The Witches

Lovely story with a great cast. My husband and I have enoyed this film for many years and purchased the dvd to update from our vhs copy. To be watched for many years to come, young and old.

This is a terrific and enjoyable family-film not to be missed. The story revolves around young Luke who is left in the care of his grandmother Helga after his parents are tragically killed in an auto accident. The Witches, disguised as "nice old ladies" roam throughout England looking to wipe out all the children they can. After Luke has an unfortunate encounter with The Witches, he and his grandmother decide to turn the tables by giving them a taste of their own medicine. This is one of my favorite Angelica movies next to The Addams Family and Manhatten Murder Mystery.

The grandmother who has a history with witches gives Luke all the warnings about how to look for them.

Angelica Huston looks beautiful here as the Grand High Witch of England.

I think this is much superior to Hocus Pocus, another family film about witches.

I have a feeling this one slipped under the radar and it's such a charming, magical adventure story.

The theme of the movie may seem scary for kids to watch but it's all handled nicely.

I have been impressed with all the film adaptions (including both versions of Charlie with Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp).

I love the imagination of Roald Dahl who wrote the book for The Witches as well as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda.

Luke and his grandmother then decide to a take a vacation to a seaside hotel where The Witches are holding their annual meeting.

I bought it for a present, I knew it was one of his favorite movies. thank you for the quick delivery.

From the moment Luke's grandmother starts telling him all about witches and how you could tell if someone is a witch, we were enthralled. If your kids get easily scared, then i wouldn't recommend it. My kids love a great story and once we've watched it together, they'll watch it on their own afterward. If my nieces were to watch this they wouldn't be able to sleep by themselves for a month. Great story and great special effects to keep the kids captivated. My girls aged 7 and a half and 5 loved this movie,and so did I for that matter. Not that it's over the top scary, but just the theme of the movie might get some little ones paranoid.

Loved it so that I bought it on DVD. What a great movie for ALL ages.

I watch it with my two grandaughters and watch it even alone. She had her own experience with a witch when she was a child.

Absolutely a must see to transport you to a place where witches really exist. Five stars.

Anjelica Houston was great and I cannot say enough about this fairtale-like presentation. I bought this originally in VHS.

Luke was adorable and so lucky to have a wonderful grandmother to take care of him.