No matter how you cut it, “ The Witches ” is
a really disturbing tale. Not that one should
expect anything else from Roald Dahl, but
for some reason this story about a group of
grotesquely disfigured women who hate
children always seemed extra sinister even
within his generally sinister oeuvre. Perhaps
it’s because I happened to be a child when the
Nicolas Roeg adaptation came out in 1990 and,
well, let’s just say the nightmarish image of
Angelica Huston transforming into a bald, warty
witch made a lasting impression. For many
children of the era, Roeg’s “The Witches” was a
first foray into horror and a traumatic one at that.
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