The Witches

I haven't watched this movie in a long long time. I love it, though.

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Yeeeeeesss! I remember reading this (and pretty much every other Roald Dahl book) in grade 3. We would all go into one classroom, and the teacher would read to us for awhile. The thing was, this teacher was absolutely terrifying. She was EXACTLY what we all pictured one of "the Witches" to look like. Absolutely perfect for this particular storytime.

I was so excited when I found out it was a movie! I enjoyed both immensely. READ THE BOOK, spidey!

I just love when she's talking to the other witches, and says...."the child" in that horrid way....GREAT movie!
The last film personally overseen by 'Jim Henson' .

It took Anjelica Huston eight hours of make up time to prepare her for her transformed role of "The Grand High Witch".


Cher was considered for the role of the Grand High Witch before Anjelica Huston was cast.


Most of the "Witches" in the meeting are not women at all but men in women's clothing.


Two of Kenner's "The Real Ghost Busters" (1986) toys, the Ghostbusters Firehouse and Bad To The Bone figure, are featured in the movie. The Firehouse playset is the toy that Luke lives in and explodes out of at the end.

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I just watched this movie again for the first time in many years. As I child it was one of my favorite movies of all time and I must say, going back to it, it is just as brilliant as I remember. The movie is so sharp and witty, and the effects are just gorgeous. Rather than having the pasticy CGI of today, they went with those GORGEOUS Henson puppets, and uite frankly they are so charming and brilliant and a real highlight of the movie for me. Angelica is also absolutely perfect as the Grand High Witch, a performance that will always be placed among the very top few for me. When I was a kid I watched it over and over and knew it like word for word. I was suprised that after all of these years, I still remember alot of the dialouge. It was also a nice little surprise to see Jane Horrocks of Ab Fab fame in her brillant turn as the Grand High Witch sidekick, I had forgotten she was in it, she is also a brilliant actress...

Also anyone planning on watching this keep an eye out for how many of the witches are actually men. As a child I never really noticed that or maybe I had forgotten, but some of them are priceless! :)

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A friend of mine will go on vacation to the UK next year and she'll stay at the hotel "The Witches" was shot at!

I envy her...

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Updated On: 11/5/06 at 08:08 AM

This is the movie based on the Roald Dahl book right? I love his books, and this one was a favorite of mine in elementary school.

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StephenSondheimWHOO--I was the complete opposite. I didn't know it was a book.

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I saw the trailer at another movie when I was five and it scared the living HELL out of me. As in, it gave me nightmares.

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I watched this religiously as a child. I miss it.

I always feared when she would remove her face.

I need to watch this again.

Nope, never seen it. It freaked me out too much when I was a kid, and eventually I kind of forgot about it. I might see it now, though.

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A childhood favorite. Huston is brilliant, and joins Closes's Cruella de Vil, Bates's Annie Wilkes, and Streep's Miranda as one of my favorite female villains of the past two decades.

YAY!! I am watching the movie right now. HUZZAH!

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