Watch The Witches (1990) Free Online

Release Date: 1990

Cast: Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Emma Relph, Charlie Potter, Anjelica Huston, Rowan Atkinson, Anne Lambton, Jane Horrocks, Sukie Smith, Brenda Blethyn, Bill Paterson

Categories: Movies, Horror, Family, Fantasy

The Witches is a 1990 film adaptation of the book of the same name by Norwegian-British author Roald Dahl. It was directed by Nicolas Roeg and produced by Jim Henson Productions for Lorimar Film Entertainment and Warner Bros, starring Angelica Huston, Mai Zetterling and Rowan Atkinson. As well as being the final film that Jim Henson personally worked on before his death, this was also the final theatrical film produced by Lorimar Productions as well as the final film Mai Zetterling worked in. An old Norwegian woman named Helga (Mai Zetterling) warns her grandson Luke (Jasen Fisher) about... MORE

The Witches is a 1990 film adaptation of the book of the same name by Norwegian-British author Roald Dahl. It was directed by Nicolas Roeg and produced by Jim Henson Productions for Lorimar Film Entertainment and Warner Bros, starring Angelica Huston, Mai Zetterling and Rowan Atkinson. As well as being the final film that Jim Henson personally worked on before his death, this was also the final theatrical film produced by Lorimar Productions as well as the final film Mai Zetterling worked in. An old Norwegian woman named Helga (Mai Zetterling) warns her grandson Luke (Jasen Fisher) about witches, demonic females who hate and destroy children. Helga explains that witches reside in every country in the world. While they look and act like ordinary women, it is really an elaborate facade. They hide their bald heads with wigs and their clawed hands with gloves; their feet have no toes. About the only way to tell them apart is by their purple eyes. They also find the smell of children repulsive. She goes on to describe how witches use devious methods to do away with children, and evade detection. For instance, a Norwegian witch locked her best friend inside a painting. It is hinted that LESS