Review #206: The Witches (1990)
This review was originally written in 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #61: The Witches (1990) I'll get this right out here: I'm well aware this is meant to be a children's film, so I'm not going to be particularly critical of the characters, or plot, or anything like that. If I was a child I probably would have been scared by this movie, but as an adult, I can see a lot of work went into it and there was plenty of fun to be had! The Witches is a story about a boy who grew up being told all about witches by his grandmother: What they are, why they do what they do, how to spot them, how to stay safe from them, and so on. After his parents' untimely death he travels with his grandmother, and he stumbles upon a convention of witches staying at their hotel, and he sets out to foil their plans after being transformed into a mouse. Apparently this movie was based on a Roald Dahl book, and that makes TOTAL sense given what we see. There's a lot of d...