There is no shortage of frightening children's films, but a 35-year-old classic is so scary that it gives most horror movies a run for their money. Crafting a great story that's appropriate for ...
Whenever I watch a remake, I always take the chance to appreciate the film as its own movie, separate from the original. HBO Max's remake of Roald Dahl's The Witches is just different enough from the ...
When it came to dreaming up characters of cheeky grandiosity who were put on earth to act out their fear and loathing of children, Roald Dahl didn’t play. In 1961, his first classic novel, “James and ...
The Witches being released on HBO Max has led to questions being asked by much of the internet—why would you remake The Witches when the original movie was so great, and what could the new version ...
Happy Halloween! In honor of this spooky holiday, I wanted to suggest a truly frightening film that is often overlooked — The Witches. The film was recently remade by Robert Zemeckis, co-starring ...
I was only 10 years old when my first film scarred me for life. Picture the scene: I was scrolling through TV channels in my bedroom and stumbled upon a film I’ve never heard of before that seemed ...
We certainly didn’t need another take on Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel “The Witches” after the superlative 1990 screen adaptation from director Nicolas Roeg and screenwriter Allan Scott, but if Robert ...