The Witches (1990)

Theatrical - Wide 1990-08-24

Cast Jasen Fisher Mai Zetterling Anjelica Huston Rowan Atkinson Bill Paterson
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Written by Allan Scott

Box Office Gross: $15,400,000

Running Time: 91 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Lorimar Film Entertainment, Jim Henson Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Genres: Family Fantasy Horror

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Synopsis

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When... See more they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

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