Some children’s films can be more disturbing than some horror films. The 1990 fantasy cult film Witches Witches is the best example of this. After it has a has deprived a whole generation of children of sleepthe new edition of the same name, Witches, with Anne Hathaway, was released in 2020.
Tonight you can watch the scary fantasy film on TV.
Fantasy remake: Child-hating witches are now on TV
Witches witches is based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, who also provided the basis for films such as Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This fantasy adventure is also supernatural. Here, the orphan boy Charlie (Jahzir Bruno) Witness to a witch conspiracy and shortly afterwards transformed into a mouse by the head witch (Hathaway).
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Witches witches
Their plan is to to turn all children into little rodentsNow it is up to Charlie to stop the evil witches and thwart their plans. Fortunately, he receives help from other children in mouse form and his brave grandmother (Octavia Spencer).
Witches: Great cast, but less scary than the original
Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis took on the remake of The Witches and received average reviews (via Metacritic). Hathaway’s great performancewhich carries the entire film and comes up with one bizarre grimace after another. Nevertheless, the horror elements cannot compare to the original.
But there is also something good about this: If you don’t want to send your child to bed with nightmares, you can safely watch the new edition of Witches Witches. The top-class cast will also entertain the adultseven if the remake doesn’t quite live up to the magic of the original. The new film Longlegs with Nicolas Cage, which is currently in cinemas, has real nightmare potential.
When will the new version of The Witches with Anne Hathaway be on TV?
The ominous witchcraft spell runs on today Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 22:25 on Sat.1The channel will show a repeat on August 11, 2024 at 2:40 p.m. You can also watch Hexen Hexen at prime time on August 18 at 8:15 p.m. on Sixx. RTL+ will stream the remake independently of the TV schedule.
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