches is the rarest thing you'll ever see: a black comedy for children.