With unforgettable effects and the iconic 90s villain, this story continues to fascinate adults and children in the most anticipated season of the streaming app.
The spirit of Halloween is coming Netflix. Between new productions, horror marathons and returning classics, the most popular streaming platform revived a film that marked the childhood of many: “The witches”.
Starring Anjelica Huston and based on the book by Roald Dahl, the film became a trend again more than three decades after its release and is in the Top 10 most viewed in the app.
With a gothic aesthetic, unforgettable effects and a story as disturbing as it is fascinating, this fantasy work directed by Nicolas Roeg It is the ideal plan for those looking to feel that fear that only 90s movies could generate.
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What is “The Witches” about?
Released in 1990 and produced by Jim Henson (the creator of “The Muppets”), the story follows Lukea boy who travels with his grandmother to a hotel on the English coast, without imagining that a secret convention of witches.
These women, who camouflage themselves among society with elegant dresses and are led by the fearsome Great Witchthey deeply hate the little ones and plan to turn them all into mice. Our protagonists they can stop them before it’s too late?
In this way, and through a narrative that combines the disturbing with doses of humor, the film manages to maintain the balance between fear and fantasy. Thus, only a good plot, a villain and a retro charm that to conquer new generations and become a cinema classic.
Trailer for “The Witches”
Cast of “The Witches”
- Anjelica Huston as Eva Ernst/Grand Witch
- Mai Zetterling as Helga Eveshim
- Jasen Fisher as Luke Eveshim
- Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Stringer
- Charlie Potter as Bruno Jenkins
- Bill Paterson as Mr. Jenkins
- Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Jenkins
- Anne Lambton as Pamela/Woman in Black
- Jane Horrocks as Miss Irvine
- Sukie Smith as Marlene
- Rose English as Dora
- Jenny Runacre as Elsie
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