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The Witches

1990 · 91 min

Family, Fantasy, Horror

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

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Appeals to viewers who enjoy theatrical children’s fantasy with grotesque practical effects, mischievous humor, and genuinely unsettling villains.

Tone
eerie, playful, darkly comic
Payoff
scares, catharsis
Pacing
brisk
Intensity
moderate
Structure
linear
Themes
childhood courage, family bonds, transformation, hidden evil, ingenuity
Setting
contemporary, seaside hotel and coastal English town

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