Revisiting: THE WITCHES (1990) | MOVIE REVIEW

Revisiting: THE WITCHES (1990) | MOVIE REVIEW PATREON: ► Become A Patron - FOLLOW ME: ► Facebook - ► Twitter - ► Instagram - ► Snapchat - ► TikTok - @michaelfessey ► Twitch - ► VK - MY OTHER CHANNELS: ► Mike’s Creation - @MikeCreation ► Paranormal America - EMAIL: ► Business Inquiries Only - michaelfessey92@ ______________________ DESCRIPTION: Hey guys! Welcome to another video! So today I wanted do a review on the movie “The Witches“ which came out in 1990. ABOUT: The Witches (Source - Wikipedia) The Witches is a 1990 American dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Nicolas Roeg from a screenplay by Allan Scott, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling. The plot features evil witches who masquerade as ordinary women and follows a boy and his grandmother, who must find a way to foil their plans of turning children into mice. The Witches was the last film project executive producer Jim Henson worked on before his death, with Jim Henson Productions co-producing the film and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop designing and building the prosthetics for the witches and animatronic rats and mice that were used interchangeably with real mice. The Witches was released in Orlando, Florida, and Sacramento, California, on February 16, 1990, and in the United States on August 24, by Warner Bros. Pictures.[2] Although Dahl disliked the film and criticized the ending, which differed from the source material, The Witches received positive reviews from critics and developed a cult following over the years. PREMISE: During a vacation with his grandmother Helga in Norway, eight-year-old American boy Luke Eveshim is warned about witches, female demons who immensely hate children and use various methods to destroy or transform them. Helga tells Luke that real witches, unlike ordinary women, have claws instead of fingernails which they hide by wearing gloves, bald heads which they cover by wearing wigs that give them rashes, square feet with no toes which they hide by wearing sensible shoes, a purple tinge in their pupils and a powerful sense of smell which they use to sniff out children. To a witch, clean children stink of dog’s droppings; the dirtier the children, the less likely she is to smell them. Helga says her childhood friend, Erica, fell victim to a witch and was cursed to spend the rest of her life trapped inside a painting, aging gradually until finally disappearing a few years earlier. After Luke’s parents are killed in a car accident, Helga becomes Luke’s legal guardian and they move to England. While playing outside in a treehouse, Luke is approached by a witch trying to lure him with a snake and a chocolate bar, so he stays in his treehouse for protection and the witch walks away. On Luke’s ninth birthday, Helga falls ill with diabetes. Her doctor advises they spend the summer by the sea. At their seaside hotel in Bournemouth,[5] Luke meets and befriends a gluttonous but friendly boy, Bruno Jenkins. Luke unintentionally antagonizes the hotel manager, Mr. Stringer, after his pet mice frighten his maid girlfriend. Also at the hotel is a convention of witches, masquerading as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (RSPCC). The Grand High Witch, the all-powerful leader of the world’s witches, is attending under the name Eva Ernst. Luke hides inside the ballroom and spies on the witches’ meeting. The Grand High Witch unveils her latest creation: a magic potion to turn all the world’s children into mice, which will be used in confectionery products in sweet shops and candy stores to be purchased using money provided by the Grand High Witch. ______________________ I hope you guys enjoy the video! Don’t forget to Like, Comment and Subscribe!! Can we get 300 likes on this video?? What did you think of this video?? ______________________ PLAYLIST: ► Movie Reviews - ______________________ PREVIOUS EPISODE: ► ABIGAIL (2024) | MOVIE REVIEW - ______________________ Congratulations! You have discovered the secret comment code and that is “WITCH FTW“ comment that in the comment section to prove that you read the description and you found it!