Working from one of British writer Roald Dahl`s dark children`s books, director Nicolas Roeg has fashioned his first family film with ”The Witches,” and ...

Read the Empire Movie review of The Witches. Deliciously cruel to children, Roeg remains true to Dahl's underlying sense of real...

Most of "The Witches" (citywide), a dark, marvelous new fantasy movie and one of Muppetmeister Jim Henson's last film legacies, takes place in a forbiddingly...

That terrifying movie from your childhood is still terrifying

The Witches was the third and final foray intofeature film fantasy made by the late Muppets creator, Jim Henson. Releasedshortly after his death, the movie f...

The best children's stories are the scariest ones, because to kids they seem most likely to contain the truth. A lot of stories end with everybody living

The Witches is a delectably creepy movie guaranteed to keep night lights burning bright. This is the antithesis of executive producer Jim Henson's Muppets, w...

The wizardry of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and a superbly over-the-top performance by Angelica Huston gives The Witches a good deal of charm and enjoyment.