Hollywood Flashback: 1990's 'Witches' Adaptation Scared Even Author Roald Dahl

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Hollywood Flashback: 1990's Witches adaptation scared even author Roald Dahl

Anjelica Huston as the evil Grand High Witch and Jane Horrocks as her secretary in 'The Witches.'

The latest, from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, will stream Oct. 22 on HBO Max. But the original, which starred Anjelica Huston as the sorceress in chief, came out 30 years ago and still manages to induce nightmares. Roeg had never helmed a kids film, and his approach was far from cuddly. He applied the visual language of horror cinema, with handheld camera techniques, extreme close-ups and"Dutch tilts" to render his witches even more terrifying.

 

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