Watch trailers, read customer and critic reviews, and buy The Witches (1990). Witty movie captures the spirit of Roald Dahl's writing like few other adaptations. Pechj oik hk s poryadovkoj. Great movie, I like the that's it's live action and has some really good actors. My kids loved Roald Dahl's books and have enjoyed this movie version since they.

The film adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic ``The Witches' is a breathtaking spectacle that will delight a variety of viewers. Anjelica Huston is simply outstanding as 'The Grand High Witch.'

She is the perfect actress to portray the dark, albeit laughable, character. Luke (Jasen Fisher) is a young boy living with his grandmother, Helga (Mai Zetterling). Mai is perfectly cast as the doting, adventuresome grandmother. Helga regales Luke with stories of witches, dangerous creatures who seek to harm children. I particularly liked the lack of Americanization in this film, as opposed to a similar counterpart, the adaptation of ``Matilda.'

The film stays true to the book for the majority. Unfortunately, the happy ending, which was loathed by Roald Dahl himself, detracts from the seemingly perfect adaptation. In any event, 'The Witches' is sure to be a hit among kids (and adults as well).

Anyone who has enjoyed the book is sure to enjoy this film version.

Witches absolutely detest children. To a witch, a child smells like dogs' droppings. And now the Grand High Witch is planning to get rid of every child in England - can anybody stop them? The Witches tells the story of a brave young boy and his Norwegian grandmother as they battle against England's child-hating witches. It continues to feature in lists dedicated to the scariest children's books more than 30 years after it was first published.

Especially around Halloween. When he was a child himself, Roald Dahl used to spend every summer holiday with his family in Norway, where he was inspired by bedtime stories of witches and magic. He wrote about these holidays in Boy: Tales of Childhood. It is also said that the grandmother in The Witches was partially inspired by Roald's own mother. Roald dedicated the book to his wife, Liccy. A film version of the story, starring Angelica Huston as the witches' leader The Grand High Witch, was released in 1990.

The main difference between the film and the original story is the ending - in the book, there is no spell cast to change the boy's state back to what it was before the witches found him. The film also gives its central character the name Luke, whereas in the book we don't find out the name of either the boy who narrates the story or his grandmother. In 1983, the year it was published, The Witches won three awards: The New York Times Outstanding Books Award, The Federation of Children's Book Groups Award and The Whitbread Award.