The Witches(1990)

Warner Bros.

PG
1h 31m

Release Date: Aug 24, 1990 | Moderate

A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.

Releases

Original Release | Aug 24, 1990

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Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$2,221,402
Total US & Canada:
$10,360,553
Total Worldwide:
$10,363,364

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Director & Top Cast

Nicolas Roeg
Director

Anjelica Huston
Miss Ernst

Mai Zetterling
Helga

Jasen Fisher
Luke

Rowan Atkinson
Mr. Stringer

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom,United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

A recently orphaned young boy is taken to a seaside hotel in England by his grandmother, who is recuperating after an illness.. Also staying at their hotel is a group of witches who have gathered to prepare a plot to rid England of all children. — Rob Hartill Recently orphaned Luke Eveshim spends a holiday in a hotel with his grandmother Helga, who taught him a lot about witches. He befriends fat glutton Bruno Jenkins and they lurk around a convention of women and discover that it's a cover for witches' convention. The International Grand High Witch Eva Ernst instructs the 'soft' Englsh witches on how to dispose of all children. They are discovered and transformed into rodents, but they escape and determine to stop the evil plan at any cost. — KGF Vissers Young Luke and his parents visit his grandmother Helga in Norway during vacation, and she tells stories of evil witches, such as how her best childhood friend was kidnapped by a witch. After Luke's parents die in a car accident, Helga becomes his guardian and they move to England. One day a woman approaches Luke, but he recognizes that she's a witch. When Helga falls ill and her doctor diagnoses diabetes, she and Luke travel to a seaside hotel, where Luke befriends plump Bruno Jenkins and has problems with hotel manager Mr. Stringer over his pet white mice. Meanwhile, a group of women from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children arrive for a convention, led by Miss Eva Ernst. But soon Luke learns that Eva is indeed the Grand High Witch and their convention is to distribute a magic potion to turn boys in England into mice. When the Grand High Witch sees Luke, she turns him into a mouse. What will he do? — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Directed by Nicolas Roeg (Walkabout, Don't Look Now) and based on Roald Dahl's book about a little boy and his kindly grandmother thwarting a coven of witches who want to rid Britain of children by turning them into mice. Vacationing at a seaside hotel with his grandmother, a young boy discovers that a convention of witches is also staying there and finds out about the evil plans of their Grand High Witch (Huston).