by Matthew Tobey
synopsis
In Nicolas Roeg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, a young boy is vacationing at the seaside with his grandmother when he discovers that the hotel he is staying at is hosting a convention of witches. Eavesdropping on the witches, he learns that the Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston) has devised a plan to turn all of the children in England into mice. With creature-effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, The Witches was the last film Henson worked on before passing away in 1990.
characteristics
- High Artistic Quality
- Witch
- Incognito
- Hotel
- Hostelry
- Inn
- Mischievous Children
- Transformation
- Nightmare Vacations
- Mouse [animal]
- Boy
- Mice
- Heroic Mission
- Conspire
- Convention
